Southern film music had multiple highs this March. There were follow-up to releases earlier this year, multiple high-quality soundtracks, especially in Kannada and in Telugu. Read More
The quality of music from the south is steadily on the rise. February had some significant releases, lovely follow-up singles to full-fledged albums; some of which are very likely to end up in the year-end lists. Read More
From Amit Trivedi's full-fledged debut in the south to Harris Jayaraj and Sean Roldan making a return to proceedings, here is our pick of Southern film songs from January 2019 in no particular order. Read More
7.5
Winning
The emergent strong collaboration between Raju Murugan and Sean Roldan is more apparent with Mehandi Circus. The soundtrack is a winner. Read More
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. Read More
8.5
Riveting
This is the composer's best year so far, with respect to the deserved appreciation and the quality of music produced. Seethakaathi is as wholesome an album as '96 is. Read More
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. Read More
July was a good month for Tamil music, with significant releases from the likes of Yuvan Shankar Raja, Govind Vasantha (of Thaikuddam Bridge fame) and more. Read More
The first half of 2018 did not have much to offer by way of memorable and rounded Tamil film soundtracks, but there were lovely melodies, ear-worms and massively well-received hits. Read More
June proved very exciting for Indian film music in general, with some of the best albums of the year yet showing up. There were a few remarkable releases in Tamil, in the spectrum ranging from indie to mainstream music. Read More
