Suzhal, Tururu, Aagaya Neelam – Oh Butterfly (Vaisakh Somanath) – Tamil: After last week’s Pogaadhe, I was looking forward to the full sountrack (since the film release yesterday, though to generally ...

Abhijit Hegde Patil’s Someone Somebody is blasé; its remix, even more so. George Theofanous’s Mile na tu makes up with some enthusiasm, but fails to make any impact. Sajid-Wajid’s title ...

Back after 3 weeks owing to a lot of travel! And it’s a bumper Weeklies with two impressive soundtracks and a lot more! Sugar Baby, Muththa Mazhai, Vinveli Nayaga, Anju Vanna Poove, O Maara, Engeyo, ...

(Spotify’s playlist is missing one song – L ove Insurance Kompany’s version of Enakena, so I have added the original from Aakko) Title song – Do Deewane Seher Mein (Shreyas Puranik) – Hindi: It’s not ...

Rahein Na Rahein Hum, Dilbar Ki Aankhon Ka – Thamma (Sachin-Jigar) – Hindi: Rahein Na Rahein Hum has Sachin-Jigar traversing Pritam zone, much like how they traversed A R Rahman zone for Pardesiya in ...

Title song – Ek Din (Ram Sampath) – Hindi: It’s so good to see Ram Sampath composing for a film again, after what feels like eons. It also sounds very unlike Ram Sampath’s body of work and is Arijit’s ...

Back after a L-O-N-G time (a month!), thanks to a lot of travel and work. So, bumper-sized playlist this time – 38 songs! Awaara Angaara, Jigar Thanda, Jigar Thanda (Female), Chinnaware – Tere Ishk ...

These days, there are soundtracks with so many songs (like Rockstar) that you don’t really expect all those songs to be included in the film’s narrative. In fact, directors like Maniratnam have ...

Chaap Tilak – Laikey Laikaa (Faridkot – Rajarshi Sanyal & IP Singh) – Hindi: This is a huge surprise! First, would this qualify as Faridkot’s proper Bollywood debut? I know that their song ‘Jehda ...

Hum To Tere Hi Liye The – O’ Romeo (Vishal Bhardwaj) – Hindi: A tune that screams ‘Vishal Bhardwaj’ in the softest way possible! Ankur Mukherjee’s pensive guitar is as much a lead in the song as ...

Unlike last year, where I felt the entire music scene, across languages, was unexciting, this year was slightly different. The Hindi film (and TV series) music was a total slog! Dismal is the word ...