Milliblog!

Why would anyone want to play extreme mind games with a high-flying advertising executive and his docile wife? Well, the one instigating the game is Pierce Brosnan, co-producer of this film. Its taut for most parts, closes loops reasonably well when twists the size of Bangalore roads’ potholes hit you towards the end and has [...]

Daniel…who? Daniel B. George is perhaps the rightful owner of the title credits for Johnny Gaddaar’s soundtrack. Shankar Ehsaan Loy have to their credit just three tracks – not counting the vernacular variants. Daniel is the man behind 5 tracks, followed by 2 for DJ Shane and 1 by Gulraj Singh. I recall seeing almost [...]

The title song is both cheesy and pointless, but Gayatri’s Friday thankfully reverses that with a zingy 80s styled dance-floor track reminiscent of WHAM. Adnan throws in a complete stunner both as a composer and a singer, in Choti si – a lovingly crafted melody with adequately muted backgrounds and Sameer contributing to the despair. [...]

Mika’s nasal tone suits the buoyant Mauja while Mohit Chauhan’s somber Tum se hi works more ‘cos of those enticing backgrounds. Yeh ishq seems like a sure-shot candidate for another middle-east inspired track, but while it lasts, is a lot of fun – thoroughly entertaining tune and exotic orchestration! The high-pitched Nagada is bouncy ode [...]

The exuberant title song showcases a lilting tune and a fab new voice, Shail Hada. With an alternating rhythm, Jab se too is striking, while Kunal’s Masha-allah is enchanting and my fave! SLB surprises us with an ethereal tune and characteristically Badr’ish lyrics in Thode badmash even as debutant Parthiv Gohil sounds fabulous in the [...]

No Saawariya. No Jab we met. No…Milliblog. For a week, that is. Boo hoo hoo! Will be back from my out-of-town, up-the-hills trip, in a week and attend to pending reviews! Keep listening to good music, till then! Here’s Saawariya’s track list for whatever its worth!
01. Saawariya (Shail Hada)
02. Jab Se Tere Naina (Shaan)
03. Masha-Allah [...]

Alibaba thangam’s only highlight is Susidra’s nonchalant vocals while the sedentary hiphop track, Minnalgal koothaadum works quite well since the vocals (Karthik and Bombay Jayashree) and orchestration compliment each other beautifully. Neeye sol’s middle eastern base is its asset and Prakash uses the exotic backgrounds just right. Padichu paarthen is clearly pandering to the hero’s [...]

Ajab si is a Pritam’ish melody – eminently tuneful with a lovely orchestration to match. Dard-e-disco is bouncy and rocking – albeit with cringe-worthy lyrics while Deewangi is plain assembly-line with cheesy angrezi intrusions. Sonu is sappy in the Raj Kapoor’esque Main agar, saved only by the backgrounds. Jag soona, despite Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, [...]

Mitul and Mukul’s 2nd album (after the debut, Sajaniya), To kya ho, seems to indicate that elder brother Mitul is into hip-hop while Mukul is into the indipop ballad mode. The tracks credited to Mukul – Kahaan woh rehti hai, Dil dhadakne laga (featuring Mauli Dave!), Kaisi yeh deewangee and Saavan – save this album. [...]