The highly listenable Roopasi and the title song perfectly fit the Sonu-Mano Murthy-Mungaru Male template, while Kere yeri has a simple, equally charming sound. Roopasi’s Shreya version, Kannadi illada oorinali...
Continue reading...Baadshaho (Music review), Hindi – Tanishk Bagchi, Ankit Tiwari, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, R D Burman
Tanishk does a good job of recreating Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s ! He weaves Nusrat’s voice over Rahat’s and keeps the backgrounds graceful. An abominable Tulsi Kumar version and an...
Continue reading...Bhoomi (Music review), Hindi – Sachin-Jigar
Dilshad Khan’s sarangi truly stands out in Lag ja gale where Rahat Fateh Ali Khan’s dependable—and predictable—voice holds the earnest melody. Tejas Vinchurkar’s flute props an already catchy Trippy trippy....
Continue reading...Simran (Music review), Hindi – Sachin-Jigar
Lagdi hai thaai maps perfectly to the enthusiasm and liveliness of Queen’s London Thumakda, with Gujarati zest replacing Punjabi zaniness. Jonita Gandhi and Guru Randhawa rock the rendition that has...
Continue reading...Arjun Reddy (Music review), Telugu – Radhan
Nikitha Gandhi breezes through the whispery and pleasant Dhooram effortlessly, along with that lilting guitar base. Radhan makes particularly lovely use of the chorus that takes up almost the last...
Continue reading...Babumoshai Bandookbaaz (Music review), Hindi – Gaurav Dagaonkar, Joel Dubba, Abhilash Lakra and Debojyoti Mishra
In Barfani, Gaurav uses Jog raaga beautifully to create a deeply involving melody that’s a throwback to an earlier time. Armaan Malik and Orunima Bhattacharya excel in their respective versions....
Continue reading...Mersal (Music review), Tamil – A R Rahman
Maacho, with its dramatically diverse soundscape, is Rahman throwing everything including the kitchen sink at it! Awkwardly enough, with adequate gibberish, it sounds like a Harris Jayaraj song – a...
Continue reading...En Aaloda Seruppa Kaanom (Music review), Tamil – Ishaan Dev
Iravil varukira is Shreya’s show… almost all the way! She’s impeccable, as expected, but ‘almost’ because Ishaan, interestingly, throws in so many things into it – exquisite orchestration (particularly that...
Continue reading...Paisa Vasool (Music review), Telugu – Anup Rubens
The title song—with the mandatory inclusion of ‘Tsunami’—has Daler Mehndi headlining the exuberant faux-Punjabi template. In Mama ek peg la, Balakrishna raps his way to seeking that elusive peg set...
Continue reading...Lucknow Central (Music review), Hindi – Arjunna Harjaie, Rochak Kohli, Tanishk Bagchi and Mychael Danna
Kaavaan kaavaan, Arjunna Harjaie’s rearranged version of Mychael Danna’s Monsoon Wedding number, Aj mera jee karda, retains the original’s heady dhol-based Punjabi mix, with Divya Kumar rocking the lively rendition....
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