Shugal laga le and Banjara are heady melanges! Raghu mixes racy Celtic-sound with rhythmic desi folk; the former, with its Kerala folk mix works flawlessly! Darmiyaan is Raghu’s trademark –...
Continue reading...Meyaadha Maan (Music review), Tamil – Santhosh Narayanan, Pradeep Kumar
Anabelle Pei is Santhosh riffing on familiar gaana couplets, but Ka.Ka.Bala’s Area gaana mixes Villuppaattu-style with gaana’s raw energy impressively. S.Madhu is a funky TASMAC song espousing everything about S.Madhu,...
Continue reading...Parava (Music review), Malayalam – Rex Vijayan
Nenjil nenjil‘s prelude, with that digitally processed child singing snatches of Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’s iconic song is an intriguing misdirection to what comes next! Rex’s tune has a dreamy...
Continue reading...Udaharanam Sujatha (Music review), Malayalam – Gopi Sundar
Kasavu njoriyumoru pulari is simply outstanding! Gopi employs Sriranjani-raaga in an austere, evocative package and lets Gayathri Varma completely own the wonderful melody. Similarly, in Unarukayaano, Gopi layers the steady...
Continue reading...Dalapathi (Music review), Kannada – Charan Raj
Early morning could have easily been an Arjun Janya song; passably catchy song with absolutely nothing to indicate Charan Raj’s involvement. Gunu gunuguva too is so very Arjun, where he...
Continue reading...Judwaa 2 (Music review), Hindi – Sandeep Shirodkar, Anu Malik, Sajid-Wajid, Meet Bros
Sandeep Shirodkar does a pretty good job in improvising the catchy sadak-chaap’ness of Anu Malik’s original in Chalti hai kya featuring Dev Negi and Neha Kakkar. In Oonchi hai building...
Continue reading...Haseena Parkar (Music review), Hindi – Sachin-Jigar
Tere bina, with its sparse, Father Figure-like (George Michael) rhythm works largely because of Arijit and Priya’s soaring vocals, even as the tune is largely perfunctory. Priya’s solo sad version...
Continue reading...Mahanubhavudu (Music review), Telugu – Thaman S
Rendu kallu has an easy charm, with a captivating hook and Armaan Malik handles it impeccably. M.M.Manasi and Geetha Madhuri are effortlessly good in Thaman’s Mayamalavagowla-raaga title song, with a...
Continue reading...Ungarala Rambabu (Music review), Telugu – Ghibran
Mughlai biryani is Ghibran trying everything, including throwing in video game sounds into the mix. Hoo laa laa is passable, with lively singing by Dhanunjay and Yazin Nizar and a...
Continue reading...Jai Lava Kusa (Music review), Telugu – Devi Sri Prasad
Divya Kumar earnestly renders Raavana, an adequately pounding hero-intro song with nothing more. Jaspreet Jasz and Ranina Reddy’s vocals and DSP playing the electric guitar in Tring tring infuse some...
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