Adada is pedestrian. Ditto for America endralum – painfully banal, while Kaadhalukku, while being somewhat rhythmic, is again rather mundane. Senthamizh pesum is appallingly silly – in the name of...
Continue reading...Meri Kahani (Atif Aslam)
Meri kahani is lively, lilting with clichéd lyrics, while Kinara works with better, existential lyrics. The album’s picks include Humrahi, for its Bengali-inspired 70s Hindi song sound; Rabba sacheya, for...
Continue reading...Mulla (Malayalam – Vidyasagar)
Rimi Tomy’s sparkling vocals add immense value to the traditional Murugan song, Aarumugan munnil, while Ee raavil is a delightful potpourri of a weird prelude, techno backgrounds and a hint...
Continue reading...Raghu Dixit (Raghu Dixit)
It’s a curious blend of Colonial Cousins, Euphoria and Rabbi – predominantly folk and very rock’ish. The best tracks are in Kannada – Shishunala’s Gudugudiya and the bluesy Sorutihudu, the...
Continue reading...Journey (Indipop – Fuzon)
Fuzon’s sound has become more like an Indipop group than a Pakistani group, in Journey. The mellow Abhi hum and Tu kahan, the ballad’ish Jo dil ne, the semi-classical styled...
Continue reading...Pidichirukku (Tamil – Manu Ramesan)
With sparks of Rahman in Enge nee – harmonious chorus with neat use of guitar in the backgrounds; and shades of Harris Jeyaraj in Kaatrodu solli – the sans-music, male...
Continue reading...Shaurya (Hindi – Adnan Sami)
Adnan’s melodic streak continues in the very tuneful and pleasant Dheere dheere – the song abounds with a sound very typical to the composer’s style we’re now used to. Dosti...
Continue reading...RMIM Puraskar 2007
The results are out. Taare zameen par tops almost every category! I was a judge this year too! Considering Anwar was in the contention too (I had listed it in...
Continue reading...Anjaadhey (Tamil – Mysskin)
For all the promise director Mysskin displayed in his debut (Chithiram Pesuthadi), Anjaadhey is terribly disappointing. Using the same realistic, lower middle class setting, he has an Ajmal who simply...
Continue reading...Jannat (Hindi – Pritam, Kamran Ahmed)
Zara si is just the perfect, incredibly catchy melody that we love from Pritam – the ‘Kya mujhe pyar hai’ of 2008! And yes, KK rules! 82Rocker, Kamran Ahmed’s Judai...
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