Carrying a decade-old Rahman sound doesn’t seem to impact Kulu kulunguthu much! Chinmayi carries this dulcet melody where Selva underplays the orchestration to let the tune come out beautifully. Vairamuthu’s word play is interesting in Palli koodam, but the jaded tune barely works. Maalai soodiya too, despite excellent vocals by Karthik and Manasi, has a nondescript tune that hardly involves. Vandhu nillu is an utterly pointless item number, while Aatha enakku is long-drawn and laborious pathos. Ullooru saamigala ends soundtrack in a boring mishmash. The once-promising composer Selvaganesh seems to be heading towards a downward spiral and that’s rather disconcerting.
Keywords: Selvaganesh, Retta Vaalu
