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PANDIYA MUSIC REVIEW |
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by : Malathy Sundaram |
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Music Director : Devan
Ekambaram
Vocals
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Naresh Iyer, Mano, Shiva Chidambaram, Dr.
Burn, Uma Shankar, Haricharan, Devan Ekambaram,
Navin Madhav, Paravai Muniamma, Malaysia
Vasudevan, Ranjith, Aalap Raju (the guitar
man), Raqueeb Alam, Anuradha Sriram, Srinivas,
Velmurugan, Manikkavinayagam, Mukesh, Malgudi
Shuba, Divya Vijay, Anitha, Suchitra Karthik,
Vijay Yesudoss, Rahul Nambiar, Raman Mahadevan,
Mahalaxmi Iyer, Arun Ramamurthy, Unnikrishnan,
Mrinalini, Bharadwaj.
Lyrics
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Vaali, Thamarai, Dr.Burn |
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Produced
by AGS Entertainment and directed by Siddharth
Chandrasekar, this movie stars Vishnu
Vishal and Piaa Bajpai in lead roles along
with Vaiyapuri and others. Devan Ekambaram,
a well known singer (Anbil Avan from Vinnaithaandi---)
handles the music department here. Seven
tracks are listed in the album.
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Sirikkiren...
Vocals: Naresh Iyer, Mano, Shiva
Chidambaram, Dr. Burn, Uma Shankar
Lyrics: Vaali
A song of drunken revelry, this song takes off in
all directions. Football fans can compare it to the
action of Peter Crouch on the field- arms and legs
everywhere! Light lyrics and delicate support from
instruments like ghatam, ganjira, strings and wind
instruments make this a frothy number. And the last
minute is a riot-being deliberately modeled on the
‘maama-maapley’ bit from the original
Bale Pandiya featuring Sivaji and M.R.Radha! Seems
based on Chalanata raga and we could take a shine
to it.
Happy... 
Vocals: Haricharan, Devan Ekambaram,
Naresh Iyer, Navin Madhav, Paravai Muniamma, Malaysia
Vasudevan, Ranjith, Aalap Raju (the guitar man), Raqueeb
Alam, Anuradha Sriram, Srinivas, Velmurugan, Manikkavinayagam,
Mukesh, Malgudi Shuba, Divya Vijay, Anitha, Suchitra
Karthik, Vijay Yesudoss, Rahul Nambiar( Phew!!!)
Lyrics: Vaali
A delightfully offbeat number, this. Like Robert Browning’s
poems it overflows with good cheer and happiness!
What arrests you is the (absence of) background music.
Voices and finger-click like sounds alone follow the
singers. The Sankarabaranam sangati in the line ‘nekku
romba happy’ delights! A pleasing experiment
in sruti.
Aaradha Kobamillai...
Vocals: Raman Mahadevan, Mahalaxmi
Iyer
Lyrics: Thamarai
A song where small, clustery notes from the flute,
santoor (glockenspiel too?), guitar, sax and violins
add to the mood of tentative reconciliation that runs
through the song. Very neat lyrics. Raman Mahadevan
(who sings for Bollywood movies) is a welcome addition
to Kollywood. We hear both Sankarabaranam and Mohanam
ragas here. Could hover on the charts briefly.
Ivan
Thedal...
Vocals: Dr.Burn, Arun Ramamurthy
Lyrics: Dr.Burn
Some techno music, heavy rapping and synthesized voices
come together for this song which is all about a certain
mood projection. Is that the veena you hear two minutes
into the song? Wow! Could translate humorously on
screen.
Kangale
Kamalalayam...
Vocals: Unnikrishnan, Mrinalini
Lyrics: Thamarai
Such attractive opening lines! This dainty lyric does
not easily lend itself to the 5-beat tala cycle, but
it must be said to Devan’s credit that he has
somehow woven the song into the kanda nadai without
hurting our ears. The tabla, appearing suddenly, softly,
drenches our ears with its rhythms. This song, based
loosely on Hamsadwani raga, (and a quirky blues touch
to it), is likely to be relished.
Bale
Pandiya...
Vocals: Velmurugan, Ranjith, Naresh
Iyer
Lyrics: Vaali
Vaali’s amusing lyrics talk about an incredibly
luckless man, as revealed through ‘Naadi Josyam’(all
in humor?).Crisp use of percussive instruments and
bass guitars add a foot-tapping quality to this number.
Spirited singing from all.
Sirikkiren:
Instrumental
Solo violin: Arun Ramamurthy
Mridangam: D.A.Srinivas
A very well-knit presentation of an instrumental version
of song no.1.Is that the viola we hear at the start?
Truly nice! Shenai, guitars mridangam and other native
percussions have been smoothly blended here. A novel
attempt too.
Verdict:
Devan Ekambaram brings in a distinct breeziness to
this album. Plenty of instruments are listed and though
some play coy, you do like his restrained orchestration.
If the film opens well, the songs could generate wider
interest. We truly hope he has done his re-recording
with the same amount of creativity. |
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