BEST LATEST TAMIL SONGS RELEASED IN NOVEMBER 2020 - CHOOSE YOUR FAVORITE NOW!

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1. Alaikadalum oindhirukka

Shibi Srinivasan is a talented singer who did impress couple of months ago with his vocals for Pranav Giridharan’s album. Here he turns composer in this track considered a tribute to the great Tamil Novel “Ponniyin Selvan”. The female lead is Baanupriya Gopalakrishnan and she has a unique voice sounding like a yester-year legend Susheela. The flute opens up very well and then the intended morose sets in with Bannupriya’s vocals. The keys accompany in the second layer and credit goes to the composer for trying to bring in as many variations in the stanza.

2. Andril

Govind Murali has composed and sung this excellent indie single written by VJ Vedharaman. The track is mixed by the brilliant Jason Zachariah and mastered by Joe Anton. Right from the beginning, the composure and texture in Govind’s voice is what drives this song forward and higher. Akash Menon plays the bass and acoustic guitars while Aju Ambatt plays the flute which comes off so beautifully in the interlude. Devika Sajeevan should be credited for the excellent choreography in the video. The stanza has many variations which speaks highly of Govind as a composer and we hope to hear more from him of this quality.

3. Bujji

I have always believed that Pradeep, Santhosh and Sean are the trio that exemplify musical abilities of this generation and in my opinion three outstanding musicians who can are second to none in the country. This is composed, arranged and programmed by Santhosh Narayanan who has also done some backing vocals here. The lead vocalist however is one of the most known voices in Kollywood -Anirudh, who has made a habit of singing for other composers. He has sung this so well and lifts the track which has some amazing live instruments playing giving it a MJ – Thriller feel. I like how Santhosh has used one Indian and a global musician for the same instruments like Naveen and Ron Miller on the bass guitar, Joseph Vijay and Michael Murray on the guitars, Rahul Muralidhar and Dian Klass on the drums. The standout instrument is the Clavinet by Giovanni Campanelli. The outro with a Kuthu theme is extremely catchy.

4. En Kadhale

Jaisef is the composer and singer in this slow ballad and its pleasant and gets enhance by the beautiful accompaniment on the flue which plays in the intro and also in the second layer from time to time. Rachel is the vocalist with the English bits and I adds more variation to the track. Priyadarshini K is the lyricist.

5. Izhupari attam

Pradeep Kumar is solid and inspiring in this album and time and again he proves why he is one of the brightest composers in the country today.  For a movie that demanded lots of suspense, tension and intrigue, Pradeep does maximum justice. Its his friend and composer Sean Roldan who absolutely smashes it with his vocals. The electric violin by Chris Baum and Trombone by Geoffrey Nielson are just perfect and kudos to them and the composer for this. The strings and horns section is by Studio Orchestra of Sydney Orchestral Score and it is all conducted by Pradeeps wife and singer Kalyani Nair. Tapass Naresh handles the drums section. This track is an experience. Sivam is the lyricist while Pradeep and Sean play the acoustic guitar in the interludes.

6. Kadhal Nyabagangal

Sanjeevi Easwar’s composition is really impressive here and something we cannot call run-of-the-mill especially in tamil music. Akash Govind is the vocalist and he does a decent job but I find the lower scale singing to be slightly wanting. Subhashini’s singing is exemplary and lifts the track a few notches at least. The westernised notes really work well and the electric guitar by Joel Jacob are a good addition as well. Sanjeevi is the lyricist with MC Devesh also contributing.

7. Kavithaye Kalaikirai

Another independent musician in Arul Pragasam creates this track and he is also the vocalist and comes off to begin with sounding like Unnikrishnan. The highlight of the track is the violin solo that plays very delightfully in the opening bit and interlude, though there is no credit of the player. Niru Vaish is the lyricist, and the track could have been better if there was a stronger voice. The outro with the violin is once again outstanding. The concept of the video deserves some credit owing to its good intentions.

8. Naan Kudikka poren

I really like this track as it has some unique originality to it. Selojan is the composer of this funky number with great beats and some rap bits added. It starts off with an old Tamil number but made into a cartoonised voice and after that Sahi Siva begins his vocal delivery which reminds of Vel Murugan or Anthony Dassan. Ratty Adhinthan’s rap is mind-numbingly fast, and the wind-instruments layered act as the interlude. It is nice to see that song does meander into a decent stanza as well and love the dholak used instead of the modern western beats.

9. Nee

This is a very nice Tamil number coming from across the Palk straits. Raj Thillaiyampalam from Sri Lanka has composed this track with his own team of musicians. Haricharan and Rita Thyagarajan are the lead vocalists and the former sizzles with his impeccable vocals. Harshana Wijayasinghe plays a nice saxophone solo in the interlude and then it is all Haricharan again. Priyan Perera and Thisal Randunu play the guitars. Raj’s composition is complete with 2 stanzas and 2 sets of interludes, something we all in Tamil Nadu would have grown up listening to as a style. Varuon Thushyantan is the lyricist for the track.

10. Oh Penney

Last month we saw a release from this album called K3 called “Kayalvizhiye” sung by Sathyaprakash which was a good pleasant track composed by MS Jones Rupert. Here the latter plays the keys while the former is the vocalist again and he delivers like always. The track is excellent for its innovative use of A cappella styling throughout. Udhaya Kathiravan has written and composed the track. The ending part of the track is simply stunning with the keys, vocals and A cappella all coming together.

11. Oru arai unathu

The previous single in this movie Maara was phenomenal, sung by Sid Sriram and this tine Gibran uses two very popular singers and it is nice to hear Sanah Moidutty who has a got a name for herself in the indie scene and she is rocking as ever. Ghibran never fails to impress and this track is fast paced and sounds very much like a Scottish song with bagpipes. Rithu Vysakh is on the strings and he straight away gets into business with the intro music. Yazin Nizar leads the male vocals and he is breezy in his delivery. Kudos to Ghibran for bring in some variety with instruments like the Ruan, Oud and the Banjo in the interludes all played by SM Subhani, and there are fragments of the mandolin as well. The stanza is also quite rich in the notes. Thamarai is the lyricist.

12. Parthene

The album is quite excellent and credit goes to RJ Balaji for picking musicians who can deliver some good music even though they wouldn’t be the top-of-the-mind kind of composers. If it was Leon James for LKG, it is now Girishh Gopalakrishnan here in Mookuthi Amman. All we care about here is the music review and for that the movie definitely scores a high number. This is the best track of the album with some tremendous vocals by Jairam Balasubramanian who simply soars. Girishh G has done a few movies like Marina, Aval which have all done well and he recently scored the BGM for Nishabdam. Patri Satish Kumar’s Mridangam is solid and just a great constant presence. The Veena by Jayanthi Kumaresh in the interlude just is luring and the strings orchestra is excellenty conducted by Yensone Bhagyanathan of Chennai Strings. Ramshanker S and Anjana Rajagopalan who recently impressed with the “Chennai Pattu” are solid in their backing vocals, and strings and vocals arrangements as well. Pa Vijay is the lyricist and Sai Krishna Kumar, M.S. Krsna, Girishh, Regis Tony and Sinduri Vishal have done backing vocals. The composer Ganesan Sekar has played the Kanjira and percussion.

13. Ponjathiye

This is a total surprise, as I was taken aback by this unknown entity called Sathya Narayanan come up with this delightful track. It has everything, excellent vocals, very good instrumental arrangements and a good set of variations in the structure of the track as well. Sathya Narayanan is also the lead vocalist with backing by Jen Martin who is also a composer, along with Adithya and Akshara. Prasanna Prabhu’s solo flute and Adarsh Sekar’s guitars welcome our attention to the track. The Cajon in the track is just foot-tapping good played by Cyril Mathew Joe, and so are the harmonies which repeat at multiple times in the song. The interlude is played on the Oboe by Immanuel which is not an instrument I have heard much in songs and it plays at a fast tempo in the outro as well which is very innovatively done. The keys and strings are by Prince Melvin while mixing and mastering is done by Stanley Xavier.

14. Raathri

C. Sathya is an accmplised composer and he shows precisely why, with this nice track sung exquisitely by Chinmayi and Sathyaprakash. Akkarsh on the violin is outstanding and he makes the intro of the track set the tone for the rest of it, and it is accompanied by Simon Telfer on the guitars. It is interesting to hear the Ganjeera in this set up and it is played by Venkat. Kathick Netha is the lyricist with some funny lines, and Chinmayi simply steals the show in the one-off variation that comes mid-way into the song. When the song finally ends we have the ghatam introduced as well and Naveen Napier’s signature bass is written all over the track.

15. Salaiyil oru malai neram

This is a song from a movie I haven’t heard about in the news, but this particular track sounded pleasant and it is composed by Abhilash & Sathya Narayanan. The former is also the male lead singer while Roshini is the female lead. Much of the song seems to have been programmed without too many live instruments including the interlude. The stanza is sung entirely by Roshini and she does a good job holding the track together.