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Malathy Sundaram |
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Mahesh
Saranya Mattrum Palar: This uniquely titled
movie, produced by Kool Productions has been directed
by P.V.Ravi ,who was an assistant to Lingusami. The
film stars Sakthi, P.Vasu’s son, who debuted in
Thottal Poo Malarum to acclaim. His pair is the talented
youngster Sandhya, with Daniel Balaji and Keerthi Chawla
along with them. The subject seems to be a cheery youth-oriented
one. Vidyasagar’s fans are eagerly awaiting the
film as he seems |
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have put in a lot here. 8 songs feature in the album-a hefty
number, indeed! How has the melody maker fared?
Kaatre Kaatre...
Vocals: Benny Dayal
Lyrics:
N Muthukumar
The excited outpouring of a young heart afflicted with love—and
adequately expressed by Benny Dayal. In fact he is getting
better with every song! Has the feel of a pop number. The
exuberant guitar dominates the song, with minimal inputs
from the keys and violin. Small but dramatic swirling sangatis
mark this song which appears set to the Kiravani scale.
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Thajam
Thajam...
Vocals: Binny Krishnakumar
Lyrics: P Vijay
A young woman’s grateful appreciation of all
the lovely things around her-family, nature love etc;
a straightforward use of the Sriranjani raga. With
Binny Krishnakumar possessing such a powerful voice,
one wishes the composer had chosen a slightly lower
pitch for the entire song. Surprisingly the musical
interludes too, with the veena, flute and santoor
( which fares better) are slightly strident. The saving
grace comes from the mrudangam.
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Thanthatthile Seydha...
Vocals: S.P.Balasubramaniam
Lyrics: Jayandha
An affectionate song, with a lot of fatherly pride
thrown in. Who better to articulate it than SPB? Such
delicate emotions conveyed through the words’
nila’, ‘nee vazhga’ and ‘nadandhu
vara’! the guitar and keys combine sweetly at
the beginning with a shehnai-like piece later on and
3 minutes into the song ,some nice coming together
of flute and sitar with faint percussion sounds in
the background. Is it Suddha Danyasi or Sumanesa ranjani?
Vaigarai Paniyae...
Vocals: S.P.Balasubramaniam
Lyrics: Yugabharathi
A song that appreciates the little delights of life,
including wedded
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bliss.
Some soulful singing here! The violin and nagaswaram ‘riffs’(
if you may call them thus) at the start crisply show up
the raga Brindavana Saranga, but the song slightly seems
to veer off to Valaji raga in the two charanams. Some very
pleasant notes from the veena and violins and a measured
smooth beat from the thavil make this song linger in our
minds long after we are done with it.
Vizhiyil Vizhiyil...
Vocals: Haricharan, Rita
Lyrics: P Vijay
A very differently conceived song with an original tune.
The racy, oft-repeated violin bit runs through the whole
song, dictating its pace. A love duet with simple lyrics
and sung well by both, though Rita’s voice is a trifle
shrill sometimes. The violins dominate the song, with an
occasional bit of flute and guitar. The hand-clap like sounds
add to the rhythm of drums.
Yaaradhu Yaaradhu...
Vocals: Karthik
Lyrics: P Vijay
Another high pitched number, but is well carried off by
Karthik. Funny, but this song almost reminds you of song
no.5. Has a slight western touch to it with two interesting
music interludes, the second one being all rhythms! No scope
for many instruments in this song.
En Paadal...
Vocals: Saindavi
Lyrics: Yugabharathi
Some fine variations in rhythm patterns is seen all through
this song. A very fast paced number, sung with commendable
aplomb by Saindavi. You do get to hear trumpets, keys, flute
and guitars with some delicate bell-like sounds too, but
the rhythms carry the entire song to the end!
En
Uyirukkul...
Vocals: Tippu, Rajalakshmi
Lyrics: Jayandha
Has a distinct Sindubairavi raga feel to it, even if the
swaras are not exact. A smooth, flowing love duet though
the tune cannot be called original. The repeated phrase’
sa ri ga ma pa ma ga ri ‘ is attractive. Again the
violins are pleasing, along with keys.
Verdict:
The album is quite creative where rhythms are concerned
and Vidyasagar shows his true mettle by bringing in ragas
which are different from the normal ones we often hear.
This is the Vidyasagar we would like to see more often.
A generous use of high pitched renderings is a little unusual
for him, which is what we see here.
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