Javed saab’s existential banter in Socha hai and the very colloquial, relatable lyrics in Pichle saat dinon mein come alive in Farhan Akhtar’s slightly old’ish, but adequately grungy vocals. The...
Continue reading...Bachna Ae Haseeno (Hindi, Vishal Shekhar)
KK and Shilpa Rao complement each other beautifully in Khuda jaane – a sweeping melody accentuated by excellent chorus, while Lucky boy, follows a predictable tune, but with a catchy...
Continue reading...Coffee @ MG Road (Malayalam pop, Vineeth Srinivasan & Shan Rahman)
The title song is breezy and likeable with hummable lyrics. College’s nostalgic lyrics is sappy and predictable, along with a contrived tune while composer Shan Rahman’s Let me tell U...
Continue reading...Singh is Kinng (Hindi, Pritam & Calvin Broadus)
The title song by Calvin Broadus featuring a ‘poonjabi’ Snoop Dogg is straight Doggy ishtyle, but in the Indian milieu this hip hop mix is rather bland. Pritam’s variant of...
Continue reading...Kuselan (Tamil, GV Prakash Kumar)
Cinema cinema starts eulogizing the medium, but ends up heaping praises on Rajinikant and getting inflation wrong – cinema for Rs. 10? Saaral and Sollamma sound like outdated, sparsely lilting...
Continue reading...Smita (Indipop, Sajid Wajid)
Why don’t singers realize they are only as good as the tunes composed for them? The so-called Indi-pop singers, in particular! Getting a perennially sidelined composing duo is the first...
Continue reading...Good Luck (Hindi, Anu Malik)
Anu Malik not only has Sukhwinder contorting his overused vocals but also wastes Shilpa Rao in the pathetic Main sajda. The title song is even worse – Adnan sounding as...
Continue reading...Alibaba (Tamil, Vidyasagar)
Hara hara sambo has a rather likeable rhythm but a strictly average tune made lively by Jassie Gift’s enthusiastic vocals. Krishna krishna and Nenjil aathaadi are plain annoying signifying the...
Continue reading...APAC bloggers’ survey
Nope, this post is not about music/ movies, for a change! Given the number of blogs springing in India every day, it seems to me that blogs, as a medium...
Continue reading...Antu Intu Preethi Bantu (Kannada, Yuvan Shankar Raja & Gurukiran)
Four of Yuvan Shankar Raja’s tried and tested tunes from the Telugu hit, Adavari Matalaku Ardhale Verule make the cut in this soundtrack. Nee chumu and Mandaara with Rajesh Krishnan,...
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