Jeenay de mujhe, by Pakistani rocker Faiza Mujahid, literally screams women’s emancipation, in the Bryan Adams rock mode. The second Pakistani connection of the soundtrack is Qurat Ul Ain Balouch...
Continue reading...Remo (Music review), Tamil – Anirudh
In Remo nee kadhalan, Anirudh plays between the film’s hero’s gender switch for rap in a frenzied, very busy chorus that is as interesting as it is layered. He joins...
Continue reading...Majnu (Music review), Telugu – Gopi Sundar
The second Suchit Suresan finishes the first 2 lines in Kallumoosi, Gopi adds a very short burst of violins, and that is precisely the Gopi trademark! The melody is spritely...
Continue reading...Milliblog’s Top Recent Listens – August 2016
Hindi Yaad hai na (both versions) – Raaz Reboot (Jeet Gaanguli) Rada, Udan choo and Rehmo karam – Banjo (Vishal-Shekhar) Purza and Kehkasha – Akira (Vishal-Shekhar) Judaiyaan – unIndian (Hindi...
Continue reading...Hitman – September 3, 2016
Originally published in . Maayaavi penne – Bayam Oru Payanam (Tamil – Y.R.Prasad) There is some amount of name-based coincidence in Bayam Oru Payanam. The film’s director is Manisharma. The...
Continue reading...Kuttram 23 (Music review), Tamil – Vishal Chandrashekhar
Pori vaithu is Vishal Chandrashekhar’s version of Kaakha Kaakha’s Ennai konjam maatri, with a lovely dash of violin and rock, and lyricist Viveka’s wordplay imagining on similar lines, of a...
Continue reading...Kochavva Paulo Ayyappa Coelho (Music review), Malayalam – Shaan Rahman and Sooraj S. Kurup
There’s a whiff of yesteryears’ retro in Neelakkannulla maane that’s very inviting, sung incredibly by Vijay Yesudas and Shweta Mohan! Mele mukilodum and Sooraj’s lone contribution, Vaanam mele are odd...
Continue reading...Veera Sivaji (Music review), Tamil – D.Imman
Thaarumaaru thakkalisoru seems like it has been composed by a bot; STR’s voice, lyrics and the backgrounds… all drown in digital excess. The other version, led by Deepak, is more...
Continue reading...Wrong Side Raju (Music review), Gujarati – Sachin-Jigar
Dawn Cordo’s ethereal vocals go perfectly with the main tune of Satrangi that is equally dreamy orchestration to boot, besides Arijit Singh’s involved singing. The jaunty garba rhythm is no...
Continue reading...Hitman – August 27, 2016
Originally published in The Hindu. Nila nila – Yaanum Theeyavan (Tamil – Achu) Achu Rajamani has time and again proven himself to be a nifty, dependable composer in Telugu films....
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