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Malathy Sundaram |
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Produced
by Abirami Ramanathan, directed by Raju Easwaran and
starring Arvind Akash, Saranya, Jayaram and Nasser and
others. Advertised as a children’s movie (really
welcome); this album had a novel launch by arranging
an inter-school competition among 72 schools, with the
participants having to dance for any one of the 5 songs
in the movie! The music for Vaali’s lyrics has
been scored by Sundar.C.Babu, who is the son of veteran
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Panchamirtham...
Vocals: M.S.Viswanathan( wow).
Obviously the title song, which hints at the fun quotient
of this movie. ‘Vai vittu siricha noi vittu pogum’
seems to be the theme of the song, sung with touching enthusiasm
by good old MSV! Music wise, nothing much except guitar,
keys and rhythm pads. And a touch of Revati raga.
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Thandhana
Thanana...
Vocals: Shreya Ghosal.
A stylish beginning with flute, keys, rhythm and sitar
(or could be veena too). This song waxes eloquent
on the charms of nature, a hill station, to be precise.
Many colorful vignettes of Nature. The string instruments
along with both bass and top note flutes have been
used sensitively, tinkling all the time. Kudos to
this young singer who takes so much care with her
pronunciation! The raga itself seems to be Behag in
general.
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Nadhikkarai Oram...
Vocals: Madhu Balakrishnan and Chitra.
A divine opening with drums, mridangam and violin,
where the notes go ‘sa ri ga sa ri ga sa ri’
and ‘da sa ri’ later on in raga Sriranjani.
A passionate love duet where the sangatis sway just
like the ‘naanal’ grass that figures in
the song. Even the violin interludes are heavy and
smoldering, especially the final western twist to
the song from the ‘sa’ swara. Both the
mridangam and tabla need a ‘sabash’. Fine
singing from both.
Kadhal Vandhal...
Vocals: Karthik and Reeta.
Heavy drums and guitar seem to feature in this song,
which has a robust, if slightly different beat. Sings
about the maddening effects of love itself.
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Uchathile Aandavan...
Vocals: Naveen Madhav.
Is that the guitar that we hear at the start? Quite a peppy
number, the lyrics of which seem to celebrate a sudden windfall.
Full of bravado and flourish. Heavy but fun native rhythms!
Though the base scale seems to be Karaharapriya, an interesting
addition of the big ‘ni’ note on and off has a
touch of Gowrimanohari too. The 5-kattai sruti adds a folk
touch. The repeated ‘sa sa sa ni ni ni sa’ on
strings adds melody. Enthusiastic vocals.
Verdict:
Sundar .C.Babu seems to have a lot of passion for music,
going by what he has fashioned here. With music running
in his genes, can we look forward to more exciting stuff
from him? By the way, songs no.3 and 4 seem rather overt
for a kids’ movie!
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