Hindi
Tujhse hi hai roshni – Pink (Anupam Roy)
Besabriyaan, Jab tak and Kaun tujhe – M.S.Dhoni – The Untold Story (Amaal Mallik)
Teen gawah, Chakora, Aave re hitchki, Hota hai, Ek nadi thi, Doli re doli and Kaaga – Mirzya (Shankar Ehsaan Loy)
Udja re, Tere mere dil, Ishq mastana and Hio kiw – Rock On 2 (Shankar Ehsaan Loy)
Mai ri mai, Bhookamp and Kachhuva – Parched (Hitesh Sonik)
Tamil
Remo nee kadhalan, Senjitaley, Sirikkadhey and Daavuya – Remo (Anirudh)
Yendi unna pidikkuthu and Thollai seyyum – Maanagaram (Javed Riaz)
Oththa mazhayila, Kannukkulla vanthu, Aayava kanom and Aathankara – Kadalai (Sam C.S.)
Vaadi vaadi, Texas pogiren, Poda, Gun inbam, Pogadhe and Ro ro roshni – Chennai 2 Singapore (Ghibran)
Vaazhkai oru ottagam, Imsai raani and Karmegakuzhali – Aandavan Kattalai (K)
Pesu pesu and Tharumaru – Uchathula Shiva (Vidyasagar)
Listen to the songs on DooPaaDoo.
Kanna kaattu podhum, Kannamma and Pollapaiyya – Rekka (D.Imman)
Telugu
Kallumoosi, Oorikey ala, Jare jare and Oye meghamala – Majnu (Gopi Sundar)
Evare and Ennosarlu – Premam (Rajesh Murugesan and Gopi Sundar)
Jaarinadi jaabili and Ladki ladki – Prathikshanam (Raghuram)
Raghuram’s music in Jaarinadi reminded me of Hari Gaura’s music; remember Tungabhadra?), though it is largely Mani Sharma’s catchy template too. Ladki ladki, on the other hand, is straight out of Thaman’s tune bank!
Ninney and Nanney nanney – Nandini Nursing Home (Achu Rajamani)
In Ninney, Achu handles the searing pathos really well singing it himself, while building the orchestration steadily. Nanney nanney’s spring-in-the-step is the opposite, on the other hand – lovely singing by Mansi Mahadevan and Sooraj Santhosh, and equally fantastic backgrounds by Achu.
Aalochinchaku – Chinni Chinni Asalu Nalo Regene (Rap Rock Shakeel)
Aalochinchaku is Moushimi Neha’s show all the way. The lazy drawl in her voice literally carries the song!
Listen to the songs on Saavn.
Kannada
Priya priya and Mamaseetha – Jaguar (SS Thaman)
Dibbaradindi – Singer: Shachina Heggar. (Music: Judah Sandhy)
3 Peg – Chandan Shetty
Why should ‘spirited’ rap songs be restricted to Yo Yo Honey Singh or Badshah? Chandan produces a wonderfully punchy, addictive Kannada version!
Ondhalla and Meredadidhe – Naanu Mathu Varalakshmi (V.Harikrishna)
Meredadidhe makes excellent use of Sonu Nigam and Hari concocts a gorgeous guitar-mounted melody, while in Ondhalla, Hari puts his strings ensemble to splendid use with a spritely faux-classic melody.
Prathi mounavu and Yen varase – Happy Birthday (V.Harikrishna)
Prathi mounavu, with Sonu Nigam’s vocals, can easily be mistaken for a Mano Murthy song too! Easy-on-the-ears and a mildly Ilayaraja’ish orchestration too. In Yen varase, Hari seems to be making use of Abogi raaga, with a smattering of Reetigowlai too, and hands over the singing duties to his wife Vani, who handles it very well!
Kanasive nooraru – Doddmane Hudga (V.Harikrishna)
Hari’s music in a project as big (Puneeth’s 25th film!) as Doddmane Hudga is underwhelming, at best. Kanasive nooraru works easily, though, thanks to Karthik and Shwetha Mohan’s rendition and the simple, hummable melody.
Malayalam
Thennal nilavinte – Oru Muthassi Gadha (Shaan Rahman)
Ennodu – Dum (Jassie Gift)
For a very long time, Jassie Gift has been stuck inside his Lajjavathy circle and despite his limited run in Kannada, hasn’t produced anything worth remembering. In that scenario, I’m happy to hear something like Ennodu that gains tremendously from Vineeth Srinivasan’s fantastic vocals. Good, albeit functional, melody.
Chenthar nermukhi – Kamboji (M.Jayachandran)
Kamboji’s heavily kathakali-styled music is deeply rooted within that sub-genre, and the soundtrack’s best is the brilliant ragamalika by M.Jayachandran, in Chenthar nermuki. Chithra and Sreevalsan Menon are phenomenally good with their singing, as expected.
Marathi
Mona darling, Vaat disu de, Gondhal, Bring it on and Dolbywalya – Jaundya Na Balasaheb (Ajay-Atul)
Bengali
Ghawrbaari – Zulfiqar (Anupam Roy)
Anupam is, slowly, but steadily, falling into a pattern of music, in my view. But, thankfully, even within that limited view, he does produce gems, like Zulfiqar’s Ghawrbaari.
Non-film
Coke Studio Season 9, Milliblog top 10
Milliblog Top 10 from Coke Studio Pakistan Season 9 as a single playlist, on YouTube.
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Milliblog Top 10 from Coke Studio Pakistan Season 9 as a single playlist, on Saavn.
