| |
|
|
| Music
review By
Malathy Sundaram |
|
Aegan:
Produced by K.Karunamurthi and actor C.Arunpandian.
Directed by Raju Sundaram.
Starring’ Ultimate Star’ Ajith, Nayantara,
Suman, Nasser, Jayaram,Suhasini, M.S.Baskar and others.
The film itself is supposed to be a remake of ‘Main
Hoon Na’ and was touted as a ‘musical action
comedy’(!). Ajith pairs up with Nayan after Billa
here. Aegan is supposed to mean Lord Shiva. The film
has been shot in many
|
|
|
locales—Hong Kong, Theni, Ooty , Chennai etc, with
the songs to be filmed in Australia, England and New Zealand.
Yuvan Shankar Raja has scored the music for this and he
seems to have given a different feel to the songs this time.
The audio launch itself was done in a unique manner from
Hello FM Studios, the first of its kind for a movie. Let
us see how many other surprises the album has for us. The
sales figures have been dramatic so far!!
We have 5 plus one remix song in the album.
Hey Saalaa—
Vocals: BlaaZe, Naresh Iyyar, Mohd .Aslam.
Starts off with ‘Aram Porul, Inbam’ and goes
on to explode into a catchy beat. Some vigorous vocals from
all the singers, considering this is the title song. Talks
basically about the exploding world of knowledge, eternal
newness of things and fast paced life of today. Seems to
be in the hip-hop mode in general. Though keys dominate
the song, there is a fine bit of flute and shehnai towards
the end which catches you unawares! And the breathless hip
hop stuff belted out at the very end generates a grin! ‘Nee
Podu Semma Beat’ goes the song. Yes, exactly! And
we have another word entering the tamil film lexicon—saalaa!
|
|
|
Yahoo—
Vocals: Suvi,Ujjaini,Sathyan,Ranjith,
Naveen
The beats are so very ‘Michael Jackson’.
A college-goer’s song, out and out! With the
right kind of vocabulary too( read English words).
The ‘maro maro’ song from ‘Boys’
floats into your mind as you listen. The song itself
appears to be a fun mix of pop and gaana. Nice use
of strings and a sudden varied use of drum beats 3
minutes into the song livens it up. A rather melodic
tune slightly distorted by stuffing it into a heavy
rhythm. Seems to be catching up with the youth already.
|
|
Hey
Baby---
Vocals: Shankar Mahadevan
Aahh, this song with a ‘jazz and blues’
touch comes across as a nice relief after all the
thumping rhythms. Lovely use of trumpets but fabulous
use of piano keys! Whenever the wind instruments and
drums combine, it is delightful. And a nice flighty
flute passage too! A song of baiting ,cajoling and
teasing which is right up Shankar’s alley! ‘Chinnach
Chinnathaai Paar’ is articulated in a cute fashion.
What is the slight pitch variation at the end supposed
to achieve?
Odum Varaiyil---
Vocals: KK, Bela Shende
|
|
|
Peppy
life affirming lyrics from the male singer to begin with.
But the lady singer takes off on a different sentiment!
And the male joins in later. Cannot be strictly termed a
love duet. Bela’s voice soars like a lark when she
sings and the subdued vocal humming in the background is
interesting. We have some keys, electric guitar and acoustic
ones here, but all are ground under the heavy rhythms. Definitely,
a different kind of a song and may take time to catch up.
Kichu Kichu---
Vocals: Vasundhara Das, Yuvan Shankar Raja
This is quite an intriguing song and has been put together
very well. Though we have a distinct Arabian touch to it,
the refrain (female chorus) is soothing. And when Vasundhara
takes off from the chorus, it feels slightly different from
what we expect. And Yuvan has combined smoothly with her
voice. The instruments are difficult to identify separately,
but the violin and cello-like sounds add a soft sensuality
. The up-and-down cadence of the whole song itself is as
sensuous as the catty’ meow’ that rounds off
each passage! Vasundhara Das is absolutely classy!
Hey Saalaa— is just a repeat version
of song one.
Verdict:
This album is rather difficult to classify, going by the
previous ones brought out by Yuvan. But he has gone on record
saying that he decided on such a score because that was
what the script itself demanded. One feels it could be a
see-saw album with the listening public, few might adore
it, few might completely detest it. Ajith fans are likely
to lap it up happily as trendsetting, whereas music purists
could be in for some shock.
|
|
|
|
|
Other
Music Reviews |
|
|
|
|
|
|
