Naan Mahaan Alla

 Cast: Karthi, Kajal Agarwal, Neelima
Production: K. E. Gnavelraja
Direction: Susendran
Music: "Music Genius" Yuvan Shankar Raja
Lyricist/s: Na. Muthukumar, Yughabhrathi

Sample Track:
  Naan Mahaan Alla---Iragai Pole by jBALAJi --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tracklisting:
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01. Va Va Nilava Pudichi - Rahul Nambiyar
02. Iragai Pole - Yuvan & Tanvisha
03. Oru Malai Neram - Javed Ali & Shilpa Rao
04. Theaivam Illai - Madu Balakrishnan
05. Va Va Nilava Pudichi -  Rahul Nambiyar 

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1. Va Va Nilava Pudichi... Rahul Nambiyar on vocals has made this tune hummable .A folkish tune that has a fantastic combination of dholaks, Harmonica and flute all through the song 


 2. Iragai Pole... Yuvan on vocals chooses to bestow his soaring vocals for maximum impact. A simple, tuneful song that has varied pace .Intonated lyrics add grandeur to this number .Yuvan’s trademark 

 3. Oru Malai Neram... A situational song with subtle differences in the pitch and singers is a pleasant enough melody, except for the way the verses are forced to end at places, beautifully arranged musical pieces  that blends guitar chords , harmonious tune all along …

4. Theaivam Illai....  A sad song that has devout and earthy lyrics 


Naan-Mahaan-Alla ---An immensely catchy track with immediately likeable tunes dexterously constructed with brilliant packaging. A musical melody.

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Thillangadi Music review

Sample track:
   Thillangadi - Idhayam Karaikirathe by jBALAJi
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Tracklisting:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
01. Ding Ding                     : Vijay Prakash & Naveen            |Lyricis : Viveka
02. Sol Pechu                     : Yuvan, Chitra & Shreya Goshal |Lyricis : Na.Muthukumar
03. Pootta Paathadhum    : Suchitra                                      |Lyricis : Viveka
04. Memory Loss               : Kailash Kher & Ranjith                |Lyricis : Viveka
05. Pattu Pattu                 : Simbu Manasi Scott                     |Lyricis : Na.Muthukumar
06. Idhayam Karaikirathe : Sri Vardhini                                 |Lyricis : Viveka
07. Thothu Ponen              : Shankar Mahadevan                    |Lyricis : Viveka
 
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Ding Ding- Opening song of the album has VijayPrakash on vocals. Child chorus in between is smooth and an  enjoyable one

 

Sol Pechu – Yuvan humming is rooted to this song, Chitra has pitched  in

 back with her heart rendering vocals. A simple, poignant tune, with minimal orchestration that let the lyrics and vocals fully seep in.

 

Pootta Paathadhum-  A fast paced tune that has trumpets, Drums to the orchestration and backed by Suchitra’s vocals. An engaging one…

                 

Memory Loss – An experimental song from Yuvan that has his typical trademark .What makes this song special? A completely ghazal-soaked soundtrack (Tabla and Harmonica) mixed with modern day percussion. Kailash Kher & Ranjith have catched the feel. A muddled track

 

 Pattu Pattu- A pop’pish and lilting song, highlight being  Simbhu & Manasi Scott. Dolak interludes in-between adds Punjabi feel to this peppy number.

 

 Thothu Ponen-  The bright and pace voice of Shankar mahadevan works out wonders.      A folkish song with energetic beats.Typical Yuvan instrumentation, a roaring beginning with catchy lyrics.

 

Idhayam Karaikirathe- A soundtrack that is authentic and situational,A special track composed by Thaman and not Yuvan Shankar…

 

All songs are fantastically sound programmed by Thaman and is crisp to hear…not the best of Yuvan  

 

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Raavanan Review

                                                           

Director:Mani Ratnam

MusicA R Rahman

Cast:Vikram, Aishwarya Rai, Pritviraj, Prabhu, Karthik, Priya Mani, RANGITA (Nityananda Fame)

Producer:Madras Talkies &Big Pictures

 Story:

        Veera(Vikram) a naxalite who fights for  downtrodden village men is being chased down by SP Dev(Pritiviraj). Veera kidnaps Ragini (Aishwarya Rai)  Dev’s wife and later plans to kill her in an Intentionally contemptuous behavior. All for the loss of his sister (Priyamani) ravished by Dev’s men (cops)

                                                           

Veera makes all his movements in deep woods and is difficult for Dev to track him down.

Even though he gets help through (Karthik) forest officer, all his attempts doesn’t pay him instead Veera a sure footed man notes all the movements of Dev and continues to kill everyone who eventually led to the suicide of his sister in a rebellious manner.

                                                                                

During the second half the movie goes a bit slow till the forest officer finds the hide out of Veera and urges him for a peace talk in return, benefits for his people. Veera sends one of his people to have a confronted conversation is later shot down by Dev’s unethical behavior.

                                                                                              

Devastated on seeing his men dead, Ignites the fire in him and decides to completely wash out the Cops especially Dev. All this leads to Climax fight sequence on a hanging bridge..

Director Mani seems to be totally lost here…. why an engaging person(VEERA)  decides to save DEV ….. Later gets killed by him in an open encounter?  Is it for the benefit of Ragini ? or In compensation for his men who got killed by Dev  during peace process ? or a serious of events that lead to the suicide of his sister ? Is VEERA a naxalite or a humanitarian!!!!!!!  Doesn’t really fit in!!!!!!!!!

Movie Picturisation:

                                The film captures the typical if not for real a rainforest atmosphere from the waterfalls, woods, lush greenery, and frost all adding to the grandeur of the movie.

Music picturisation:

                                ARR’s BGM stands apart as usual, yet the picturisation of songs is far below average and for the very first time AR Rahaman and Mani combination doesn’t seem to blend well. Only Kalvare sung by Shreya Ghoshal is damn good not just for the music but for Ragni’s flexible dance movements that hooks the audience.

Mani has kept aside his vintage old experience and has made this movie as a debutant.

Vikram has been taken lightly in this movie as his acting prowess  is far below to his yester year movies like ANNIYAN, PITHAMAGAN to name a few.

The script too is weak absence of Sujatha(script writer) is clearly felt.

Its time Director Mani looks into movies like NADODIGAL, SUBRAMANIAPURAM, RENIGUNTA and IRUMBU KOTTAI MURATTU SINGAM (for sets) and realizes that young guns are ready to fire….without adapting olden mythological saga.

BOTTOM LINE:

Mani is a Maverick in Making Money with this Movie by positioning his brand value and nothing else...

VERDICT:

                   Old wine in new bottle lacks exquisite flavors.