Vallakottai Music Review- 2010

Vallakottai Music Review- 2010

Banner: ESK Films International

Cast: Arjun, Haripriya & Vincent Asokan

Direction: A. Venkatesh

Production: T. D. Raja

Music: Dhina

Lyricis: Thabushankar, Kambar & Karunakaran Released Year: Oct : 2010

Movie Track List

SV01. Semmozhiye... 
          Singers :  S. P. Bala & S. Janaki
          Lyricis : Thabushankar
SV02. Sarakku Readya...
          Singers : Karthik, Reetha, Arjun, Sathyan & Dhina
          Lyricis : Thabushankar
SV03. Anjile Ondrai...
          Singers : Shankar Mahadevan & Dhina
          Lyricis : Kambar
SV04. Magadheera.... 
          Singers : Tippu & Shri Madhumitha
          Lyricis : Thabushankar
SV05. Kottudhada Kaasu...
          Singers : Blaaze, Murugesh, Padmalatha, Manikantan, Dev Prakash & Dhina
          Lyricis : Karunakaran
SV06. Magadheera...
          Singers : Udit Narayan & Saindhavi
          Lyricis : Thabushankar

Semmozhiye ; SPB is in great form .Has an ambient sound all through.  A staid tune from, DHEENA.

Sarakku Readya: Is a strange mishmash. Pedestrian track, that goes beyond nothing. 

Anjile Ondrai ;  brim with spiritual  devotion at opening . Sparking backgrounds, agitated & charged up tune fills up this number . 

Maga dheera(2) : a peppy number, the odd one out with its intolerably outdated tune, but the soundtrack ends well with the simple and rhythmic tune .

Kottudhada Kaasu: Roping in BLAZEE to rap in Tamil doesn’t seem to be working for DHEENA . Rhythms are recycled beyond imagination. Terrible soundtrack!  

Dhinna churns out mediocre album at rocket speed !!

Nagaram Music Review [2010]

Nagaram Music Review [2010]

Banner: Aveni Cine Makers PVT Ltd

Cast: Sundar.C, Vadivalu

Direction: Sundar.C

Production: Kushbu

Music: Thaman.S

Lyricis: Vairamuthu Released Year: Sep : 2010

SV01. Thiki Thiki... 
          Singers : Ranjith & Megha
          Lyricis : Vairamuthu
SV02. Yen Peru...
          Singers : Priya Hemesh
          Lyricis : Vairamuthu
SV03. Kuthudhu...
          Singers :  Naveen Madhav
          Lyricis : Vairamuthu
SV04. Puducha.... 
          Singers : Rahul Nambiar & Sri Vardhini
          Lyricis : Vairamuthu
SV05. Eraivaa...
          Singers : Ranjith, Rahul Nambiar & Naveen Madhav
          Lyricis : Vairamuthu
SV06. Theme Of Love...

Thamn’s humming is rooted in THIKI THIKI .The composer vivifies yuvan’s THULI THULI(Paiyaa).  Impeccably arranged, functional music… 

‘Yen peru krishnaveni..’ looks similar to ‘En Peru Meenakumar’i from Kandasamy lyrically  . Tune wise it lacks that punchy hook, instead Thaman offers gorgeous semi Hindustani platform and adds charming layers that builds up gradually on and off..

Thaman beefs up with his arsenal in KUTHUDU. Naveen(vocalist) expands all through while Thaman gradually picks up the orchestration, holding back the tune.

Orchestration& tune wise Puducha looks similar to ‘Oh Baby nee devamirdam’ from MALAIKOTTAI by Manisharma. The most striking aspect of the soundtrack is the lack of conventional tune structures- unconventional bits hitting off & on immediately!

An agitated, charged up tune fills up ERAIVAA…a pulsating, non-stop beat; that traverses in many interesting ways, supported ably by the 3 singers.

Theme of love…  a lovely  melody with marvelous arrangements. Vocalist evoke that oomph..

Thaman undeniably has that potential. Yet vivifies others at many places…

Thambi Kottai Music Review[2010]

Thambi Kottai Music Review 2010

Banner: Rjeshwari Films

Cast: Narain, Poonam Bajwa, Prabhu, Meena & Sangeetha

Direction: R.Ammuramesh

Production: R.K.Suresh

Music: D. Imman

Lyricis: Viveka      Released Year: Sep : 2010

CD Front Cover

Movie Track List

SV01. Noorandu Vazhga... 
          Singers : Naresh Iyer, Anitha & Ilavenil
          Lyricis : Viveka
SV02. Vaa Pulla...
          Singers :Velmurugan, Mukesh, Sethildas & M.L.R.Karthikeyan
          Lyricis : Viveka
SV03. Unakkanka Uireyvaithen...
          Singers :  Sriram Parthasarthy, Swethamohan & Aalaap Raju
          Lyricis : Viveka
SV04. Thambikottai Kanaga.... 
          Singers : Jassie Gift, Sujatha & Nrithya Andrews 
          Lyricis : Viveka
SV05. Pain Of Love...
          Singers : Sriram Parthsarathy & Swetha Mohan
          Lyricis : Viveka

The short and sweet melody Noorandu Vazhga...  is a fair to middling track, lyrics filled with sublime emotions.

Vaa Pulla... lyrically speaks about the transition of mind travelling from a urban Chennai to small town. Folksy tune, rehashing every known element of old tunes.

Unakkanka Uireyvaithen...  is typical Imman’s fabric- stocked rhythm, modal    euphony…

Imman falters in Thambikottai Kanaga....   Kuthu number in this album, uses every known constituent of his previous compositions. (Odi odi vilayadu- Masilamani,  Madurai Jilla macha than di – Thiruvilaiyadal) .

Pain Of Love...Starts slow and later become incongruous / inharmonious at places, fails to generate an impact.

Va Quarter Cutting Music Review

Va Quarter Cutting Music Review

Banner: Cloud Nine Movies

Cast: Shiva, Lekha Washington, S. P. B. Charan & John Vijay, Craig & Abhinayashree

 Direction: Pushkar Gayathri

Production: Sashikanth Sivaji

Music:  G.V Prakash

Lyricis: Kumararaja Released Year: Sep : 2010

Movie Track List

SV01. Unnai Kan Thedhudhe... 
          Singers : G.V.Prakash Kumar & Gana Ulaganathan
          Lyricis : Kumararaja
SV02. Thediyae Thediyae...
          Singers : Andrea Jeremiah
          Lyricis : Kumararaja
SV03. Saudi Basha...
          Singers : G.V.Prakash Kumar & Bharagavi
          Lyricis : Kumararaja
SV04. Saarpu Saarpu Ji.... 
          Singers : G.V.Prakash Kumar & Lakshmikanth
          Lyricis : Kumararaja
SV05. The Quarter Song : Club Mix...
          Remix : Dj Vijay Chawla

The best track shines of as; Thediyae Thediyae - Andrea’s haunting vocals are absolutely on top. Tamil diction by Andrea could have been better.

Boozy vocalized effects brim in Unnai Kan Thedhudhe – G.V manages to capture, a state of deeply felt distress.

The Club mix version (Remix By: Dj Vijay Chawla) fairly predictable tune and is unimposing.

Saarpu Saarpu Ji – has earthily funny lyrics, simplistic tune but the crack appears at places

The composer doesn’t strain himself in Saudi Basha – skillfully wraps it in Arabic euphony.

CWG THEME--- Oh yaaron, yeh.....

 Short take on CWG Theme

Language: ‘Swagatham’ is written in Hindi with a few English words.
Lead Singer: A.R. Rahman
Launch Date: August 28, 2010.

The composer about whom I’ve praised enthusiastically in this blog is none other than   A R Rahman –the way he has changed the INDIAN film music.

Having composed two theme songs

1. Gujarat’s Golden Jubilee celebrations.
2. World Classical Tamil Conference.

Third being CWG theme.  The nation seems to be un-inquisitive about CWG, so seems to be A R Rahman .

                     My question is “what is the shelf life of these theme songs?”

I’m befuddled with the idea of using a celebrated, globally renowned composer for scoring a theme song that may never be used or remembered beyond one evening

The Composition:

                             Rahman merely creates a track which appears to be having an influence of mid 80’s or 90’s English rock music-repetitive bass riffs and regular chords played on the off beat by a guitar. The awesome amalgamation of Mandolin, percussion/drums, keyboards are interesting and lilting too. Rahman gets back his senses at the end and realizes that this theme song is intended for Indian People and lends in Dholak pieces to wrap it up.

Singers:

              AR Rahman has bestowed his soaring vocals for maximum impact. Rapper Blazzee peps up with English wordses, quite forced, unnecessary and pointless.

                                                        Vibrant, stylish and vernal music addressing urban mortals; will fail to impregnate masses from sub-urban, towns and villages.

I personally believe that these initiatives gain more from Rahman’s name attached to them, rather than Rahman gaining anything from them (A whooping 5+ Cr pay for 4 1∕2

 minute song). That, of course, does not make it any less important for Rahman to decline such opportunities, but I really wonder why an incredibly busy composer who has top-ranked directors and producers waiting in queue outside his house to sign him for their projects, agree to such one-off efforts that may be used once in their life time and idolized only by fanatic followers?