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,...
Continue reading...Muniyaandi Vilangiyal Moondraam Aandu (Tamil, Vidyasagar)
Given the starkly folk influence in the film’s theme, it’s no surprise to hear Vidyasagar dipping into traditional villupaattu-like tunes for Kattipudikkum karadiya and Kodaangi vandhirukken. Both are steeped in...
Continue reading...Kismat Konnection (Hindi, Pritam & Sajid Wajid)
Neeraj Shridhar’s buoyant vocals, rapper Indee’s (surprisingly credited!) bloody catchy hook and Pritam’s overall arrangements make Aai paapi (Tu hai meri soniye) absolutely scintillating. This is one heck of an...
Continue reading...Dasaavathaaram (K.S.Ravikumar)
Dasaavathaaram is a movie experience meant for people who are familiar with Kamal Hasan and his body of work. If you are not one of them, this exhausting exercise in...
Continue reading...Avengi Ja Nahin (Rabbi)
Sedate tunes in Challa and Ballo, with sweet accordion phrases in the latter, offer an interesting start to the album. Karachi valie and Maen bolia are conventionally rock’ish, however. Ode...
Continue reading...Ugly Aur Pagli (Hindi, Anu Malik)
Talli is a sad attempt at aping the Pritam sound, while Karle gunah’s Punjabi reggaeton is best left alone to Anu himself. Yeh nazar, with its 80s pop style is...
Continue reading...Firefox 3 rocks!
A note of appreciation on Firefox 3! I was one of the folks who waited for the refresh at 10:30 pm last night, but got hold of their website and...
Continue reading...Athmiya (Kannada, Manoj George)
The choice of Shankar Mahadevan for the very peppy Aa bili bili is bang on – this is one rocking track with a lot of variations and some cool 80s,...
Continue reading...Uliyin Osai (Tamil, Ilayaraja)
The soundtrack’s two most satisfying songs – the trademark Raja melody Kaalathai vendra and the hauntingly ambient Kallaai irundhen – are completely out of sync with the film’s medieval period....
Continue reading...Mehbooba (Hindi, Ismail Darbar)
The lilting title song, Tu meri mehbooba is the only track that connects immediately – but it abounds in extended phrases of ‘boob’s and ‘doob’s, quite unfortunately, while Khwabon ki...
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