“Music rights of `Singh is Kinng’ sold at Rs 13.5 cr” proclaims a DNA story yesterday. Amidst all the hoopla created by the Times Group since they’ve purchased the music rights for that humongous amount, there’s not one word on who the composer is! There are mentions of Akshay Kumar’s box office draw, Times Music [...]

The Roxette-style elements and Ranjith’s spritely vocals in Parugulu are engrossing. Saketh carries the soft and tuneful Nammavemo on his flimsy vocals even as the tune meanders into predictable territory around the Nijanga hook. Yelaga sounds like an interesting experiment – differently rhythmed tune and Kailash – Saindhavi combo. Chal chal and Podichey are tedious [...]

Out of his three tracks, Anu Malik impresses in two – the groovy retro club-styled, Anchal Datta Bhatia solo, Dhoka, and Anchal’s lilting duet, Yeh pyaar hai, superbly supported by Shaan. The third, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan’s forlorn Koi chala is plain and disappointing. Mika’s hit Saawan mein gets a noisily pointless makeover by Anu, [...]

Ulaga naayagan’s lyrical ego-massage and simple hooks, and the fairly melodious Mukundha are pretty neat, though seeped in the contrived Himesh style. Kallai mattum, perhaps meant for a Vaishnavite background, strangely sounds Islamic, while Oh oh sanam is catchy, only in a naïve way. Himesh’s Tamil in its remix is hilarious! Kaa karuppanukkum is noisy [...]

Folks, This theme change is not what I ideally wanted, but just got a mail from Google saying Milliblog has been removed from their index due to hidden spam text posted by a third party who may have gained access to my directory. I did find this spam text but I’m still wondering what I [...]

Endhan uyire’s melody starts off well but the haywire line two is a downer. The rest of the soundtrack is a coarse and bizarre collection – the Kundrathile Kumaranukku knock-off, Aalamaathu, sung in true Deva style; the unlikely techno Olaiakka; the naive, routine chest-thumping Singandaa; the completely dated and cringe-worthy Uthattoram with veteran Swarnalatha sounding [...]

Chahar Balish’s sound is refreshingly different and progressive. The very well-sung, techno-laden folk in Pekar (language?), the delightfully rhythmed and sung Rang laga, the soulful Gaddiye and Dil pareeshan, the filmi Katna nai and the western structure in Chal ren de are fascinating. What doesn’t work however is the resurgence of Sajjad’s own hit, ABBA [...]

Aayiram vaanavil is straight out of a Tamil mega-serial’s title, and is that Dharmavathi I hear? En veettil has obviously wife-pleasing lyrics in Amarkalam’s Unnodu dhaan’ish tune. The saccharine-sweet family song, Kolattam and the wedding song, Mangalam work due to Janani and veteran SPB’s vocals. The rhyme-like tune of Unnai thaan with reggae’ish backgrounds sounds [...]

Shagufta dil is dependent solely on that hook, with the outdated arrangements denoting the composer’s long hiatus. Aashiqui’s melodious turn is better but the predictable tune fails to sustain interest while Saath is painfully stale and reminds me of Dus Kahaniyaan’s title song! Laagee laagee is embarrassing, with arrangements and tune from the 1990s. Aayo [...]

Guchchi guchchi is all techno with a tune that merely supports the catchy rhythms while Sude sude’s backgrounds evoke strong memories of Rahman’s cult friendship track, Mustafa. Sandeep’s stylized singing of the hush-hush tunes in Sude and the vastly similar Dhadak dhadak and Love me are entertaining. Chitti aayire is the most massy of all [...]