Shakalaka umma is rather cute – blends the sound of a kiss neatly in an otherwise routine tune, with Guru’s vocals adding to the fun! The melody in Snehitane is...
Continue reading...Music review: King (Telugu – Devi Sri Prasad)
With inane lyrics, the title song and Nuvvu ready are insipid, to put it mildly, while A to Z, despite equally silly lyrics, is at least catchy in a weird...
Continue reading...Top 13 recent listens (October & November, 2008)
Siru thodudhaliley: Laadam (Tamil OST), Dharan Dharan is back, but this is not one of his best soundtracks. Still, this particular track definitely makes the cut for its unconventional structure...
Continue reading...Pirivom…Sandhippom (Tamil novel by Writer Sujatha Rangarajan)
As a long time fan of Tamil writer Sujatha, I occasionally kick myself for not having read some of his famous novels, though I may have read most of them....
Continue reading...Music review: Slumdog Millionaire (A. R. Rahman and others)
It’s one thing to Sitar’ize everything going Westward and entirely something else to infuse drama with violins so beautifully in a maniacally racy, Sitar-driven track – the strangely titled Mausam...
Continue reading...Music review: Bhimoos Bang Bang Kids (Kannada – Gurukiran)
Bang bang India is silliness personified, intent on banging the country, while Maya bazaar quotes Shakira’s Ojos Asi and has direct bits from Cameron Cartio’s Henna, in a bizarre tune....
Continue reading...[Bizarro] Music review: Ghajini (Hindi – A R Rahman)
Javed may not be the best choice for Guzarish, an essentially Abhijeet’ish number with a gorgeous tune and the usual Rahman-styled flow, while Kaise mujhe’s mellifluous pathos gets slightly muted...
Continue reading...Music review: Ghajini (Hindi – A R Rahman)
Guzarish is silky smooth no doubt, what with Javed’s adept vocals…but the tune lacks the finesse associated with a Rahman track, particularly in the antara-mukhda bridges, while Aye bachu and...
Continue reading...Music review: Aintham Padai (Tamil – D. Imaan)
Anitha’s bawdy Shoku Sunthar is catchy in a very weird way – it is packaged very effectively with an addictive chorus. But Imaan rips off Euphoria’s very popular Meri gully...
Continue reading...Music review: Kadhalna Summa Illa (Tamil – Vidyasagar, Manisharma & ES Murthy)
Vidyasagar’s Telugu, Bangaram tracks Jai sambho and Chidu gudante bhayam get their Tamil transliterations and they’re…well, they’re the same and sound as decent as they did earlier. Composer Manisharma’s cult...
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