Aambalaikkum pombalaikkum is as blasé as any faux folks song can get; uninteresting and predictable from every angle. Pushpavanam Kupusamy tries his best to infuse life into the racy Vaadi...
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Panjaa (Music review), Telugu – Yuvan Shankar Raja
Beyond that glitzy 80s synth-style music, the title song evokes marginal interest. But Ela ela gets everything right – gorgeous techno backgrounds from Yuvan that sit beautifully atop the melody....
Continue reading...Mankatha (Music review), Tamil – Yuvan Shankar Raja
The title song is scintillating; the fact that the catchy Mankatha hook is used sparingly while the rest of the song builds around it displays a Rahman’ish maturity in Yuvan’s...
Continue reading...Doo (Music review), Tamil – Abhishek-Lawrence
Kaiya thoda at best has a leftover Yuvan sound with lazily assembled kuthu beats, but Oru naal vidumurai apes the Yuvan sound brilliantly; lovely tune, fabulously sung by Haricharan and...
Continue reading...Avan Ivan (Music review), Tamil – Yuvan Shankar Raja
Avanapathi is a veritable celebration of throbbing beats; the arrangement is enticing even as the tune meanders uncomfortably. Dia dia dole is no different; Suchitra, out of her comfort zone,...
Continue reading...Vaanam (Music review), Tamil – Yuvan Shankar Raja
Silambarasan mauls Tamil cinema lyrics like never before, in Evan di unna; the song itself is catchy enough with an overdose of the fart-like sound Yuvan loves. Yuvan goes off-key...
Continue reading...Kadhal 2 Kalyanam (Music review), Tamil – Yuvan Shankar Raja
Kadhal 2 Kalyanam is a perfectly balanced soundtrack in a way. On one hand, there are 3 songs that are high on zingy orchestration, but they also come with bland...
Continue reading...Paesu (Music review), Tamil – Yuvan Shankar Raja
Vennira iravugal is typical Yuvan – every bit of the song is reminiscent of Yuvan’s signature style, topped by his own singing that goes stylishly off-key occasionally. En per devathai...
Continue reading...Pathinaru (Music review), Tamil – Yuvan Shankar Raja
The intriguing start and the techno backgrounds of Ada da paves way to a standard anupallavi, only to shine again in the interludes. Yuvan’s off-key vocals continue to work well...
Continue reading...Boss (A) Baskaran (Music review), Tamil – Yuvan Shankar Raja
Ada boss boss and Mama mama are surprisingly pedestrian and un-Yuvan like. Iyley iyley is no different but at least gets its sound right. Yar indha pendhan is very typically...
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