Idhaya Thirudan

October kaatru has latino written all over! Catchy, but doesn’t really register. Uchathai’s absurd lyrics irritates BIG time, while the tune itself is no great shakes. Unnai thotta brings Bharadwaj’s...

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Aadhi

Lelakku lifts liberal snatches from Raghav’s Ain’t Nobody. No wonder its catchy. Ennai konja is a neat melody with the inimitable Hariharan! Yeh durra opens with a Baila-ish prelude and...

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Thagappansaami

Srikanth Deva’s music for this Prashant-starrer has two genres that Tamil cinema seems to have lately forgotten. A full-throated, noisy saami paattu, in Aadhi sivane. And a seduction song in...

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Paarijaatham

Bhagyaraj chooses debutant Dharan for his comeback starring his daughter! Ennil has adequately mod orchestration with an average tune. The vocals leave a lot to be desired though. Things improve...

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Pudhupettai

[A well deserved exception in word count…200 words for this soundtrack!] Yuvan’s imagination soars way beyond the confines of a Tamil movie OST in the phenomenal Pudhupettai Main theme, Selling...

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Kalaaba Kaadhalan

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...

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Dishyum

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...

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Agaram

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...

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Zinda

Yeh hai meri kahani is neat and very Strings. Strings’ other, Har saans is a non-starter though. Shibani’s Kya main zinda hoon has her impressive vocals and a nice minimalist...

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Rang De Basanti

The title song reinvents bhangra, lead by Daler. Prasoon’s lyrics shine in the youth anthem Paatshala, while Blaze dominates the other version. Tu bin bataye’s sweeping melody harks back to...

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