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Malathy Sundaram |
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The
title is evidently borrowed from Andal’s Naachiyar
Thirumozhi ,a Divine Song. How Andal’s visualization
of marrying the Lord with ‘a thousand elephants’
all around her( vaaranam aayiram) fits in with this
movie remains to be seen. Directed by Gautham Menon,
produced by Oscar Ravichandran and starring Surya, Sameera
Reddy, Simran, Divya and others, this film is supposed
to be a soft romantic one which parallels incidents
that generally happen
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in everyone’s life. Gautham seems to have shaped it
with a lot of love and care and with Harris Jayaraj scoring
the music (after his rosy output for Dhaam Dhoom) expectations
have reached an all-time high. Ratnavelu’s cinematography
is also supposed to be evocative here. Harris has tuned
seven songs here.
Adiyae Kolludhe---
Vocals: Krish, Benny Dayal, Shruti Haasan
Lyrics: Thaamarai
Some heavy guitar stuff here to begin with and heavy rhythms
to go along with it too. Clearly targeting Pop and Heavy
Metal fans. Both the male singers use a slightly rasping
voice. Shruti is a welcome find. Her voice sounds slightly
nasal. Could do with a little honing. The song surprisingly
speaks of soft sentiments contrary to the music!
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Nenjukkul
Peythidum---
Vocals: Hariharan, Devan, V.Prasanna
Lyrics: Thaamarai
The guitar works magic in this song. Seems to be patterned
on country music, the kind you hear from John Denver
and others. The initial notes go ’sa ri ga pa
gaa sa;ri paa---‘ all soft and flowy and the
lyrics smoothly tag along. And when Hariharan’s
rich voice combines with all this, the charm is all
the more noticeable. Seems set on the Natabairavi
scale. The way the keys ,humming and the guitar combine
is soothing
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Yaethi
Yaethi---
Vocals: Benny Dayal, Naresh Iyer,
Solar Sai
Lyrics: Na.Muthukumar
It is based on middle eastern rhythms but the song
is totally pettai stuff and full of boyish bravado,
so to speak! Set to Karaharapriya scale, the song
has drums, guitar and some whistling sounds built
attractively into it. Not original, but fun. And fun
too, to see Muthukumar come out with such stuff!
Mun Dhinam---
Vocals: Narash Iyer and Prashanthini
Lyrics: Thaamarai
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Again
a soft number like ‘Nenjukkul’ but pitched on
a higher scale. With the result that sometimes the male
voice croons and the lady’s voice sounds shrill. Looks
like Harikamboji scale and apart from the delightful guitar,
we have two lovely sax interludes the first which goes ‘ma
ni nii pa, ma ni nii pa’ and the second ‘pa
dha ni saa rii—‘.Soft lyrics that sing of love
asserting itself.
O Shanti Shanti---
Vocals: Clinton, SPB.Charan
Lyrics: Thaamarai
Yet another soft number where you have the refrain’
O Shanti Shanti’ repeating from song two with slightly
altered lyrics and pace. Is there a visual continuation
here? A small trumpet-like interlude breaks the monotony
in this song. Well sung too.
Ava Enna---
Vocals: Karthik, V.Prasanna
Lyrics: Thaamarai
This song truly reflects what Harris is capable of.. A very
interestingly conceived song with slight sruti variations
that add charm to the whole piece. Karthik is faultless
in rendering. The lines ‘onnukkulle onna en nenjukkulle
ninna’ that carry the notes ‘ma pa maa ga maa
pa, dha ni pa dha ni dha pa ma ma’ are very attractive.
And the guitar, sitar, thavil and native drums combine so
beautifully after the first minute. Tender sprinkles of
guitar and santoor, sometimes drums and ghatam need to be
savoured here. Though we have some Anandabairavi shades,
the raga scale seems to be Harikamboji. Interesting!
Anal Mele---
Vocals: Sudha Raghunathan
Lyrics: Thaamarai
An
exceptionally well composed song on the Natabairavi scale.
And rendered with perfection by Sudha Raghunathan. We have
some nice sitar and violin pieces woven into the song. Especially
in the first interlude where the sitar goes ‘ga saa
sa ga saa sa’ very melodiously. Some interesting swara
patterns repeat through the song, which reveal the raga
to be what it is and not Sindubairavi as it sometimes appears
(you do recall Nenjinile Nenjinile’ from Rahman).
Could stay on the charts easily for some time for its plaintiveness.
Verdict:
The guitar simply enthralls you. So do the native drums.
There is a slight monotony in the instrumentation, but it
doesn’t seem to affect the overall effect. Thaamarai
needs to be complimented for the soft lyrics.
If the movie delivers half of what the album has managed
to give, we have a blockbuster in our hands!
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