Velmurugan’s rustic vocals and the hilariously interior Tamil Nadu lyrics ensure a winner in the rhythmic kuthu Aadungadaa! The other bawdy kuthu Yakka yakka is awfully imagined and scored. Shankar Mahadevan’s high-pitched call-out Sambho jagadam and its theme music variant do not impress – long and droning, both. Ditto for Hariharan’s Pain of love – woeful and boring. However, the similarly tuned melodies – Ulagil endha kaadhal and Uyiril pookkum kaadhal impress with their soulful orchestration and soaring vocals by Hariharan. Sundar C Babu’s method seems straight now – standard front-bencher kuthu and at least one good melody. Time for introspection?
Keywords: Sasikumar, Sundar C Babu, Nadodigal
