One of the prominent things I remember about the earlier album featuring Ustad and Chitra was the beautiful video by Pradeep Sarkar. The new Leja leja video fits right into...
Continue reading...Salaam-e-ishq (Hindi – Shankar, Ehsaan & Loy)
The catchily repetitive title song has Chopra-style written all over, while Saiyyan Re works well as an energetic new-age qawali. Ya rabba has Kailash in a pensive mood but doesn’t...
Continue reading...Muruga (Tamil – Karthikraja)
If his brother is going places, Karthikraja also seems to be doing the same, towards terra firma. And Muruga personifies this facet of the composer who had shown a lot...
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Kanja penne – Kizhakku Kadarkarai Saalai (Paul J, Tamil) Paul J’s Tamil debut is fairly decent, and this track stands out for its unique sound. Javeda zindagi – Anwar (Mithoon,...
Continue reading...Anwar (Hindi – Mithoon & Pankaj Awasthi)
Mithoon, after that phenomenal debut in Bas ek pal with Tere bin, proves that he’s here to impress. Big time! The two songs he composes for Anwar, Maula mere maula...
Continue reading...Kabul Express (Hindi – Raghav Sachar)
Kabul Fiza flows beautifully like a lively indi pop track than a filmi track. Raghav’s fresh vocals make the difference too! With a slightly monotonous and 90s feel, Banjar is...
Continue reading...Bhagam Bhag (Hindi – Pritam)
Tere bin is an enjoyable, breezy reggae’ish track while Signal, with a noticeable drag sounds pretty neat! But the soundtrack goes completely haywire after these two hopefuls. Sunidhi’s Aa kushi...
Continue reading...Guru (Hindi – A R Rahman)
Despite its crowd-pleasing catchiness, Barso re is rather contrived. Tere bina & Ay hairathe get everything right…imaginative accompaniments, delightful vocals by Rahman and Hariharan, and are excellently packaged. Bappi Lahiri...
Continue reading...Chennai Kaadhal (Tamil – Joshua Sridhar)
Thimirae & Angel, despite their Vikraman’ish tunes, are reasonably catchy, thanks to some sprightly orchestration. Barring those annoying tanglish gibberish, Enjoy is indeed enjoyably catchy. But Salladai and Rendaam jaamam...
Continue reading...Paruthiveeran (Tamil – Yuvan Shankar Raja)
Ariyadha manasu’s orchestrational simplicity, with that right amount of innovation, showcases Yuvan’s maturity. Iyyaiyo and Sari kama pathani sound at best like an excellent Raja tune gone awry, with Yuvan...
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