Some of Yuvan’s Pudhupettai orchestral brilliance trickles down to Innum oru iravu which sets a fabulously eerie and ambient tone to the soundtrack. Yuvan’s intentionally coarse diction and singing only...
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Waqt par bolna (Hariharan)
Kaash (2000), and to some extent, Halka Nasha (2002, music by Utpal Biswas) were a new direction for the prolific singer, who’s ghazals I’ve come to completely adore, more specifically...
Continue reading...Into The Light – Mandolin Meets Contemporary Sounds (U.Rajesh)
As U.Rajesh opens Shadows after a brief, evocative piano prelude by Anil Srinivasan, I literally felt the ground beneath my feet moving. Was it that tinge of Latino? Or was...
Continue reading...Junoon (Abhijeet Sawant)
Gone is that awkward edge. Abhijeet sounds a lot more confident and mature. And Sony BMG seems to have lined up a great set of composers to prop Abhijeet’s comeback!...
Continue reading...Ammuvaagiya Naan (Tamil – Sabesh-Murali)
Mathangi excels in the Ilayaraja’ish Kadale. Those exotic interludes, in particular, reek of vintage Raja style, even as the mellifluous tune is expertly arranged with clear focus on thoughtful lyrics...
Continue reading...The Train (Hindi – Mithoon)
Woh ajnabee captivates right from the start – with a catchy stacatto rhythm and an extraordinary singing debut by Mithoon, Shilpa Rao pitching-in equally beautifully. That Dhadkan dhadkan line, besides...
Continue reading...Mozhi (Tamil – Vidyasagar)
Jassie Gift finally gets a track which doesn’t require him to shout coarsely – this one’s actually a fantastic dulcet tune with a mild catchy rhythm, much like Pesaa madanthaye,...
Continue reading...Fluid – Flute Grooves by Naveen
Sivamani opens and Naveen aptly weaves a lovely, racy flute piece in the title track. The much celebrated Bombay Theme goes completely haywire to begin with and then we get...
Continue reading...Pudhupettai
[A well deserved exception in word count…200 words for this soundtrack!] Yuvan’s imagination soars way beyond the confines of a Tamil movie OST in the phenomenal Pudhupettai Main theme, Selling...
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