Pandaga Chesko (Music review), Telugu – Thaman S
Life is beautiful has a joyous sound, but nothing much besides that given the staid tune. Dorikaade starts out in a similar way with Megha’s voice heavily digitized, but does pick up steam mid-way,...
View ArticleSaahasam (Music review), Tamil – Thaman S
Pudikkum, Angry Bird and Sayang Ku offer progressively degrading lyrics – it’s only Thaman’s backgrounds that hold the songs together. Mohit Chauhan sings Angry Bird with terrible diction, while in...
View ArticleDictator (Music review), Telugu – Thaman S
Divya Kumar holds the racy, techno Ganesh bhajan, Gam gam together mighty well, but its Thaman’s energetic orchestration that really is the star. What’s Up Baby and Tinga tinga are incredibly...
View ArticleChakravyuha (Music review), Kannada – Thaman S
As if Junior NTR is an accomplished singer, he lends his voice to Puneeth in Gelaya. Helped by Thaman’s digital wizardry, he pulls it off well, for the simple, likeable tune. The digital vocal...
View ArticleSarrainodu (Music review), Telugu – SS Thaman
Thaman splits Sarrainodu into 3 melodies and 3 dance tracks. Of the melodies, Telusaa is the sweetest, with lovely vocals by Sameera Bharadwaj and Jubin Nautiyal. Athiloka sundari is Vishal Dadlani’s...
View ArticleChuttalabbayi (Music review), Telugu – SS Thaman
Chotisi jindagi is a straight-forward Thaman style techno song with its rhythm-quotient aimed at being foot-tapping. Dhum dhum is no different, with its energetic sound and punchy vocals by Sri...
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Mahanubhavudu (Music review), Telugu – Thaman S
Rendu kallu has an easy charm, with a captivating hook and Armaan Malik handles it impeccably. M.M.Manasi and Geetha Madhuri are effortlessly good in Thaman’s Mayamalavagowla-raaga title song, with a...
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Golmaal Again (Music review), Hindi – Amaal Mallik, Thaman S, Lijo George-Dj...
Thaman’s recreated title song lives on the borrowed steam of Vishal-Shekhar’s original 2006 version. The kuthu elements Thaman adds are trite, at best. Maine tujhko dekha has Amaal Mallik awkwardly...
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Sketch (Music review), Tamil – SS Thaman
In Kanave, Thaman goes back to his Eeram sound! The melody is effortlessly appealing. Atchi putchi is adequately raucous kuthu that checks all requisite criteria. Cheeni chillaallee sounds a lot like...
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Tholi Prema (Music review), Telugu – Thaman S
Raghu Dixit’s Break The Rules is an uptempo song with a neat ‘Mohana murali’ semi-classical interlude. Sunona Sunaina has a funky, likeable bounce and Rahul Nambiar’s singing makes it better. Thaman’s...
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