Hey rama rama has Vijay talking political propaganda – in an inane, stale package. Baba Sehgal’s Jalsa and Mamta Mohandas’ Daddy mummy retain their hyper-addictive Telugu original’s (Jalsa and Shankardada...
Continue reading...Music review: TN 07 AL 4777 (Tamil – Vijay Antony)
The self-professed new age Aathichudi is nothing but an annoying, kuthu’fied version of something existentially profound – a blasphemous attempt, in the name of reaching newer audiences. iPhonin screena nee...
Continue reading...Milliblog Annual Music Round-up 2008
Annual music round-ups are getting increasingly difficult. What should they be ideally based on? The number of times a song is played? By whom? Number of CDs sold? The Milliblog...
Continue reading...Music review: Dindukkal Sarathy (Tamil – Dhina)
Ammadi aathaadi makes the monumental blunder of getting Kailash Kher to sing in Tamil, yet again. Even the tune is brain dead. Dindukallu seems to have been crafted laboriously, to...
Continue reading...Music review: Jumbo (Hindi – Ram Sampath)
Everything gonna be alright is worn-out, with every predictable filmy hip-hop element thrown in, while the Timberlak’ish Dil mera jumbo manages to grate even more. This is Pritam territory but...
Continue reading...New album? Just got it in my phone!
A R Rahman’s new non-film album, ‘Connections’ is due tomorrow (Dec. 12). The ‘what’s new’ section in arrahman.com says so! But the album (with 9 tracks) will not be available...
Continue reading...Music review: Raaz – The Mystery Continues (Assorted composers)
Raju Singh delivers two very Raju Singh’ish (!) numbers in Soniyo and O Jaana. The former is a labored, indipop-like number that is quickly forgotten, but the latter, by KK,...
Continue reading...Justice denied!
Regardless of how ‘well timed’ the lawsuit was, Rabbi was completely justified on suing Onir for using his song, Ballo, as ‘Jalte hain’, in the film, Sorry Bhai, with music...
Continue reading...Music review: Chandni Chowk To China (Hindi – Assorted composers)
Kailash, Paresh & Naresh serve an ace in the earthy S.I.D.H.U, peppered with lively lyrics by Kailash, but their other track, Chak lein de, despite all that techno-sound and inspirational...
Continue reading...Music review: Pattaalam (Tamil – Jassie Gift)
One-film wonder, composer Jassie Gift has a set of atrocious tunes in Pattaalam. Disayettum is an rash leftover from his sad Malayalam repertoire while Enge pirandhom is just juvenile. The...
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