Onnam class and Bad boy are extremely standard DSP templates – high-on-energy, foot-tapping rhythms, tunes that merely limp along the dominating sound and a repetitive hook. Thaka thayya‘s combination of...
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Saguni (Music review), Tamil – G V Prakash Kumar
Kandha kaara vadai is a competent kuthu with the right dose of engaging mod sounds and rhythmically apt lyrics by Paramu; Shankar Mahadevan is, as usual, perfect. Vella bambaram is...
Continue reading...Siruthai (Music review), Tamil – Vidyasagar
If you ignore the short, middling and trite Thalaattu, the rest of the soundtrack is one extended item number! Keeravani’s hyper-catchy hook from the original’s College Papala makes only a...
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If there’s one recent Tamil film that evoked a rather loud ‘What the f***?’ from me, it is Naan Mahaan Alla. Here’s a film that has everything going for it...
Continue reading...Aayirathil Oruvan (Director: Selvaraghavan)
Let me say this right away – Aayirathil Oruvan is the most disappointing Tamil film I’ve ever seen. Behind that massive disappointment lies expectations, no doubt, but Selvarghavan has himself...
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