|  The
same team of “Sethu” (Bala – Illayaraja
– Vikram) & Surya are teaming
again in Pithamagan. Because of two top stars Vikram
& Surya are teaming up in this movie, the expectations
are very high. Illayaraja gave some soul touching songs in Sethu.
Everybody expected another masterpiece from the maestro, but, is
the songs up to the expectations? Let’s move on…
The
Album begins with “Piraiyae” sung by
Madhu balakrishna (who sung the excellent song
“Edhilum Ingu” in Bharathy) and lyrics by Vaali.
The song starts with a humming and the starting of the song has
some resemblance with “Putham puthu Poo Poothathu” from
Thalapathy. The rhythm sounds good and catchy and the interludes
are nice especially the 2nd interlude is outstanding.
Next
comes “Elankaathu” by Sriram
Parthasarathy, Shreya Ghoshal and penned by Pazhanibharathy.
It’s a typical Illayaraja melody – duet. The Lyrics
by pazhanibharathy suits the song very much and it’s well
written. Although the tune reminds us the “Malai koyil vaasalil”
song from the movie “Veera”, it’s very
catchy and soft. It’s a better song in the album.
“Adada”
sung by K.J.Yesudas and lyrics by Mu.Metha.
This song starts in a grand manner with heavy drum beats. It’s
an emotional song sung very well by KJY, but in the charanam
parts his voice shows his age. In the first interlude the
instrument tharai/thappatai (don’t know the exact name of
the instrument) sounds really strange, Illayaraja has used
some strange instruments in this song like Sangu (Which
is played in funeral ceremony in some parts of Tamilnadu). This
song sets the mood for the movie and definitely it’s the pick
of the album.
“Aruna
Runam” - Old songs medley. It’s just a mixture
of old songs and nothing new in this song. Just to fill the Cassette/CD
space.
“Elankaathu”
by Sriram Parthasarathy. It’s the same song but this
time it’s a solo song with the same lyrics.
“Kodi
Yethi Vaipom” sung by Bhavatharini, Periya
Karuppa Thevar, Sanmugasundari, Raghavendar and chorus.
Lyrics were written by Na.Muthukumar. It’s
a typical “Koyil Thiruvizha” (Village temple festival)
song. It starts with traditional Tamil music instruments like thavil
and naiyandi melam(used in village temple festivals). After pallavi
we can’t understand why the singer sung the song like a throat
infected person. The song suddenly changes in the middle and then
changes back again. It’s a foot tapping number, but not a
great song.
Over
all, it’s an average album. Though it has very good song like
Adada, Illayaraja has rehashed his own old tunes in most of the
songs. Everybody expects a song sung by Illayaraja in this album
like “Yengae sellum” in Sethu, but he disappoints. Some
of the songs in this album may sound better if they were sung by
some other singers.
WOW!
: 3rd Song
Oops! : Same Old Tunes (Nothing New!)
VERDICT
: Buy this album, if you're a hardcore fan of Illayaraja.
Others, Wait for the movie release and decide.
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