Maaney and Purusha payale use Seevalapperi Pandi’s music (another similarly themed film) as their frame of reference and are adequately hummable, folk’sy tracks. Oru kshanam’s overwhelming backgrounds drowns the moany...
Continue reading...Sivi (Tamil, Dharan)
The ambient, new-age sounds and Haricharan’s vocals in Mayavi neeya are breathtaking, just like the simple but absorbing tune Dharan cooks up. Oh nenje’s mild hip-hop mix is equally entertaining....
Continue reading...Karunya (Indipop, Karunya)
Teri aankhen is chirpy, but stereotyped. Kya baat hai takes a leaf out of Pancham’s Dekha na hai re, with lackluster results. Kya karoon has a lame, banal calypso tune....
Continue reading...Chak de India (Hindi, Salim Sulaiman)
Is the title song supposed to be a rousing anthem? The spinning rhythms and the prominent hook definitely help, but its a tad predictable for its ambitions. Hema Sardesai resurfaces...
Continue reading...Darling (Hindi – Pritam, Himesh Reshammiya & Prasanna Shekhar)
Himesh tadaps, as usual, with Oooooooos and Tulsi Kumar, for Tadap. Despite the monotony, this track is strangely addictive. Pritam re-invokes the Namie Amuro-inspired Aa khushi, annoyingly again, after its...
Continue reading...Dhokha (Hindi, M.M.Kreem)
Shakeel Azmi’s meaningful wordplay stays on in Anjana, a charming, old-worldly tune. Kreem’s own rendition in the milder version is a bit more striking than Kay Kay’s! Pakistani musician Shiraz...
Continue reading...Aggar (Hindi, Mithoon)
The serpentine, sufi’ish build-up to the title song is mesmerizing, with an added Punju flavor for tadka effect! Tulsi’s vocals jar but Hamza makes up for it! Mithoon’s trademark tune...
Continue reading...Bommalattam (Tamil, Himesh Reshammiya)
Oh nenjil, for all practical purposes, is a standard, one-hook Himesh tune, except that he’s not singing and is sung in Tamil. To be fair, the anupallavi and charanam are...
Continue reading...And my award for the most-awaited soundtrack goes to…
Many visitors have been asking my choice for the most-awaited soundtrack. If you go by conventional choices, Vishal Shekhar’s Om shanti om would be right up there. Ditto for Aggar...
Continue reading...Phir Bewafaai (Indipop, Agam Kumar Nigam)
Phir Bewafaai invokes painful memories of the 2005 smash hit, Bewafaai, by the same singer – and is indeed soaked in cheesy poetry about deception and betrayal, by lyricists Prashant...
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