Karthik rules over the catchy and very in-sync Ilamai kanavugal, while Unakkulle irukkiren’s sedate, vintage melody is alluring. Bhavatharini’s Kannanukku is a passable semi-classical with occasional display of Raja’s past...
Continue reading...The Anu Malik Top 10!
In one of his 90s interviews in India Today (if I remember right!), Anu Malik gloated that people will definitely love his music in Main khiladi tu anari. This was...
Continue reading...Movie review: Wanted (Timur Bekmambetov)
Who wouldn’t mind getting recruited by Angelina Jolie? That too, when she’s named Fox! But, James McAvoy does, for filmy reasons. Mark Millar’s fraternity of assassins yarn, in its loosely-inspired...
Continue reading...Bombaat (Kannada, Mano Murthy)
With a childishly simple tune and silly lyrics it’s easy to dismiss Strawberry kenne, but composer Mano Murthy packs it with easy-on-the-ears arrangements while Rajesh and Supriya impress with their...
Continue reading...Hijack (Hindi, Justin-Uday)
KK’s Aksar is all Pritam. The structure, the choice of KK, the ‘O Oh oo’ humming… everything. But, to be fair to the debutant composer pair, the track has an...
Continue reading...C Kkompany (Hindi, Anand Raj Anand & Bappa Lahiri)
The title song is unintentionally funny too – because it dares to be the title song and gets Sanjay Dutt to utter a few sentences. But composer Anand Raj Anand...
Continue reading...Maan Gaye Mughall-E-Azam (Hindi, Anu Malik)
The title song is beyond mere blasphemy, since it ventures into completely incoherent cacophony, dragging with it a memorable line that we Indians hold dear! Anu shows flashes of his...
Continue reading...Hare Ram (Telugu, Mickey J Meyer)
The two moody, thematic pieces – Jairam jairam and the theme music – are just marginally involving. Mickey’s vocals in the pop-induced, 80s style Nasha is considerably better. The proceedings...
Continue reading...Satyam (Tamil, Harris Jeyaraj)
En anbe is soporific, despite desperate attempts by Harris to induce interest by Chinese-sounding preludes and African-sounding interludes. Aaradi kaathe is a hopeless hero-worship track that manages only to annoy...
Continue reading...God Tussi Great Ho (Hindi, Sajid Wajid)
Let’s party is a lame attempt at the Shankar Ehsaan Loy kind of music, while the title song is an irritating mess. The Aati kya khandala knock-off with the Malad...
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