Babu Haabi’s electrifying rap opens Chitta ve in style, even as Shahid Mallya and Bhanu Prtap take on the main tune beautifully amped by Amit’s pulsating electronic sounds. Vadiya is...
Continue reading...Unnodu Ka (Music review), Tamil – C.Sathya
Oothe is a joyous tune led by Vaimitra with a delightfully Tamil dialect and a dash of retro thanks to the splendid piano backing! Oadittaanga is fantastic twist to the...
Continue reading...Jigarthanda (Music review), Kannada – Arjun Janya
Kai ethi thaddhandre, a funky song depicting Udipi’s dreaded gangster Arumuga’s life, comes alive in Ravishankar’s menacing vocals! Naa gudsi has a whiff of Vidyasagar—Villadhi Villain’s Bombai Maami—and the sweet...
Continue reading...Enakku Innoru Per Irukku (Music review), Tamil – G.V.Prakash Kumar
MS Viswanthan’s Ninaithadhai Mudippavan number Kannai nambathey gets a bastard’ized love-failure plus friendship remix – standard-issue Gana Bala song meant for TASMAC, aimed at the foot. Myma is bastard’ized Chandrababu...
Continue reading...Hitman – May 14, 2016
Originally published in . Aravalli – Velainu Vandhutta Vellaikaaran (Tamil – C.Sathya) Composer C.Sathya has been fairly consistent in his above-average output so far in Tamil that his not moving...
Continue reading...Okka Ammayi Thappa (Music review), Telugu – Mickey J Meyer
For such a lovely melody, sung and by Ramya Behara backed by a smattering of nadaswaram (shenai?), Kotta kadhalay is annoyingly short! Kaav kaav is a foot-stomper that lives up...
Continue reading...Brahmotsavam (Music review), Telugu – Mickey J Meyer
Vacchindi kada avakasam no doubt has the strong AVICII flavor, but the Telugu-EDM song is great, catchy fun, led wonderfully by Abhay Jodhpurkar. The title song too carries the electronic...
Continue reading...Hitman – May 7, 2016
Originally published in . Anuvai – KaLam (Tamil – Prakash Nikki) Composer Prakash Nikki made a decent enough debut in the Jeeva starrer Rowthiram and puts together an equally decent...
Continue reading...Traffic (Music review), Hindi – Mithoon and Shailendra Barve
Neki ki raah is resonant and fits the sermon-like lyrics; Arijit Singhs (!) it in his characteristic style. Keh bhi de is lovely – a serene and beautifully orchestrated duet...
Continue reading...Velainu Vandhutta Vellaikaaran (Music review), Tamil – C.Sathya
Starting with Vaikom Vijaylakshmi’s Tamil folk, to techno and eventually to a mix of zingy techno and kuthu, along with Mahalingam’s background vocals, Aaravalli is consistently catchy and inventive. Yugabharathi’s...
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