Gentleman‘s catchy chorus hook is what makes it tick; enjoyably massy even as the overall tune around it fumbles aimlessly. Champakamala is typical Thaman material! Beautifully orchestrated simple, foot tapping...
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Vandhaan Vendraan (Music review), Tamil – Thaman S
Anjana Anjana‘s gorgeous, progressive build-up, brilliant use of the harmony and violin interludes is reminiscent of Rahman’s early work; sounds lovely! Nagarudhe seems similar in its musical approach and also...
Continue reading...Veera (Music review), Telugu – Thaman S
Ekkadekkada is predictable Thaman-material, but is still engaging, mainly due to NS Ramya’s confident vocals. O meri bhavri too employs all familiar Thaman stock-sounds to good effect in a tune...
Continue reading...Mirapakay (Music review), Telugu – Thaman S
Adigora choodu is all glitzy packaging with little tune or flow, while Thaman gets everything right in Vaishali and Silaka, a couple of sophisticated kuthu numbers, as he hits all...
Continue reading...Ragada (Music review), Telugu – Thaman S
The snazzy, racy arrangements of Meesamunna manmadhuda produce an illusion of it being good, but the tune is pedestrian. Shirisha is a considerably better bet – massy melody and great...
Continue reading...Brindavanam (Music review), Telugu – Thaman S
Remo’s Yuvakula is at best a poorly-sung, noisy mess. But the composer works up a catchy, bombastic techno-folk number in Eyi raja, while Karthik and Suchitra’s Nijamena is what Manisharma’s...
Continue reading...Nagaram (Music review), Tamil – Thaman S
Thaman unleashes his usual arsenal right upfront in Thiki thiki – builds the simple tune gradually and gets really better as it progresses; singers Ranjith and Megha are in great...
Continue reading...Ayyanar (Music review), Tamil – Thaman S
Kuthu kuthu bravely reinvents the often abused kuthu genre – no, not with that staid, but pulsating, non-stop rhythm – but with a tune that traverses in many interesting ways,...
Continue reading...Music review: Mundhinam Paartheney (Tamil – Thaman S)
Indre indre has an old-worldly charm to it – Ranjith gets a cracker of a melody that allows him to vary his range, even as Thaman adds charming layers to...
Continue reading...Music review: Jayeebhava (Telugu – Thaman S)
Kanti chooputho, beyond its middling tune has something appealing – the chant-like phrase is quite repetitive of 80s Ilayaraja and helps this track considerably. Okkasari wins round one for the...
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