‘Folk Marley’ Anthony Daasan’s spirited rendition lifts Tagaru banthu tagaru as much as Charan’s highly infectious sound that effortlessly descends into pulsating kuthu at times. Mental ho jawa is a...
Continue reading...ARR51 – A playlist for your feet
I’m the 2-left-feet type. So, I decided to pick 20 songs of Rahman across his repertoire that made even me move (a bit, not too much – 2-left-feet, remember?). Obviously,...
Continue reading...Thaana Serndha Koottam (Music review), Tamil – Anirudh
Between the energetic tabla and iktara-like strains, Anirudh handles Naana thaana‘s likeable tune in his inimitable style. The title song‘s gangsta-style music is engaging, while the anthemic Engae endru povathu‘s...
Continue reading...Gulaebaghavali (Music review), Tamil – Vivek-Mervin
Guleba makes up for the generic Latino carnival tune by being super enthusiastic about it, and this includes Anirudh’s ebullient singing and Maxwell’s splendid brass section. Seramal ponal‘s melody is...
Continue reading...Mayaanadhi (Music review), Malayalam – Rex Vijayan
Rex Vijayan and Neha S Nair’s vocals effortlessly sweep through the pleasant synth riff in Uyirin nadhiye, while Arun Suradhaa’s Dilruba sneaks in beautifully in the interlude. Neha, in particular,...
Continue reading...Kaalakaandi (Music review), Hindi – Sameer Uddin, Shashwat Sachdev
Swagpur ka Chaudhary borders on Psychedelic Funk and carries the same irreverent swag from Abhinay Deo’s Delhi Belly (which Akshat, Kaalakaandi’s director wrote). Abhishek Nailwal ups the ante with the...
Continue reading...PadMan (Music review), Hindi – Amit Trivedi
When a man truly and completely adopts his woman’s electricity bill, you get Aaj se teri! Kausar Munir’s zingy lines lend this gently lilting ballad by Arijit significant heft even...
Continue reading...Agnyaathavaasi (Music review), Telugu – Anirudh
Dhaga dhaga maney, with its searing guitar backdrop (Prasanna, Rex Vijayan and Keba Jeremiah) and Anirudh’s vocal-cord busting singing is a pulsating listen! The classical guitar interludes and Anirudh’s work...
Continue reading...Mukkabaaz (Music review), Hindi – Rachita Arora, Nucleya and Vineet Kumar Singh
Paintra is as combative as the sport the film portrays. Nucleya’s vibrant music fuses pan-Indian kuthu sounds effectively to let Divine deliver a grungy song. Mushkil hai apna is a...
Continue reading...Vimaanam (Music review), Malayalam – Gopi Sundar
Vaaniluyare has everything one expects from Gopi – pleasant melody and his trademark strings, but somehow, it all sounds too familiar. The song’s other expression, Anthimaanam, by Nandini Srikar is...
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