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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Vedi (Music review), Tamil – Vijay Antony
Enna aachu is simple and serene with a lovely, uncomplicated flow, beautifully sung by Janaki Iyer and Vijay Yesudas. Ichu holds a similar uncomplicated flow but it doesn’t work this...
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: De Dana Dhan (Hindi – Pritam, RDB & Ad Boys)
Rahat is getting typecast and it is clear from the maha-predictable forced-pleasantness of Rishte naate. Gale lag ja works marginally, only because of Javed Ali, but Paisa (by RDB), with...
Continue reading...Movie review: Vaaranam Aayiram (Goutham Vasudev Menon)
Forget Surya looking like a million bucks – he actually looks like Gautam Menon; that is how self-indulgent this movie gets. The ode-to-everyday-dad is about the son and the Dad...
Continue reading...Music review: Vaaranam Aayiram (Tamil – Harris Jeyaraj)
Sudha Raghunathan replaces steady favorite, Bombay Jayashree in Anal mele – a soft, heavenly track who’s tune and focused vocals create a fabulously ambient concoction. The mild backgrounds reminiscent of...
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