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...
Continue reading...Baabul (Hindi – Aadesh Shrivastava)
The aimless Come on, rambling Har manzar and an assembly-line Keh raha hai give us enough reasons on why Aadesh is still in the side lines. But he does redeem...
Continue reading...Koi Baat Chale (Jagjit Singh & Gulzar)
Jagjit’s voice hasn’t changed. Gulzar’s word play hasn’t, either. So, here’s one of the finest ghazal albums this year. Hai lou zindagi and Teri soorat get on to you instantly,...
Continue reading...Sivappathigaaram (Tamil – Vidyasagar)
Atrai thingal the soundtrack’s highlight for its exotic orchestration and clean, charming Taml usage. Mannaargudi rocks you with its incredibly catchy folk rhythm while Vidyasagar adds a true-blue rustic filler...
Continue reading...Sainikudu (Telugu – Harris Jeyaraj)
Regardless of his tracks reminding us of some Rahman song, Harris Jeyaraj has been phenomenally successful in recent days. Back in Telugu, for Sainikudu, for the track Orugallu pilla, he...
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