Krishna’s self-composed prayer in Tu hai rab is sincere with pious Punju lyrics while Adeel pulls of an Atif-like Kise awaaz doon fabulously, with pleasant backgrounds by Sachin. But, despite...
Continue reading...Music review: Padikkaadhavan (Tamil – Manisharma)
Appa amma vilayattu is at best a Srikanth Deva track, something the massively-built composer conjures up while sleeping, totally detached. And Hey vetri vela only asserts that belief – a...
Continue reading...Music review: 1977 (Tamil – Vidyasagar)
Enadhu uyire, despite all the superfluous sweetness, is actually quite ordinary, much like the seemingly catchy Hawai theevil, that sounds like a 90s track badly inspired by some Harry Belafonte...
Continue reading...Music review: Adhe Neram Adhe Idam (Tamil – Premji Amaran)
Mudhal murai’s melody is very pleasant even as the ambient backgrounds add tremendous value while Vennilavu is clearly inspired by Yuvan’s music – the likeable tune twists and orchestration are...
Continue reading...Music review: Billu Barber (Hindi – Pritam)
Marjaani is a thumping, high-energy item song, but Love mera hit hit is Pritam pushing his luck – age-old hooks and stock rhythm. Neeraj is much better in the relatively...
Continue reading...Music review: Mahaleela (Indipop – A Sivamani)
Sivamani intelligently merges with the flow in the first 2 tracks – the bouncy Dancing in the moon and the chants-meet-lounge, Kriya. Ustads Allah Rakha and Zakir Hussain make inspired...
Continue reading...Music review: Victory (Hindi – Anu Malik)
Money money is an irritatingly outdated dance (sigh!) track and Balla utha is as naive and silly as motivational tracks go in Hindi films. Aisa toh socha na tha, the...
Continue reading...Music review: Kulir 100 degree (Tamil – Bobo Shashi)
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...
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