Sunidhi Chauhan puts up her grungy best in Kedigadu, even as Sandeep’s backgrounds pack a phenomenal punch, particularly the imaginative interludes, while Arijit Singh and Neha Kakkar ace the sweet,...
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Music review: Mundhinam Paartheney (Tamil – Thaman S)
Indre indre has an old-worldly charm to it – Ranjith gets a cracker of a melody that allows him to vary his range, even as Thaman adds charming layers to...
Continue reading...Music review: Goa (Tamil – Yuvan Shankar Raja)
Goa’s soundtrack is interestingly split into two dramatically different parts. The native folk flavour is heady in 3 tracks – the unbelievably-Raja’ish and hyper-catchy Yezhezhu thalamuraikkum; the mid-80s pathos track...
Continue reading...Music review: Saptak (Pakistani Pop – Mekaal Hasan Band)
The opener, Chal Bulleya fuses lyrics from Bulleh Shah and Bhagat Kabir in a pleasant and accessible package, while Bandeya and Ranjha‘s free jamming-style unravel their effervescent tunes quite remarkably....
Continue reading...Music review: Leader (Telugu – Mickey J Meyer)
Maa Telugu talliki scores big time with its atmospherically inspiring orchestration, even as it expertly intersperses Sri Tanguturi Surya Kumari’s ubiquitous and evergreen original brilliantly! Despite the predictably familiar rhythm,...
Continue reading...Music review: Fitoor (Indipop – Mohit Chauhan)
With an extremely familiar, but not specifically pinpointable guitar strum – beyond conjuring Dire Straits – the title song, composed by Mohit and Rocky, makes for a rather familiar and...
Continue reading...Music review: London Dreams (Hindi – Shankar Ehsaan Loy)
Barson yaaron is a full-throated, rock anthem with brilliant pauses (Laakh take da) and a mesmerizing finale invoking Lord Hanuman! The choice of vocals – Vishal Dadlani and Roop Kumar...
Continue reading...Music review: Tum Mile (Hindi – Pritam)
The title song ambitiously has 3 versions – a bouncy, up-tempo variant by Neeraj Shridhar, quite aptly; a reprise by Javed Ali and a rock version by Shafqat Amanat Ali....
Continue reading...Music review: Blue (Hindi – A R Rahman)
Blue sees Rahman offering his massiest sound in quite some time, but – as always – with enough cues that denote his going the extra step, even within the commercial...
Continue reading...Music review: Wake Up Sid (Hindi – Shankar Ehsaan Loy, Amit Trivedi)
The title song is immensely sing-along’ish and despite that mild monotony via Shankar’s vocals, makes for a lovely listen, particularly the exuberant title call-out. In Kya Karoon, the highlight is...
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