Benny’s fabulous in the pensive melody, Tu meri dost; the contoured tune and nuanced orchestration works well. Beyond the instantly catchy facade, Shano is simplistically pop, while the lilting Tu...
Continue reading...Music review: A Aa E Ee (Tamil – Vijay Antony)
Echoing Thozhiya from Kaadhalil Vizhundhen, the pleasant title song is impressive and sing-along’ish while Natta nadu is a trademark Vijay Antony number – interesting thavil-based backgrounds, simple tune and good...
Continue reading...Music review: Avakai Biryani (Telugu – Manikanth Kadri)
Veerudena has Shreya sounding like a diva, given the scope of this western-tinged melody while in Adigadigo, besides Karthik’s awesome vocals, Manikanth’s backgrounds strikingly soar midway to a grand scale....
Continue reading...Music review: Newtonin Moondraam Vidhi (Tamil – A.B.Vinay)
Krish sounds amatauerish in Kaadhal thandora, a amateurish tune in itself, with enough rough edges in the tune while Mudhal murai is slightly better – a mild, Latino tune in...
Continue reading...Music review: Aegan (Tamil – Yuvan Shankar Raja)
Aegan is the perfect example of an entire crew pandering brazenly to a star, like many other star crews from Tamil Nadu. So, you have a soundtrack which forgets to...
Continue reading...Music review: Cheenti Cheenti Bang Bang (Hindi – Jeet)
The RD Burmanesque and Bengali sounding Cham cham catches attention for its breathless pace and tune while Joy sings the Latino-styled Chirongo pitti amazingly well! The short Baje Bigul is...
Continue reading...Jotheyali (Kannada – Ilayaraja)
This is a first for Milliblog – 100 words for just one song! And the song that, in my opinion, deserves that respect – Jotheyali from Ilayaraja’s 1980 Kannada film,...
Continue reading...Top 13 recent picks! (August, September and a bit of October 2008)
Jaane kyun: Dostana (Hindi OST), Vishal Shekhar Bouncy, catchy and very very lively. Truly symbolizes the Vishal Shekhar brand of music and simply works! Pada pada: Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu (Tamil...
Continue reading...Music review: Heroes (Hindi – Sajid Wajid & Monty)
Sajid Wajid regurgitate their assembly-line Punjabi music in the mellow Mannata and the so-called dancy Makhna – Sonu and Sukhwinder going through the drill respectively in these archaic tracks. Monty’s...
Continue reading...Music review: Sangama (Kannada – Devi Sri Prasad)
Devi’s own vocals in the addictive Dil maange more and the mindlessly simple and catchy tune of Hey mister baalu are endearing. The composer does best in the breezy number...
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