Dham dham rehashes that typical Lingusami-style family song with absolutely no extra effort, while Damma damma goes the same way – yet another Dhaavani potta deepavali. If Kattipudi enna works,...
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Tanu Weds Manu (Music review), Hindi – Krsna & RDB
RDB’s Sadi gali sounds as good as it sounded a few years ago – Lehmber Hussainpuri’s earthy vocals is one huge reason why this catchy tracks works almost immediately! Debutant...
Continue reading...Manmadan Ambu (Music review), Tamil – Devi Sri Prasad
Dhagudu dhattham‘s lyrics are typical Kamal Haasan, but the tune is a callow mélange. Andrea sounds fabulous even in the humdrum broadway’ish Who’s the hero, while Neela vaanam makes great...
Continue reading...Music review: Teen Patti (Hindi – Salim Sulaiman)
Bachchan’s probability mumbo-jumbo sounds silly in an otherwise-enjoyable, Bond’ish Life is a game; fantastic vocals by Sonia Saigal and Anushka! Summertime (George Gershwin’s original used as-is) has corny lyrics, but...
Continue reading...Music review: 3 Idiots (Hindi – Shantanu Moitra)
All izz well is no doubt funky and does a 2.0 version of Anu Malik’s pet sound (dhumpachikitha anyone?), but this one-hook-trick can only go so far. Zoobi doobi with...
Continue reading...Music review: Sikandar (Hindi – Justin Uday, Shankar Ehsaan Loy & Sandesh Shandilya)
Manzaraat works solely due to Shilpa Rao’s vocals and not so much for Justin Uday’s music. The composing duo also give us the spritely Chaal apni and the deep but...
Continue reading...Music review: 13B (Hindi – Shankar Ehsaan Loy, Tubby & Parik)
You have Shankar Ehsaan Loy, but the 13B’s makers think Indrajit ‘Tubby’ Sharma and Parikshit Parik can do a better instrumental theme? The theme is however clever – begins serenely,...
Continue reading...Music review: Guru En Aalu (Tamil – Srikanth Deva)
With a Middle Eastern tinge, Alai paayudhey pointlessly lays its cards right at the outset – the manic kuthu rhythm that the composer adores. Chellame has Udit eating Tamil for...
Continue reading...Music review: Naan Aval Adhu (Tamil – GV Prakash Kumar, RP Patnaik & Prasanna Shekhar)
Prasanna Shekhar’s Nee dooramaai ponalum echoes some of his Hindi tracks with limited nativity, but with adequate haunt-value, in tune with theme. Of the two GV Prakash composed songs –...
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