Karthik pitches his best in the slow and enticing, Arey rey, whose chorus pieces blend beautifully with the melodic phrases, while the rock’ish college-life track Jil jil jinga borrows mildly...
Continue reading...Malaikottai (Tamil – Mani Sharma)
Kandha kadamba, like any hero-intro track, has every single cliche thrown in, in the name of lyrics and also dares to ask dating tips from none other than Lord Muruga....
Continue reading...Kannamoochi Yenada (Tamil – Yuvan Shankar Raja)
Megam’s mild hiphop’ish backgrounds overlap a cracking melody handled superbly by Haricharan and Shweta while the jazz-lined Andru vandhadhum is a competent re-tuning of the yesteryear classic, though it doesn’t...
Continue reading...Dhol (Hindi – Pritam)
Pritam’s uptempo tune for Bheega Aasmaan – almost a breezier version of Halka halka sa, is adorable while Dil liya is a pale, listless knock-off of Pritam’s own Dhoom title...
Continue reading...Jana gana mana and a few retarded opinions
I had talked about Rahman and Bharatbala leveraging the sheer musical value of our national anthem, recently. It has now taken a ridiculous turn with a Chennai-based retired inspector filing...
Continue reading...Apna Asmaan (Hindi – Leslie Lewis)
Katra katra is a clear ace from Leslie – good combination of a lilting melody, wonderful lyrics and vocals by Mehboob and Sukhwinder, and superb arrangements. Jhanana’s in the same...
Continue reading...Victoria No.203 (Hindi – Viju Shah)
The title song and Zindagi aa gayee aimlessly amble on to their illogical ends. Amit Kumar replaces his dad, along with Mahendra Kapoor-replacement Udit Narayan, in Do bechare’s remix. Viju’s...
Continue reading...Nanhe Jaisalmer (Hindi – Himesh Reshammiya)
Nanhe yaar is clearly from Himesh’s sound bank of yore – typically from the Tere naam days, I suppose. Almost everything seems stretched and sappy – the prolonged prelude, the...
Continue reading...Jana Gana Mana (Bharatbala, Kanika & A.R.Rahman)
Ouch! Thanks to Airtel, I’m required to stand up every time they air one of the mod, ambient versions of our national anthem! And, Airtel’s ad spend is so fabulous...
Continue reading...Marudhamalai (Tamil – D.Imman)
Is that intermittent singer in Hey yenmama really Karthik? This excuse of a kuthu-track is as irritating and jaded as the really stupid, Yenna vela, uttered by the composer himself....
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