Ammanae has a fantastic 80s pop wrapper around an otherwise loud and full-throated conventional Amman song lyrics – very funky idea that plays on the dramatic difference between the lyrics...
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Kalavadiya Pozhudhugal (Music review), Tamil – Bharadwaj
Azhagazhage harks back to a time when Bahardwaj was adept at creating Laxmikant-Pyarelal styled Hindi-type melodies; considering this film’s production timeline, this seems understandable. Cheran inge is a fantastic melange...
Continue reading...Athithi (Music review), Tamil – Bharadwaj
Shutter moodum nerathile, a sort of a gana, is woefully outmoded, with a bland hook to boot. Its Club mix is even more pointless. Solla solla ullamengum can hardly go...
Continue reading...Irandu Mugam (Music review), Tamil – Bharadwaj
Kannum kannum is typical Bharadwaj – a lovely, rhythmic tune with better anupallavi than pallavi, Minsaram medhuvai is typical Bharadwaj too – the pointlessly outdated mod sound of the composer....
Continue reading...Nandhi (Music review), Tamil – Bharadwaj
With that Manisharma’ish Dolu dolu rhythm, Thannikulla is, vastly similar to Ilayaraja’s 1986 SPB classic, Pattu poove, from Naanun Oru Thozhilaali! Idhu thaan kaadhal is pleasant but is so templatized...
Continue reading...Music review: Asal (Tamil – Bharadwaj)
Despite the sycophancy, the title song has an ambient feel almost like a Bond title track; Sunitha Menon’s vocals adding to the charm. Em thandhai is very 90s Rahman’ish, but...
Continue reading...Music review: Kaadhalukku Maranamillai (Tamil – Bharadwaj)
Shankar Mahadevan’s vocal-chord piercing Esshk esshk kaadhal is a pulsating track indeed, with a mature blend between the Latino-tinge and classical styles. Enthanaalum winnerthaan is sadly merely guitar-overdose, with a...
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