COA falls way short, despite Ilayaraja. Nalla vaazhvu is the only listenable track, partly ‘cos its vintage Raja in instrumentation and simplicity. The Mastana-clone Anaithu vidungal sounds more like his sons’ music. The other 3 tracks…Iyya enna – a completely out-of-place mukkal munagal song, Pudhusa nenechukittu – a dated, drunken thathuva paadal and Ponnaa porandha – a situational ‘pathos’ song explaining the plight of the leading lady…seem straight out of the Raja’s 80s repertoire. As a soundtrack, COA disappoints. Big time! In the movie, it depends on how/ where Thangar chooses to place them in Srinivasan’s original 2-song Malayalam script of Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala.
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