Rahman channelizes his sweeping patriotic template to a motivational song in Nenjae ezhu – adequately impactful. Innum konjam is absolutely hypnotic – splendid vocals by Vijay and Shweta! Naetru aval gets its sound right, but the rambling tune doesn’t help, while Enga pona is Shakthisree and Keba’s show all the way! Sonapareeya, despite the foot-tapping sound, feels contrived, while I Love Africa seems content playing off conventional notions of ‘African’ music. That same ‘African’ sound gets a superb fillip with Rahman’s fusion in Kadal raasa, sung brilliantly by Yuvan! Maryan sounds good, but doesn’t soar like Rahman’s music usually does.
Keywords: Mariyaan, Mariyan, Maryan, Maryaan, A R Rahman, Bharatbala, Dhanush
PS: Here is a from Suresh on ‘Naetru aval’… as an alternative perspective!
