8.5
Catchy
The Dil Bechara album dropped a couple of weeks back, and the immediate virality of the album is as much down to the public sentiment around Sushant Singh Rajput’s death as it is about the musicality of the album.
8.5
Catchy
9
Top-notch
The album overall succeeds in registering coherent, nostalgic yet refreshing sounds, and is one of AR Rahman's most definitive works since 2015.
It has been a fairly impressive run for composers across the board in Tamil films this year. Here are the top 15 songs of 2019 so far.
8
Rounded
AR Rahman and Rajiv Menon achieve what they set out to do in Sarvam Thaala Mayam. And in time we will see if this hat-trick works on listeners.
AR Rahman continues to feature regularly on the monthly playlist. However, this month's playlist is heavy on independent releases.
When Shreya Ghoshal lands the opening 'Thumbi Thumbi' note following a meandering tune and onomatopoeic sounds, the song materializes and how.
This month's playlist features tracks by Ahmedabad-based jazz outfit Heat Sink, 'Bari Barsi' remix winner Hansel D, 18-year-old Lahore-based vocalist Abdullah Siddiqui and the maestro AR Rahman.
This month's playlist features new music from independent musicians Prabh Deep, Ditty, Tarun Balani, Rounak Maiti, Ago, and veterans Thermal and a Quarter.
Only a handful of Tamil songs were out in November; in fact, no new albums appeared in the entire month.
6
Repetitive
2.0 isn’t the proverbial AR Rahman film with songs that grow on you upon multiple listens. For that elusive soundtrack, we shall keep the perennial wait on.
