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...
Continue reading...Mission Istaanbul (Hindi, Assorted composers)
Bob Sinclair’s cult hit, World, Hold on gets an interesting desi-makeover by Shamir Tandon. Debutant Chirantan Bhatt cooks up a catchy, reggaeton-based title track and a spritely Nobody like you...
Continue reading...Jayam Kondaan (Tamil, Vidyasagar)
Karthik’s Adai Mazhaikkaalam is a pleasantly arranged melody, albeit slightly staid while Adhaikkoodava nee plays with predictable nostalgic lyrics and a reasonably competent but ennui-ridden tune. Naan varaindhu vaitha is...
Continue reading...Sarkar Raj (Hindi, Bapi Tutul)
Ram Gopal Varma’s fetish for spending peanuts on his film’s music continues in Sarkar Raj, with Bapi Tutul playing willing monkeys. There’s a clear Govinda overdose in this soundtrack that...
Continue reading...Psycho (Kannada, Raghu Dixit)
Eno ide is very Euphoria’ish – but this haunting, doleful track has markedly ambient and interesting backgrounds, akin to Rahman’s! Mussanje rangalli is Saindavi’s show, she’s in amazing form as...
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