JILLA SONGS REVIEW

Vijay’s opening song in Jilla is a mid-tempo mash up between hard rock and Kerala chendas. The song has its moments of punch but it’s not from its pace. When compared to some of Vijay’s popular opening numbers this one is less racy but as grandiose as anything we’ve heard in this category. SPB and Shankar Mahadevan have done their share of opening songs over the years and they bring out the best from Imman’s melody. The composer throws in interesting instrumental fills throughout the tune and scores with his instrumentation.

Imman feels more at home in this melody as he’s built his fan following through such tender compositions. The main melody is sublime and the backing vocal arrangements are very well orchestrated along with precise instrumental performances. Imman offers the best of both worlds – a top class melody and excellent instrumentation.

Imman’s trusty percussions turn up for the party next for a peppy tune that features very excitable performances from the singers, especially Sunidhi Chauhan. Imman leaves some feathery guitar touches amidst the flurry of beats. The melody is pretty straightforward and the song simply sticks to its guns throughout.

It seems that every song that Vijay touches turns to gold, so is the case here. Full credit to Imman for shaking things up and getting Vijay to try out a melodious duet, and the composer reserves one of his best tunes for the star. For Shreya Ghoshal it’s a just another day in the office but its Vijay’s sensitive performance which stands out as the highlight. Imman’s string section is out in full force here as they back up the tune superbly and the unique pipe sound here is extremely attractive.

A fast paced song that’s clearly been created to play to Vijay’s strengths as a dancer. As far as quality of the melody is concerned, the other songs on this album score higher. Lyrically too the track aims to play to the gallery but some of it comes off as rather trivial. But the song chugs on uncompromisingly with a continuous rush of beats.

The theme is power packed for sure with the heavy guitars and the chorus chants but there isn’t a single guitar riff or a vocal melody that stands out as exciting. The use of the chendas could carry some co-relation to the opening song.