Ponmani theril has a barely functional tune and sounds mighty moth-balled. Swetha and Ujjaini’s seduction song, Nilavu varum neram has a consistently lilting rhythm and a sufficiently catchy tune.

Milliblog Weeklies – India’s only multilingual, weekly new music playlist. Week 221: On Spotify | On YouTube Back after another week’s break – not because of my travel, this time, but simply because ...

Music review: Avakai Biryani (Telugu – Manikanth Kadri) Veerudena has Shreya sounding like a diva, given the scope of this western-tinged melody while in Adigadigo, besides Karthik’s awesome vocals, ...

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Guddu Rangeela (Music review), Hindi – Amit Trivedi & Subhash Kapoor The title song starts off with Amit’s predictable scheme of things… till that second interlude and the subsequent, dramatic change ...

Music review: Aayirathil Oruvan (Tamil – GV Prakash Kumar) Karthik croons assertively and, along with the composer’s fantastic backgrounds and a spellbinding tune, rocks Oh eesa! This is an ...

Ganpati Bappa Morya’s orchestration is tuned to grand splendor with Prof. Dr Ganesh Chandanshive and Shankar Mahadevan getting excellent support from the chorus. In comparison, the Lalbaugchaa Raajaa ...

Papon sounds introspective in Ubhoti aakou, and the song is classic alternative rock all the way. Papon excels with the singing, particularly the falsetto before the antara and the antara ...

Despite the ennui-ridden kuthu rhythm, O lilli is a rocking affair; Baba Sehgal nails it with his enthusiastic vocals. With grand, bombastic orchestration and strong Jackson influence, Ruler is mighty ...

Music review: Mahaleela (Indipop – A Sivamani) Sivamani intelligently merges with the flow in the first 2 tracks – the bouncy Dancing in the moon and the chants-meet-lounge, Kriya. Ustads Allah Rakha ...

Racha (Music review), Telugu – Mani Sharma Mani Sharma skilfully tones down the Bappi’ness of Gang Leader’s Vaana vaana in its remix, and maintains a nice blend of Bollywood and Telugu sound. Dillaku ...

Milliblog Weeklies – India’s only multilingual, weekly, new music playlist. Week 281: YouTube | Spotify Before anyone asks… yes, I did listen to War 2’s ‘Aavan Jaavaan’, the entire Coolie album ...