Aim lagaa‘s Rikshaw mix has a particularly nice retro’ish touch that sounds notably better than the plain version – rapper Blaaze handles the singing and composing parts admirably well. Bombay ...

Kya Kamaal Hai – Main Vaapas Aaunga (A R Rahman) – Hindi: It’s very easy to offer the song’s title itself as a reaction to this amazing song – Kya Kamaal Hai! Rahman’s gorgeous experiment deftly mixes ...

PS: Yes, I was wrong about the diminishing marginal utility part in my review. In hindsight, after Kaatru Veliyidai, it seems like a one-off middling work from the duo.

Tere Ishq Ne, Aakhri Ishq, Phir Se, Aari Aari, Jaan Se Guzarte Hain – Dhurandhar The Revenge (Shashwat Sachdev) – Hindi: In Tere Ishq Ne, Shashwat Sachdev wonderfully extracts another strand from Baba ...

Vaazhndhu Paaru, Iragey, Iragey Reprise, Ore Vaanam – Tourist Family (Sean Roldan) – Tamil: Besides Mugai Mazhai and Aachaley, there’s enough in Tourist Family’s soundtrack that makes this one of Sean ...

Marji Cha Maalik – Deva (Jakes Bejoy) – Marathi/Hindi: If Vishal Mishra produced a foot-tapping with Bhasad Macha, Jakes Bejoy throws a stupendous surprise with Marji Cha Maalik… a scorching Marathi ...

Three weekends of back-to-back Milliblog Weeklies is a rarity these days 🙂 Good times for good music! Koi Naa – Bhool Chuk Maaf (Tanishk Bagchi & Gifty) – Hindi: A really sweet tune that gets better ...

While YouTube has all 12 songs from this week, Spotify, surprisingly, is missing 3 songs – Raani Varaa from Rajabheema (which is part of a jukebox on YouTube, but since it is the last song in the ...

Nain Matakka – Baby John (Thaman S) – Hindi: Thaman imports his Telugu and Tamil stuff to Hindi, and given the catchy rhythm (reused by Thaman for the umpteenth time), it does work. The tune is ...

Ul Jalool Ishq – Gustaakh Ishq (Vishal Bhardwaj) – Hindi: Vishal Bardwaj’s music, Gulzar’s lyrics, sung by Shilpa Rao and Papon, and the song totally lives up to all those people’s immense standards!

Ishq Ka Fever, Paan Ki Dukaan – O’Romeo (Vishal Bhardwaj) – Hindi: A haunting melody by Vishal and sung by Arijit! Plus Gulzar’s lines! This is a beautiful song, with some nifty musical touches by ...

Khwaab Dekhoon – Ek Din (Ram Sampath) – Hindi: I guess we are getting to hear the last few songs recorded by Arijit as a playback singer. There’s a Pritam’ish flourish in Ram’s composition, ...