Tamil OST

Niru transitions from pop to film music with Kalaaba Kaadhalan, but seems to carry a Suresh Peter’ish Tamil pop sound through Thogai virithu and Urugudhey. Both are listless. Manmeedhu attempts...

Boomikku has a pretty impressive sound but Rahul Nambiyar could relax a bit though! A catchy prelude invites us to a fairly listenable Nenjaangoottil. Vijay’s use of instruments is rather...

Adadaa has a Selvaraghavan-meets-Ilayaraja of yore kind of tune. Pretty listenable, with a rather simplistic orchestration and places where Harini sounds like she’s singing a megaserial title song. Listening to...

Kodakkooli is Theepidikka redux, complete with the hot tone and Anoushka. Throw in a pinch of Raja’s Nethu raathiri and Yuvan has a winner. Good that Yuvan didn’t actually remix...

Lingusaami ditches Vidyasagar and tries Yuvan instead. And, Vidyasagar is whom you think of, during Gumthalakkadi. Yuvan follows Vidyasagar’s style to the hilt here. Jassie Gift continues to drone in...

Both the Telugu flavored Kuthu songs – Soda bottle and Freeya vudu, are completely in sync with the mindless stuff Devi Sri Prasad (DSP) has been churning in the name...

What do I remember from Lohitadas’ original Kasthuriman? The overpowering sense of gloom in Priyamvada’s (Meera) life. And, what do I recall from Ilayaraja’s music from its Tamil remake? Déjà...

Oru muraidhaan is philosophy in synth. Ditto for Aavaarampoove. Ore oru with a Deva-voiced Sabesh aims to be an authentic village track with Jayakumar’s interlude and the ‘back-to-the-roots’ sentiment that...

Thaimaasam begins sounding uneasily similar to Thirumalai’s Vaadiyamma, but sounds pretty good, overall. Kailash Kher sings fairly good Tamil in Podhumada saami which seems to be fashioned along Muthu’s Vidukathaya...

The intro, ‘call-to-the-fans’ Vaada vaada and Kodambakkam area make for painful listening. Idhu enna has the forgotten Uma Ramanan and a passable tune. Deivathukke is a rare pathos song in...