Following the huge success of Ko, Jiiva is back with Rowthiram that is produced by his home banner Super Good Films. Known for introducing new talents in Tamil film industry, producer R.B. Choudary has given helping hand to debutants Gokul (Filmmaker), Prakash Nikki (Music Director) and Shanmuga Sundaram (Cinematographer). The album has 5 tracks including a theme music.

Maalai Mangum...  
Singers: Ranina Reddy
Lyrics: Thamarai

Girl’s amorous feelings expressed for her beau and when you’ve Thamarai penning lyrics for such a track, it’s an undeniable hit. Thamarai has always succeeded in exhibiting the deepest feelings of a woman in some of her previous works that include ‘Vaseegara’ (Minnale) and ‘Ondra Renda’ (Kaakha Kaakha). Moreover the similarity doesn’t end here as newcomer Prakash Nikki’s composition has some close similarities with these songs: crooned in low bass voice and slow-paced beats. Ranina Reddy’s intoning style deserves appreciations.

Golimaare...
Singers: Vallavan
Lyrics: Gokul

Vallavan in his usual style croons this Gaana-Rap track, which happens to be a song pictured on the film’s antagonist (played by Bollywood choreographer Ganesh Acharya). Maybe, his choreography and visuals will capture the interests of youth cohorts.

Adiye Un Kangal...  
Singers: Udit Narayanan, Sadhana Sargam
Lyrics: Lalithachand

A soft romantic duet with mild beats on accompaniment becomes one of the major highlights in this song. Udit Narayanan renders the song in his usual slang while Sadhana Sargam gives an effortless performance. It’s an usual song about a boy’s astonishment over his girl’s beauty.

Sengaathal...
Singer: Haricharan
Lyrics: Lalithachand

Prakash Nikki comes up with a refreshing song that is engrossing. It gives a breezy feeling to the listeners and credit goes to Haricharan for his style of rendition. The chords on guitars, strings in accompaniment and well programmed rhythm box are nicely orchestrated. 

Rowthiram Theme music...  
Singer: Palakkad Sriram
Lyrics: Mahakavi Bharathiyar

‘Let the earth shatter, Let the lightning fall on you, there’s no point in fearing’. The lines written by Mahakavi Bharathiyar inject a spirit of fearlessness. Thanks to Prakash Nikki for his attempt to escalate the feel of song through power-packed percussions. Though the song has a shorter running length of just 120secs, it arrests our senses for its motivating lines. Prakash Nikki deserves special appreciation for roping Palakkad Sriram.

On the whole, ‘Rowthiram’ has couple of promising tracks ‘Maalai Mangum’ and ‘Rowthiram Theme Music’ that gains our interest right away on our first listen.  Marking verdict on newcomer Prakash Nikki, he has made a great effort and of course has done a decent job...

Verdict: Good stroke by Prakash Nikki.