Yugabharathi’s enjoyable colloquial lyrics, Velmurugan’s vocals and GVP’s judiciously-understated rhythm prop Sandalee‘s gorgeous melody. GVP makes brilliant use of a folk riff in Uruttu kannala and adds a beautifully structured...
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Mupparimanam (Music review), Tamil – G.V.Prakash Kumar
Let’s Go Party and Yaar ivano sound woefully dated, including lyrics that allude to AB Positive and Android in the former, as if cementing that dated’ness. Sokki poraandi is no...
Continue reading...Kadavul Irukaan Kumaru (Music review), Tamil – G.V.Prakash Kumar
Nee pona‘s easy, cool tune is a definite plus but the overall package is a bit too lethargic for comfort. Gum zaare‘s package is no different with a cringe-worthy, outdated...
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...Meendum Oru Kadhal Kathai (Music review), Tamil – G.V.Prakash Kumar
Mai pottu lyrically brings to life a nikkah, amidst a perfunctory tune. Hey pennae has a surprisingly Harris Jayaraji’sh tune, but is lovely nonetheless. In Mohini, GVP employs his faux-sufi...
Continue reading...Eetti (Music review), Tamil – G V Prakash Kumar
Kuiyyo muiyyo has a lively, rhythmic tune, accentuated by the hook and Ranjith & Vandana’s singing, besides Na.Muthukumar’s lines (Pakistan army pol border’a minjariye!). Naan pudicha is standard-issue thavil &...
Continue reading...Trisha Illana Nayanthara (Music review), Tamil – G V Prakash Kumar
Yennachu yedhachu owes its existence heavily to Minsara Kanavu’s Vennilave vennilave, and it’s not just the Keeravani raaga base! GVP goes full-on local kuthu for Bittu padam di and that...
Continue reading...Kaakka Muttai (Music review), Tamil – G V Prakash Kumar
Edhai ninaithom is wonderfully sung and orchestrated by Prakash, but it sounds alarmingly like Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara’s Khaabon Ke Parindey that Alyssa Mendonsa may butt in with ‘Oho kya...
Continue reading...Idhu Enna Maayam (Music review), Tamil – G V Prakash Kumar
MC Vickey grunts his way through the predictable hip-hop/rap template of High voltage. Udit Narayan continues his Tamil-spitting routine in the painfully dated Machi machi that desperately tries to sound...
Continue reading...Ugly (Music review), Hindi – G V Prakash Kumar, Shree D & Ishq Bector
G V Prakash Kumar sounds awkward in Sooraj hai kahaan; the generic tune doesn’t help either. But the composer makes up for it in Papa, a poignant melody that he...
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