The first Weeklies of 2026 has a lot of backlog from the 2nd half of December considering I closed the entires for my annual ...

Chu liya, Bhool saari baat and Dil ke rahi are the kind the songs that made Indipop tolerable in the 90s and 00s! Easy-on-the-ears, guitar’y pleasantness and well sung (Papon ...

Yealae yealae is barely functional, with a droning sound and a pedestrian tune, and an accordion piece that saves it mildly. Ennai saaithaalae is no better – utterly templatized Harris ...

More than that unique guitar, Ab main‘s brass section adds great value to Raghu Dixit’s utilitarian tune. His other song, Waakeyi, is a lovely, feathery ode to love. Vir Das ...

Duniyaavin seems like Bijibal’s quasi-homage to The Doors, with its energetic and macho guitaring (laidback Roadhouse Blues!)! Bijibal sings it confidently, the song gaining more hardcore rock ...

Karthik Raja’s melody in Ithuvarai naan is lush and indulgent; thankfully, there’s a Chinmayi version, and a Government decree may be the only way to get Yuvan to stop singing!

That Sam ropes in Hariharan for Oththa mazhayila is a big win by itself. But what is even more interesting is the delightfully inventive melody Sam cooks up in it ...

Jeet recycles his own 2013 rock ballad Man majhi re from Boss admirably well in Sun le zara; the original Bengali song’s singer Arijit reprises his role as well. Singham ...

Idukki should ideally be adopted by Kerala Tourism and actually mandates a music video with English subtitles! Rafeeq Ahammed’s lines and Bijibal’s serene music brings forth Idukki region’s beauty ...

Bela boye‘s very-Bengali tune is perfect for Shreya Ghoshal and Shantanu adorns it with apt sounds. Hariye thikana‘s filmy qawali sound morphs incredibly into State of Bengal’esque Bengali drum n ...

In Maana ke hum yaar nahin, Parineeti Chopra sounds earnest enough to carry the lovely ghazal’ish melody. But earnestness alone doesn’t seem enough, as is quite evident from multiple points ...

Despite Chinnaponnu’s full-throated, racuous rendition, the title song seems pointless. For The Elarai, Gana Bala becomes Ghana Bala, crooning an African kuthu that also cleverly plays jazzy sax – ...