Vilaye un vilayenna sounds incongruous to start with, but the brooding lyrics gel gradually with the club’by backgrounds; Haricharan’s vocals are an asset, while the composers go all out in the interludes. The pathos version, in comparison, is tepid. Nithyasree is given a shockingly lewd and risqué track, Manmadhakaadu, that merely uses the Theepidikka template religiously. Arukkani is catchy, in a standard kuthu track layout – Benny’s version works better than the Pushpanam Kuppusami’s excessively sung version. Vilai is a strangely short soundtrack by usual standards – but composer D.Imman does stand out despite not innovating dramatically with the music.
Keywords: Vilai, Bharani, D.Imman
