Siragindri parakkalaam is a poor attempt at recreating reggaeton’ish sound, complete with rap phrases à la Dharan, while Boom is annoying in every department. Hip hop hurray’s Spanish twang definitely...
Continue reading...Movie review: Ghajini (A R Murugadoss)
While being utterly faithful to its Tamil original, barring the considerably spruced up climax, the Hindi version of Ghajini brings forth some of the most oft-repeated flavors of South Indian...
Continue reading...Music review: Naan Kadavul (Tamil – Ilayaraja)
The reuse of Raja’s own, very-ascetic Pichai paathiram, with Madhu Balakrishnan almost doing a Yesudass and Sadhana Sargam’s divinely serene Amma un pillai (Maatha un kovilil, the original, features as...
Continue reading...Music review: Luck by Chance (Hindi – Shankar Ehsaan Loy)
Loy and Shekhar make an unlikely, but very appropriate vocal duo in Yeh zindagi bhi, a super-smooth, feel good track, true to the trio’s musical sensibility, while Baawre’s hectic pacing...
Continue reading...Music review: Dev.D (Hindi – Amit Trivedi)
Amit’s own vocals rule in the grungy Aankh micholi, experimentally bizarre Duniya, Nayan tarse, the moody Saali khushi and Tochi’s Pardesi – these tracks showcase the composer who was awesome...
Continue reading...Khuda ke bandey (Amit Trivedi)
Of all the tribute tracks for 26.11 (I recall one by Raghu Dixit too), this one by Amit Trivedi is my fave. This is actually a very Mithoon’ish track, if...
Continue reading...Movie review: Vaaranam Aayiram (Goutham Vasudev Menon)
Forget Surya looking like a million bucks – he actually looks like Gautam Menon; that is how self-indulgent this movie gets. The ode-to-everyday-dad is about the son and the Dad...
Continue reading...Movie review: Slumdog Millionaire (Danny Boyle)
For all those glowing reviews that lauded the film for its manic pace, what captured my attention was the restraint that Danny Boyle displays in almost every scene that could...
Continue reading...Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal
Sounds bizarre, no? Its actually a pretty interesting creature. Beast of Traal also happens to be my new blog on all things social media, with a specific focus on Indian...
Continue reading...Music review: Circus (Kannada – Emil)
Rajkumar’s 80s cult hit by Ilayaraja, Jeeva hoovagidhe, gets a mildly altered makeover, but the modern intrusions (that obnoxious I love you!) only add to the annoyance. Emil’s simple, Mano...
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