A single playlist of all these songs, courtesy Saavn: (This playlist does not include songs from Sheesh Mahal and Jomonte Suviseshangal) Hindi Ishaara – Force 2 (Amaal Mallik) Mehram and...
Continue reading...Jomonte Suviseshangal (Music review), Malayalam – Vidyasagar
Nokki nokki is good old Vidyasagar – the kind with a tune that reminds one of Ilayaraja, with Vidyasagar’s own nuances added. The anupallavi’s rhythm takes too simplistic a route,...
Continue reading...Befikre (Music review), Hindi – Vishal-Shekhar
Nashe si chadh gayi, barring the annoying chipmunks’ish intrusions, is a lovely listen, with a hypnotic, Middle-Eastern tune and wonderfully voiced by Arijit. More Middle Eastern sound in the title...
Continue reading...Gemini (Music review), Malayalam – Shaan Rahman
Jeevitham ithu has a pleasant—albeit rather generic—sound that borders on EDM, and Najim Arshad handles it well. Kadha parayana flows even better, with a nice pop-ghazal-sufi mix-like sound, really well...
Continue reading...On music, reviews and social media – my chat with Prashant Pillai
Helped me articulate many things on music, my music listening preferences and habits, music reviewing and social media.
Continue reading...Kootathil Oruthan (Music review), Tamil – Nivas K Prasanna
SP Balasubrahmanyam sounding like his 80s/90s self in Enda ippadi is reason enough to love the song! Nivas adds a lot more – the tune has a nice repetitive ring,...
Continue reading...Dhruva (Music review), Telugu – Hiphop Tamizha
The title song is aptly booming, with Amit Mishra’s full-throated singing and the punchy rock sound. Padmalatha, who sang the best song from Thani Oruvan (Kannala kannala), gets the song’s...
Continue reading...S3 – Singam 3 (Music review), Tamil – Harris Jayaraj
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Continue reading...Hitman – November 26, 2016
Originally published in The Hindu. Kannadikkala – Maaveeran Kittu (Tamil – D.Imman) Imman’s clever and highly proficient appropriation of Ilayaraja continues in Maaveeran Kittu’s best song, Kannadikkala. The composer has...
Continue reading...Ore Mukham (Music review), Malayalam – Bijibal
Madhu Balakrishnan seems to be the perfect Yesudas-alternative for the whiff of retro in Aarum – the singer evokes so much of yesteryears’ melodic coolth, backed by Bijibal’s engagingly complex...
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