Hitman – June 6, 2015
Originally published in The Hindu. Edhukku Machaan Mapla Singam (Tamil) Music: N. R. Raghunanthan ‘Edhukku Machaan’ is Raghunanthan channelling his inner D. Imman channelling his inner Ilaiyaraaja....
View ArticleHitman – June 13, 2015
Originally published in The Hindu. Oru vidha aasai – Maari (Tamil – Anirudh) The Anirudh-Dhanush combo is hot, particularly after Velayilla Pattathaari. And in Maari, they try to extend another...
View ArticleHitman – June 20, 2015
Originally published in The Hindu. Manohari Baahubali (Telugu) Music: M. M. Keeravani Baahubali’s soundtrack is expectedly opulent, with veteran Keeravani bringing in a cornucopia of interesting sounds...
View ArticleHitman – June 27, 2015
Originally published in The Hindu. Yennamma Ippadi Panreengalema Rajini Murugan (Tamil) Music: D. Imman In the much-loved tradition of Tamil film songs that offer harried men a post-alcohol expression...
View ArticleHitman – July 4, 2015
Originally published in The Hindu. Dheevara – Baahubali (Telugu – M.M.Keeravani) Dheevara may not score high on being appropriate for the supposed period for which it is composed, but it is still a...
View ArticleHitman – July 11, 2015
Originally published in The Hindu. Rangabati – Coke Studio@MTV Season 4 (Ram Sampath, Sona Mohapatra & Rituraj Mohanty) Rangabati is a heady mix that at times seems forced, but given the fact that...
View ArticleHitman – July 18, 2015
Originally published in The Hindu. Don’u Don’u – Maari (Tamil), Music: Anirudh Anirudh kicks up a brilliantly funky sound in ‘Don’u Don’u’, complete with horns, curiously cheesy English hip-hop phrases...
View ArticleHitman – July 26, 2015
Originally published in The Hindu. Aayiram aayiram – Maya (Tamil – Ron Yohann) Maya is a debut for Ron, if you discount his earlier attempt at composing in another name, for a failed movie that...
View ArticleHitman – August 1, 2015
Originally published in The Hindu. Sapna jahan – Brothers (Hindi – Ajay-Atul) Sonu Nigam sings so sparingly these days—partly because of the rights-based fracas he is in, perhaps!—that hearing him sing...
View ArticleHitman – August 8, 2015
Originally published in The Hindu. Silukku marame – Paayum Puli (Tamil – D.Imman) The last time Imman used Shanmukapriya raaga was in Oru Oorla Rendu Raja’s title song and he does it admirably in...
View ArticleHitman – August 15, 2015
Originally published in The Hindu. Thumba poove sundari – Kunjiramayanam (Malayalam – Justin Prabhakaran) Vineeth Srinivasan is usually associated with Shaan Rahman as a composer for most of his films....
View ArticleHitman – August 22, 2015
Originally published in The Hindu. Bhale bhale magadivoy – Bhale bhale magadivoy (Telugu – Gopi Sundar) The phrase ‘Bhale bhale magadivoy’ goes all the way to 1978 when K.Balachander got...
View ArticleHitman – August 29, 2015
Originally published in The Hindu. Khuda mere – Shukriya (Hindi – Shraddha Shree, featuring music by Gulraj Singh) Shraddha Shree (and Shivam Ahuja) are winners of a young stars singing contest...
View ArticleMilliblog’s Top Recent Listens – August 2015
Hindi Afghan jalebi (Dumbek version), Saware & Nachda – Phantom (Pritam) Main hoon hero tera (Amaal Malik version) & Khoya khoya – Hero (Sachin-Jigar) Lip to lip & Ove janiya (Mohan Kannan...
View ArticleHitman – September 5, 2015
Originally published in The Hindu. Rockstar – Ali Zafar (Coke Studio Season 8, Episode 2) Beyond putting good looks to good use in Bollywood as a questionable second lead, it’s good to see Ali Zafar...
View ArticleHitman – September 12, 2015
Originally published in The Hindu. Mayako – Asurakulam (Tamil – C.Sathya) C.Sathya has proven himself to be a pretty nifty and functional composer so far, though a ‘big’ film still seems to be eluding...
View ArticleHitman – September 19, 2015
Originally published in The Hindu. Hemanthamen – Kohinoor (Malayalam – Rahul Raj) Hemanthamen (it is not about a Malayalee named Hemanth, incidentally) is what you get when a composer re-imagines a...
View ArticleHitman – September 26, 2015
Originally published in The Hindu. Padiyirangunnu – Pathemari (Malayalam – Bijibal) Along with Gopi Sundar, Bijibal has been alarmingly consistent with his output in Malayalam this year. In...
View ArticleHitman – October 3, 2015
Originally published in The Hindu. Mukkathe penne – Ennu Ninte Moideen (Malayalam – Gopi Sundar) It’s baffling that the makers of Ennu Ninte Moideen did not include this single by Gopi Sundar (who...
View ArticleMilliblog’s Top Recent Listens – September 2015
Hindi Insaaf & Shaam ke saaye – Talvar (Vishal Bhardwaj) Gulaabo, Title song, Nazdeekiyaan & Raitaa phailgaya – Shaandaar (Amit Trivedi) Singh aur Kaur – Singh Is Bling (Manj Musik) Naina tose...
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