The angst-ridden Now or never works brilliantly with its booming sound and remarkable guitar accompaniments, while the very folk’ish and stage-song like Egiripote enta baguntundhi is singer Sunita’s show all the way. The composer adds his rustic touch in between, while his nuanced and intentionally minimal orchestration lends authenticity where it is needed most – [...]

Arul Dev’s music in Sagagopan Ramesh starrer Tamil film, Patta Patti 50 50 (!!) is bad. NW1W. The Kangal irandaal inspired Idhuvarai is the sole saving grace. Keywords: Sadagopan Ramesh

Ivar (Tamil) has a coarse, amateurish feel and only 2 songs stand out of the NW1W mess – Tippu’s Malliga malliga (great vocals, breezy tune) and the drunk revelry celebration in Aaja kujha, which has Mukesh in great form recycling a very familiar tune. Keywords: Whatever…

Manisharma’s new soundtrack in Telugu, Kothimuka, is yet another NW1W material. The remix of the evergreen NT Rama rao song, Oohala gudsa gusa lade is pretty sad, and uses the same backgrounds as in Rahman’s Rangeela number, ‘Aiyayo’ – could be a commercial loop. The only song that has recall is the slow melody Nuvvoka [...]

Is Unakkaga En Kadhal the Tamil debut of Sanjeev Darshan? After being chased out of Bollywood for consistently scoring mega-duds, they come to Tamil and do the same thing. This is typical NW1W material and includes terribly drab tunes. Keywords: Sanjeev-Darshan