Siragindri parakkalaam is a poor attempt at recreating reggaeton’ish sound, complete with rap phrases à la Dharan, while Boom is annoying in every department. Hip hop hurray’s Spanish twang definitely helps and even Nallavan kettavan is interesting in its intelligent use of 60s villain dialogues, in a catchy hip-hop tune. The mellow numbers, Un uyir [...]

While being utterly faithful to its Tamil original, barring the considerably spruced up climax, the Hindi version of Ghajini brings forth some of the most oft-repeated flavors of South Indian films – gut-wrenching violence, blistering narrative pace that camouflages the 3 hour duration and, most notably, the rapid, bordering-on-psychedelic editing style, courtesy Antony. Aamir re-enacts [...]

The reuse of Raja’s own, very-ascetic Pichai paathiram, with Madhu Balakrishnan almost doing a Yesudass and Sadhana Sargam’s divinely serene Amma un pillai (Maatha un kovilil, the original, features as a snippet) strongly echo the Raja of yore – austere backgrounds that wrap a memorable tune. Om siva om is full-on Shiva assault, treated with [...]