Mazha paadum‘s melody is highly tuneful. Deepak’s choice of singers, Aravind Venugopal and the film’s leading lady, Aparna Balamurali amply help the song, while Deepak’s soft and pleasant orchestration takes...
Continue reading...Cappuccino (Music review), Malayalam – Hesham Abdul Wahab
Vineeth Srinivasan invests a lot in Janah meri janah, a wonderfully calming melody by Hesham. The song’s reprise sees Adheef Muhammed’s expression of the same melody in a lovely new...
Continue reading...Rajvishnu (Music review), Kannada – Arjun Janya
The title song is a heady, foot-tapping number, stringing together Rajkumar and Vishnuvardhan film titles! Vijay Prakash is expectedly fantastic. Arjun infuses manic energy in Dhool‘s rhythm, though the actual...
Continue reading...Fida (Music review), Telugu – Shakthikanth Karthick
Much of Vachinde‘s buoyancy is from Madhu Priya’s fantastic singing. Shakthikanth’s folksy backgrounds include lovely dollops of sitar and harmonium. Edo jaruguthondi is equally spirited, with its easy-on-the-ears dance-pop sound,...
Continue reading...Toilet Ek Prem Katha (Music review), Hindi – Vickey Prasad, Sachet-Parampara, Manas-Shikhar
Of the 2 songs by Vickey Prasad, Hans mat pagli is an easy winner, with its folksy, breezy melody that evokes composer Krsna’s repertoire and winsome vocals by Sonu Nigam...
Continue reading...Lipstick Under My Burkha (Music review), Hindi – Zebunnisa Bangash
Zeb hands over her number (originally by )—re-written by Anvita Dutt as Jigi jigi—to Malini Awasthi. Malini folksy raunch gives it a new twist, with Zeb’s brilliantly mounted brass. Ishquiya‘s...
Continue reading...Kathalo Rajakumari (Music review), Telugu – Vishal Chandrashekhar and Ilayaraja
Nallani kanulalo and Ye piduguki both start with whistling but they turn into dramatically different songs. The former moves on to a neat Russian-folk like prelude, to eventually a lilting...
Continue reading...Jagga Jasoos (Music review), Hindi – Pritam
There’s so much to like in Ullu ka pattha – Vivienne Pocha’s ‘Ulule’ hook—with a clever yodel effect, Daniel García Diego’s scintillating Flamenco guitar, and the way multiple streams converge...
Continue reading...Pothuvaaga Emmanasu Thangam (Music review), Tamil – D.Imman
Summa irukkuruthu and Pachi paranthiruchi are Imman template-reuse all the way – pounding rhythm and vocal effects, with simplistic catchy tunes. In Ammani, despite Diluckshan Jeyaratnam and Shashaa Tirupati, the...
Continue reading...Veedevadu (Music review), Telugu – S.S.Thaman
Ela ela flows like any other Thaman song – that slow and steady rhythm is an effortless head-shaker, and carries the simple tune along with it. Thaman brings back his...
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