We Indians have got used to all plagiarism in Bollywood, but when you’re premiering your scene-to-scene copied film in England – while the original starred one of UK’s biggest stars,...
Continue reading...Thiruththam (Tamil – Praveen Mani)
Badava kaiya is Praveen’s continuing effort in elevating the kuthu genre, while Labam yogam sounds at best like Harris Jeyaraj aping a really bored SA Rajkumar. Paadhai therigiradhu is an...
Continue reading...Speed (Hindi, Pritam)
Wanna wanna is the pick of this soundtrack, for its pretty appealing hook and sprightly vocals by Shaan and Sunidhi. Hello is plain silly and I sincerely hope the makers...
Continue reading...Bheja Fry (Director: Sagar Ballary)
Having finally endured this recent toast of the multiplex generation, I’m not entirely sure who I’m supposed to be laughing at. The audience is idiot number one, for, what we...
Continue reading...Agnee (Sony BMG)
While true rock continues to evade success from Indian bands, the early 90s Agni drops its ego, adds two e’s and Sony BMG as their new record label! The selection...
Continue reading...Raula Pai Gaya (Daler Mehndi)
Daler Mehndi’s latest album, Raula Pai Gaya is a wake-up call to the once popular dancing sardar, that he’s just one among the many vying for audience’s attention, unlike his...
Continue reading...Milliblog, now also in தமிழ்!
Just a heads-up for all the Tamil-literate readers of Milliblog – the blog is also available in Tamil at Senthaen.com – short for Senthamizh Thaenmozhiyaan! I intend to write all...
Continue reading...Tempus Fugit (Catalan, Enric Folch)
Tempus Fugit (time flies) is a remarkable film. On one hand its a low budget, obviously made for TV (Televisió de Catalunya or TV3), Catalan language film playing out of...
Continue reading...Chain kulii ki main kulii (Hindi, Salim Sulaiman)
The title song is a typical techno track on the lines of crazy frog – simple and predictable. Khula aasmaan’s lyrics by Irfan Siddique and KK’s vocals save it since...
Continue reading...Thee Nagar (Tamil, Jassie Gift)
Neeye en and Kaapatha mudiyala have incredibly silly and coarse lyrics. But while the former has an interesting sound and tune, the latter actually has a vintage Ilayaraja style rhythm...
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