For a film who’s most known virtue is the leading lady’s nude scenes, a completely ghazal-soaked soundtrack by noted sitar exponent, Ustad Shujaat Husain Khan, does place its director’s intentions...
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Aridhu Aridhu (Music review), Tamil – Thaman S
The Tanglish lyrics of Oo lalali is a problem, but one cannot blame Thaman alone for it; the composer has delivered and how! Suchitra’s inimitable voice seldom goes wrong for...
Continue reading...Malarvaadi Arts Club (Music review), Malayalam – Shaan Rahman
Maanyamaha janagale, with its pumping music and rousing pop tune is appropriately zingy, with excellent vocals by Vineeth and Sachin Warrier, while Shaan excels with his tipsy vocals in the...
Continue reading...Vedam (Music review), Telugu – MM Keeravani
The angst-ridden Now or never works brilliantly with its booming sound and remarkable guitar accompaniments, while the very folk’ish and stage-song like Egiripote enta baguntundhi is singer Sunita’s show all...
Continue reading...Cafe Fluid (Music review), Naveen Kumar
The melancholic Heartflute’s tune is heartfelt and instantly strikes a chord. Kerala cues in Sindbad Vs. Kerala are subtle; the Sindbad cues, non-existent. But it is gorgeous – the ambient...
Continue reading...Music review: Raavan (Hindi – A R Rahman)
Beera, in true Rahman style, takes a spirited, free-flowing life of its own; the energizing tune, completely fresh vocals of Mustafa Kutoane’s literally African sound and Vijay Prakash’s spritely rendition…it...
Continue reading...Music review: Kyun Dooriyan (Shafqat Amanat Ali)
After the spellbinding debut, Tabeer, Shafqat’s second album sure comes loaded with expectations. Kyun dooriyan plays it in typical Shafqat-style fusion and is generously helped by Nabeel Nihal’s energetic guitar,...
Continue reading...Music review: Lahore (Hindi – MM Kreem, Piyush Mishra & Wayne Sharpe)
Ab ye kaafila is atmospheric and lilting enough except for that cringe-worthy English phrases; Karthik, KK and Kreem himself pitch in fantastic vocals to lift this lively track. Daler Mehndi...
Continue reading...The Composition of World Harmony 2010 (Mrigya)
Sharat Chandra’s violin is the soul of the album; pervasive and brilliant. The track Ganga is perhaps the best example of his skills, even as the band layers it beautifully...
Continue reading...Music review: Striker (Hindi – Assorted composers)
Aim lagaa‘s Rikshaw mix has a particularly nice retro’ish touch that sounds notably better than the plain version – rapper Blaaze handles the singing and composing parts admirably well. Bombay...
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