Qatl-e-aam, in its Unplugged version, has a phenomenally beautiful—very ghazal style—melody at its core and Sona Mohapatra delivers it incredibly well. The soft, lilting Punjabi rhythm and the persistent guitar...
Continue reading...Do Lafzon Ki Kahani (Music review), Hindi – Amaal Mallik, Babli Haque, Ankit Tiwar and Arjuna Harjai
Amaal Malik’s Kuch to hai is a simple tune, evoking classic waltz-style ballads, but in Armaan Malik’s vocals, it’s a good listen. Babli Haque’s sufi-tinged Jeena marna is largely predictable,...
Continue reading...Junooniyat (Music review), Hindi – Meet Bros Anjjan, Jeet Ganguly and Ankit Tiwari
Neeraj Shridhar offers a minor ray of hope for the stock dance tune in Nachange saari raat, while Meet Bros Anjjan dust their stock library once more for the title...
Continue reading...TE3N (Music review), Hindi – Clinton Cerejo
Haq hai, with its somber and deeply rich backgrounds plays out like a wonderfully desi’fied Praying For Time (George Michael – Listen Without Prejudice Vol.1, 1990). Clinton handles the vocals...
Continue reading...Sultan (Music review), Hindi – Vishal-Shekhar
Baby ko bass pasand hai starts off folk’ishly and makes good on the hook’s insanely catchy and dance-worthy techno promise! Mika’s 440 Volt is a templatized 90s-style masala track no...
Continue reading...Gentleman (Music review), Telugu – Mani Sharma
Mani Sharma offers a lovely jazz package in Chali chali! The tune is breezy, and Mani’s singers—Haricharan, Padmalatha and Malavika—do a fantastic job! In Gusa gusa lade, the whispery tune...
Continue reading...Hitman – May 28, 2016
Originally published in The Hindu. Oadittaanga – Unnodu Ka (Tamil – C.Sathya) Imagine the scene of a couple of running away from a village, with hundreds of villagers on their...
Continue reading...Meenkuzhambum Manpaanayum (Music review), Tamil – D.Imman
It takes some time to realize that Wako wowra is actually a Tamil song; it’s catchy, no doubt. Shankar Mahadevan handles the strings-led Yellaam nadagam like a pro, and the...
Continue reading...Housefull 3 (Music review), Hindi – Toshi Sabri, Sharib Sabri, Sohail Sen, Mika Singh, Milind Gaba and Tanishk Bagchi
Pyar ki, by Toshi and Sharib Sabri has one goal – make a foot-tapping song; it delivers amply, with a catchy hook and easy-singalong—bordering on the dumb—lines to go with...
Continue reading...Raja XL
(Ilayaraja’s first film as composer, Annakkili, released on May 14, 1976. That completes 40 years of relentless and glorious music making from the man, and some more, as he is...
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