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 தமிழà¯!
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...
Continue reading...Dharm OST (Hindi, Debajyoti Mishra)
Dharm’s soundtrack is no doubt aligned tightly with the kind of theme the movie deals with, but some of the pieces are only 20+ seconds long that I wonder why...
Continue reading...Swami OST (Nitin Arora, Sony Chandy)
I really admire debutant director, choreographer Ganesh Acharya’s idea to make a realistic, dance-unfriendly film! But the soundtrack, for all its grand and refined sound by Nitin Arora and Sony...
Continue reading...Jhoomo re (Kailasa)
Beyond the fact that a unique voice like Kailash Kher’s does bring a certain fatigue, the Kailasa band innovates exceptionally well in the rich orchestration, choice of instruments and the...
Continue reading...Himesh and the love/hate dichotomy
Quite a few people have mailed me with extreme annoyance and complete disbelief – ‘Why are you a member in both Himesh fans and Hate-Himesh groups at Orkut?’ Are we...
Continue reading...Apne (Hindi – Himesh Reshammiya)
Ankh vich and Mehfuz have all the trappings of a standardized Himesh track, topped with his strong nasality (!) but strangely, the tunes are pretty good. Dekhoon tujhe has some...
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