Direction:
Ameer
Music: Yuvan Shankar Raja
Lyrics: Snehan
Ameer’s
previous ventures “Mounam pesiyadhe”
and “Raam” were backed
up by Yuvan’s songs and background
score. The successful combination
is back in “Paruthiveeran”, but into
neck deep rustic folk this time. Yuvan
had done a couple of village based
films before and had churned out a
few folk songs for them. But this
album is a un-adulterated “Agmark”
folk originated from the villages
around Madurai.
Ariyaadha
vayasu – Ilaiyaraja
Ilaiyaraja's
rustic and raw voice brings the earthy feel
of the song. Yuvan's matured orchestration,
Snehan's notable lyrics and Raja's voice
modulation, sounding husky at places and
suddenly soaring to high pitch make this
song undoubtedly the pick of the album. But
one can’t deny the fact that the song sounds
typically Ilayarajaish and creates a de ja
vu feeling to the listener. From the
previews, this song is supposedly picturised
in monochrome effect.
Iayyayo-
Manicka vinayagam, Krishnaraj and Shreya
Goshal
Manicka
vinayagam kicks off the song with his
typical high pitch rendering. Shreya's
sweetest voice takes over the now
melodiously transformed song and supported
by slightly nasal voice of Krishnaraj.
Krishnaraj, one of the underrated talented
singers, who has various hit songs to his
credit like "Vellarikkaa" from “Kadhal
kottai” and “eechi elumichi” from “Tajmahal”.
Krishanaraj was introduced by Deva, and he
was to Deva, as Arunmozhi was to Ilaiyaraja.
This song showcases the ability of Yuvan to
come up with a folk song with no influence
of his father's style and not much of
Rahman's influence too.
Sari gama –Madhumitha,
Madurai S. Saroja, Ameer
The situation
of this song is that, the heroine is in a
playful mood and teases her grandma. Yuvan
has come out with a short but catchy song.
The song has sound of crickets screeching in
the background and with funny teasing
lyrics, steals the heart instantly. It is
interesting to note that director Ameer has
sung a humming part in the song.
Tanka dunga –
Pandi, Lakshmi, Raja, Kala and Saroja
Brings an
image of a village festival night instantly.
Though the song is catchy and with no shades
of compromise with commercial filmi style of
music, it is more situational and can be
appreciated only with the visuals. Only
those with exposure to villages and such
folk songs can relate to this song and will
definitely sound alien to urban-bred youth.
Though some vulgar and double-meaning
dialogues and lyrics are common in such
original folk songs, they could have been
avoided here.
Nadaswaram
(Bit) – S.R. Shanmugasundaram & team
Kudos to Yuvan
and Ameer for choosing a rarely used and
nearly forgotten instrument “Nadaswaram”.
This typical village based folk bit
supported by “urumi melam” and with varying
tempo is a commendable effort.
OOroram
puliyamaram – Pandi,Lakshmi, Kala and Saroja
Starting with
the famous “Oororam puliyoram” folk in
startling queer voices and later takes
twists in tune. Yet another down to earth
folk song, which also needs strong support
from visuals. Karthi, hero of the film
speaks out some dialogues in between and his
voice and modulation strongly resembles his
elder brother.
Though a good
experimentational effort from Yuvan, whether
it will reach all classes of people is a
question to be answered after the release of
the movie.
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