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Malathy Sundaram |
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Produced
by AVM Productions, directed by K.V.Anand and starring
Suriya, Tamanna, Karunas, Prabhu Ganesan and others.
The word Ayan is supposed to mean ‘matchless,
flawless, unbeatable, Brahmma’ mainly. This film
is supposed to be the first of its kind in a particular
new genre. It talks about a specific set of city-dwelling
people, whose lives are filled with fear(!) Harris Jayaraj
has scored music for the movie, tuning five songs in
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Malaysia, South Africa and Zanzibar. We can look forward
to a couple of excellent fight sequences too.
Pala palakkira...
Vocals: Hariharan
Lyrics: Na.Muthukumar
Funny, Hariharan seems to have done a Shankar Mahadevan
here! Nice to hear him express himself in a fast number.
Catchy rhythms (some native ones too), lively trumpets,
tender guitar sounds that blend with soft female humming
in the charanams, all make it a busy number, probably accompanied
by some rapid dancing on the screen. The song exhorts youngsters
to break out of self-imposed moulds and live life colorfully.
Easy lyrics of course, from Muthukumar. Some delicate sangatis
from Hariharan,especially in ‘koottai nee thaandi
vittal’.
Nenje Nenje...
Vocals: Harish Raghavendra, Mahati
Lyrics: Vairamuthu
Pleasing lyrics for this duet and sung with such fine articulation
by both. Conceived on the Natabairavi scale, this song has
delicate string sounds, especially violin and guitar built
into it. Is that the clarinet that sounds along with the
violins 3 minutes into the song? Wispy sangatis! And when
the lady goes ‘deham malaraagum’, the flute
stylishly goes ‘dha ni ga ri sa’. But at the
end of it, you somehow feel the rhythm is too rigid for
the mood of the song.
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Honey,
Honey...
Vocals: Sayanora Philip, Devan
Lyrics: Pa.Vijay
Now, is this a sequel to ‘Dhikku Dhikku’?
Strong rhythms and synthesizer sounds that vaguely
make you recall Afro-American music. But interestingly
conceived and an unconventional voice. Has the song
been shot in an exotic locale? Lyrics drip with seduction.
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Vizhi Moodi...
Vocals: Karthik
Lyrics: Na.Muthukumar
This number shines for Karthik’s fine vocals,
good tabla work, very stylish use of harmonica sounds
that go ‘sa sa sa sa sa ni---pa, pa ni dha pa’,
and the creative blending of ganjira, hand claps and
female vocal humming that adds a certain teasing quality
to the piece. A song of yearning whose rhythms make
you recall some snatches from his own ‘Vaaranam
Aayiram’. But likely to be relished as it is
well put together. Looks like the Harikamboji scale
is used.
Oyaayiye...
Vocals: Benny Dayal, Haricharan and
Chinmayi
Lyrics: Pa.Vijay
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Another
offshoot of ‘Adiye Kolluthe’ inspiration? Anyway
is quite trendy and it is great to see Chinmayi rise to the
demands of such a piece. The violins, guitar and other string
sounds have been carefully airbrushed into the song, as the
rhythms override them all. Could catch the fancy of youngsters
if picturised well.
Verdict:
Harris Jayaraj’s crafting is elegant as ever. But what
disappoints us here slightly is that the songs have influences
of his earlier albums here and there, which could have been
avoided. Harris does have it in him to give us many more ‘wah
wah’ numbers.
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