Rabbi sings, writes and breathes life into the U2’esque Dilli and the folksy Tere bin, with elan. The Rabbi and Amit Sana duet, Kabhi aana na takes time to sink...
Continue reading...Lee (Tamil – Imaan)
Utterly pointless and dud of a soundtrack. Did this really deserve so many posters across Chennai city and leading Tamil publications? Bah!
Continue reading...Koodal Nagar (Tamil – Sabesh Murali)
Tamil selvi has a predictably pleasant tune while Yakka nillukka, with its routine rhythm and tune is plain boring. Even Yaaradhu and Aayiram thalaiyapaathu suffer from an acute sense of...
Continue reading...Namastey London (Hindi – Himesh Reshammiya)
While Himesh triumphs in the slow, rhythmic & very catchy Chakna, he is thoroughly annoying in Viraaniya. The composer tries ghazal-like sounds in Main jahaan and Yahi hota pyaar, but...
Continue reading...Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.
Sunidhi’s full-throated vocals do support the lively Sajnaji, but the composers may have as well used Shuba Mudgal herself, instead. And thanks to the overdose of techno sounds, this seems...
Continue reading...Pachaikili Muthucharam (Tamil – Harris Jeyaraj)
The same ol’ rhythm. Same ol’ chorus. Same ol’ Bombay Jayashree. Same ‘ol instantly likeable pop sound! That sums up Unakkul naan. Add a Madhushree version for some mild variety...
Continue reading...Red (Hindi – Himesh Reshammiya)
Oh, how we missed Himesh Reshammiya! To make up for the absence, he gives us Red, where except Jayesh Gandhi, there’s no other male singer in sight! Aafreen, with his...
Continue reading...Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón)
Alfonso Cuarón gets back to top form, after a brief sojourn into fantasy with Master Potter. Unlike his earlier Y Tu Mamá También or Sólo Con Tu Pareja, where he...
Continue reading...Doorie (Atif Aslam)
Why do Pakistani artists cross the border and lose their identity? Money and a larger audience, I guess! The title track is more of a launch vehicle for model Urvashi...
Continue reading...Risk (Hindi – Assorted Composers)
Vishram Sawant’s Risk is a one horse race and has the same irreverence towards filmi music like his mentor Ram Gopal Varma. It has been conceived specifically as a low...
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