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Karthik S

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Discover new music, every week; language no bar! #MilliblogWeeklies - India's only weekly new music playlist.

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Karthik S@milliblogNov 1
Milliblog Weeklies, week 315 tinyurl.com/NOV01-2026 Back after a 2-week break! This week belongs to Malayalam music, Manikandan Ayyappa leading the way, with Aksomaniac and Bibin Ashok following. Plus, AV Prafullachandra's outstanding new work. And my take on Rahman's Ramayana.
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"The social media criticism of Mangal rang concerned about the song's 'qawwali-like' treatment. One wonders if Rahman's musical choices are being scrutinised through a conflicting prism. For Mangal rang, Rahman drew from shuddh (natural) notes of Bilawal as the parent scale, with touches of Maand - the serene raga often used in bhajans and wedding songs as well as elements of the romantic Pahadi. This is unlike qawwali's oft-used komal (lowered/flat) notes in parent scales like Kafi, Khamaj and Asavari. The composer was attempting to locate the tune in the familiar realm of devotional traditions"
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Milliblog Weeklies, week 315 tinyurl.com/NOV01-2026 Back after a 2-week break! This week belongs to Malayalam music, Manikandan Ayyappa leading the way, with Aksomaniac and Bibin Ashok following. Plus, AV Prafullachandra's outstanding new work. And my take on Rahman's Ramayana.
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Replying to @taparam
Isko zyada mat suno Param, ARR ne nuclear missile bhi code kiya hai iske andar, phatt jayega.
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No Weeklies this weekend either since I'm traveling from Coimbatore, back to Bengaluru. But, unlike other drives, this time, I stuck to Deva's songs, instead of Raja's! Used an app called Tamil Vanoli which had streams of Deva (and all composers + FM stations as well).
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Did Blue Sattai Maaran really think that writer Rahul Sankrityayan, who wrote Volga se Ganga (that Maaran refers to in great detail), and who died in 1963, is the director of the new Telugu film 'Ranabaali'? 😳
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Lovely write-up on Deva, by Deepan Ramachandran, founder of the ad agency Mind Your Language (MYL).
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Not enough new songs worthy of a playlist... pushing Weeklies to next weekend.
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Rest in peace, Deva! You had a solid run, even amidst giants - that's a terrific achievement.
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Karthik S@milliblogOct 11
Milliblog Weeklies, week 314 tinyurl.com/OCT11-2026 Pritam's surprisingly wonderful song in a biopic, two Vidyasagar'ish melodies in Tamil, Thaman's another winner in Itllu Arjuna, Charanraj's fantastic songs from Shankarabharanna, Hesham's continuing good work in Brindavihari.
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Milliblog Weeklies, week 314 tinyurl.com/OCT11-2026 Pritam's surprisingly wonderful song in a biopic, two Vidyasagar'ish melodies in Tamil, Thaman's another winner in Itllu Arjuna, Charanraj's fantastic songs from Shankarabharanna, Hesham's continuing good work in Brindavihari.
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Karthik S@milliblogOct 4
Milliblog Weeklies, week 313 tinyurl.com/OCT04-2026 Raja magic again in Dorothy, my other picks from Sai Abhyankkar's Baththa, good new singles from Ajay-Atul, Hesham, lovely new pop singles by Monali Thakur, Sanjeeta Bhattacharya & Raag Sethi, Sai Vignesh and more.
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Milliblog Weeklies, week 313 tinyurl.com/OCT04-2026 Raja magic again in Dorothy, my other picks from Sai Abhyankkar's Baththa, good new singles from Ajay-Atul, Hesham, lovely new pop singles by Monali Thakur, Sanjeeta Bhattacharya & Raag Sethi, Sai Vignesh and more.
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Quite a surprise - last 2 weeks haven't given me enough new good songs to make a decent playlist! I have just about 7 (or may be 8, if I'm being very generous) songs from new releases. So, pushing Weeklies to next (long) weekend.
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Way too much work last week, and the coming week! Haven't found the time to listen to new releases. Pushing Weeklies to next weekend.
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Also, a related editorial in TOI (which too overlooks any and every Southern artist, but at least here I understand the context specifically came from the Malaysian PM singing a Hindi song).
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Interesting, but completely overlooks any Southern artist! S.Janaki, P.Jayachandran, Uma Ramanan, Vani Jayaram... all passed away in the last 2-3 years. Data around their songs before-after their passing away could have added more value to this story/hypothesis.
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Interesting, but completely overlooks any Southern artist! S.Janaki, P.Jayachandran, Uma Ramanan, Vani Jayaram... all passed away in the last 2-3 years. Data around their songs before-after their passing away could have added more value to this story/hypothesis.
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Karthik S@milliblogSep 13
Milliblog Weeklies, Week 312 tinyurl.com/SEP13-2026 Packed playlist that belongs to Govind Vasantha, with his Hindi soundtrack where he gets Amit Trivedi to croon, and his lovely Tamil song! Plus, my picks from Ilaiyaraaja's Dorothy, Sai Abhyankkar's genre resurrection & more.
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Milliblog Weeklies, Week 312 tinyurl.com/SEP13-2026 Packed playlist that belongs to Govind Vasantha, with his Hindi soundtrack where he gets Amit Trivedi to croon, and his lovely Tamil song! Plus, my picks from Ilaiyaraaja's Dorothy, Sai Abhyankkar's genre resurrection & more.
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What a pleasant surprise from Sai Abhyankkar! A very un-Sai-Abhyankkar-like song! A very good melody without the usual trappings of the composer. youtube.com/watch?v=FhhA5pur…
Magale - Music Video | Baththa | Vijay Sethupathi | @SaiAbhyankkar |...

Magale - Music Video | Baththa | Vijay Sethupathi | @SaiAbhyankkar |...

Here's the music video of "Magale" from the movie Baththa, lyrics w...

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