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...
Continue reading...Muni (Tamil – Bharadwaj)
Bharadwaj, much like his Northern namesake, has always given us genuinely different sounding music, even though quality-wise the comparison pales. Muni again sees him using unconventional tunes wrapped in familiar...
Continue reading...Oram Po (Tamil – GV Prakash Kumar)
There’s always a first time and I’m not going to let something as insignificant as my ego stand in the way. I’m not saying Oram Po is extraordinary. Just that...
Continue reading...Top 7 recent listens!
June ponal – Unnale Unnale (Harris Jeyaraj, Tamil) Despite the uncanny similarity to Blue’s All Rise (only in terms of the tune pattern, and not necessarily the tune per se!),...
Continue reading...Nehle pe dehla (Whatever, whoever)
Too many cooks…. (Not worth wasting 97 more words on this piece of junk!) Keywords: Pritam, Sanjay Dutt, Saif Ali Khan, Bipasha Basu, Anand Raj Anand
Continue reading...
