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Malathy Sundaram |
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Produced
by K.R.Gangadharan. Directed by Selvah. Starring Madhavan,
Mamta Mohandas, Abbas, Vivek, M.S.Bhaskar, Raja, Mayilsami
and others. The movie is a lighthearted comedy with
a convoluted plot. Maddy and Mamta are two ambitious
youngsters who want to make it big on the corporate
ladder. Abbas is their boss with a roving eye who wants
to trap Mamta and uses Maddy as a go-between. Meanwhile,
Maddy and Mamta fall in love and plot
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to outwit Abbas. The film is adapted from Aziz Mirza’s
‘Yes Boss’. Srikanth Deva has composed music
for this film which has six songs. What has he offered?
Vaanam Vandhu---
Vocals: Krish
Lyrics: P.Vijay
The opening bars are a riot, transporting us to the old,
old songs of Bagavathar! A song expressing warm birthday
wishes to a pretty lady ( probably the heroine?). A simple
cadence and the periodic church-bell like sounds add sweetness.
The guitar interludes are quite breezy. Krish is as easy
on the ears as ever.
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Chellame
en Chellame---
Vocals: Udit Narayan
Lyrics: P.Vijay
An intriguing song in the sense that the interludes
have sharp gliding notes. Be it the violins (lovely),
trumpet or the flute, they are a trifle dramatic.
Is Abbas singing it? Basically a song of passion and
umpteen promises! And sung as joyfully as ever by
Udit, never mind the ‘mazhalai’ touch
he brings to his songs! The way the refrain’
vaa,vaa,vaa’ or ‘naan,naan,naan’
dovetails with the vocal chorus is neat.
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Veesuvadhu---
Vocals: Benny Dayal
Lyrics: Pazhanibharathi
A really fine, fun rendering by Benny Dayal! Nice
to hear him sing so neatly. Rhythms and some tongue-in-cheek
sax interludes dominate this song, which has our hero
Maddy articulating all his audacious ambitions .Cute
lyrics from Pazhanibarathy. A sudden take-off on ‘Kadhal
malarkkoottam onru’ in the second interlude
is so funny. These touches are becoming a trademark
of Srikant Deva. One seriously hopes this song has
been picturised with all the impish humour it projects.
Kadhal Kannadiyil---
Vocals: Prasanna Rao, Sadhana Sargam
Lyrics: Kabilan
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This song wafts along in the waltz mode and we have some
imaginative violins and veena drenching our ears with soft
notes. Of course quite a few hindi songs race through our
minds as we listen. Not an original composition but is redeemed
by the sweet singing of both the singers.
Alai Payudhe--
Vocals: Karthik, Ranjith, Swetha, Nrithya
Lyrics: P.Vijay
An odd song, this, with distinct middle eastern notes being
tucked into a western beat like the way you fold a soufflé
mixture !! to add to the fun the song takes a native tint
after the second music interlude. Gamely sung by all the
singers. It is fun to see the violin tweak out the ‘Arabian’
sangatis and the violin flash at the end is stylish too.
Srikant Deva has some thanking to do here—Ilayaraja
and MSV for the basic inspiration.
Kadhal Kolagalam---
Vocals: Rakeep
Lyrics: Kabilan
Seems to have been inspired by the quwwali tradition! Now,
wait a minute, have’nt we heard something like this
from Anup Jalota already? So be it! A small unpretentious
song, soft and cool, but badly pronounced.
Verdict:
There’s some consolation for Srikant Deva fans here,
after his forgettable ‘Perumaal’ output. Some
colourful music pieces delight us. So do the soft numbers.
The underlying aspect of the album is a certain amount of
breeziness, dictated possibly by the movie!
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