Paruthiveeran album - Yuvan's laudable attempt at folk
As a Yuvan fan, this was one of the most expected albums (along with Vasanth's Satham Podaathey). Coming on the heels of their stupendous musical hit in Raam, the Yuvan - Ameer combo has come up with an authentic rural theme based album, this time around. To be very frank, I was not surprised at the genre to which this album belongs to. With the kind of stills of the movie that were released, Ameer had made us to expect exactly this kind of a non-commercial album. Total of 6 'songs', 3 of them are proper songs and the rest are folk numbers. With the recent Sivappathigaaram album too having a substantial number of folk songs, we might be seeing the revival of the lost genre.
Ariyaa Vayasu - A neat melody with simple orchestration. Mottai has rendered the song in a soulful way. Hearing the song it makes you wonder if it was the Maestro who actually composed this song too, which I think is a huge compliment for Yuvan. The second time you listen to the song, you will start humming along with it.
Aiyyaiyyo - Quite easily my pick of the album. Shreya Gosal's voice is like honey to the ears. Krishna Raj, who has sung some notable numbers before, is actually the surprise highlight of the song (Just read from Suresh’s take on the album that he is the same one who sang numbers like Thanjaavooru manneduthu). Oh, the place where he starts the song "sandaazhi un paasathaala" is just awesome. The song's simple tune just sucks you in. Yuvan comes in for the usual humming part and he does not do a bad job (that is to say he could have done better). This is the only song where the lyrics stand out and draws your attention.
Sarigamapathanee - This has my favorite Madhumita singing. That itself is enough for me to like the song. Along with the catchy tune which Yuvan has thrown with it, this is another of those short & sweet songs (it only runs for 2:16 mins) that you will start liking it, in a few listenings. But I also feel that this song will appeal better when seen with the movie. It also has Ameer listed as one of the singers. There is only a high pitched humming that can be credited to a male voice in this song and if that is Ameer's, then he definitely should have a great talent for singing.
The remaining songs are folk songs which you would be able to hear if you go to any festival in rural Tamil Nadu. The Tukka dunga number in particular is the highlight among the 3 and is like a medley of numerous songs. The number Naathaswaram has been credited to some Sanmuga Sundaram group and is completely instrumental - a daringly different attempt from Yuvan. The dialogues interspersed in the other folk number - Voororam puliyamaram - are actually very entertaining and make you look forward to the movie even more.
In conclusion, Yuvan has treaded his father's way in this album and Virumandi is the album that comes to my mind when I think of a recent movie by the Maestro. Like Virumandi, this too has couple of awesome melodies and then the rest are all situational songs, suited for the movie. Bottomline - a must-buy album if you are a Yuvan fan. You got to appreciate this guy for what he is doing - first he comes up with a completely unconventional AIBI, then a path-breaking Pudhupettai and now, this completely off the track album. Frankly, when was the last time we had an album like this? The MD should have the guts to even think of doing an album like this. Yuvan is getting better and his growing maturity shows in his compositions. Laudable effort.
Ariyaa Vayasu - A neat melody with simple orchestration. Mottai has rendered the song in a soulful way. Hearing the song it makes you wonder if it was the Maestro who actually composed this song too, which I think is a huge compliment for Yuvan. The second time you listen to the song, you will start humming along with it.
Aiyyaiyyo - Quite easily my pick of the album. Shreya Gosal's voice is like honey to the ears. Krishna Raj, who has sung some notable numbers before, is actually the surprise highlight of the song (Just read from Suresh’s take on the album that he is the same one who sang numbers like Thanjaavooru manneduthu). Oh, the place where he starts the song "sandaazhi un paasathaala" is just awesome. The song's simple tune just sucks you in. Yuvan comes in for the usual humming part and he does not do a bad job (that is to say he could have done better). This is the only song where the lyrics stand out and draws your attention.
Sarigamapathanee - This has my favorite Madhumita singing. That itself is enough for me to like the song. Along with the catchy tune which Yuvan has thrown with it, this is another of those short & sweet songs (it only runs for 2:16 mins) that you will start liking it, in a few listenings. But I also feel that this song will appeal better when seen with the movie. It also has Ameer listed as one of the singers. There is only a high pitched humming that can be credited to a male voice in this song and if that is Ameer's, then he definitely should have a great talent for singing.
The remaining songs are folk songs which you would be able to hear if you go to any festival in rural Tamil Nadu. The Tukka dunga number in particular is the highlight among the 3 and is like a medley of numerous songs. The number Naathaswaram has been credited to some Sanmuga Sundaram group and is completely instrumental - a daringly different attempt from Yuvan. The dialogues interspersed in the other folk number - Voororam puliyamaram - are actually very entertaining and make you look forward to the movie even more.
In conclusion, Yuvan has treaded his father's way in this album and Virumandi is the album that comes to my mind when I think of a recent movie by the Maestro. Like Virumandi, this too has couple of awesome melodies and then the rest are all situational songs, suited for the movie. Bottomline - a must-buy album if you are a Yuvan fan. You got to appreciate this guy for what he is doing - first he comes up with a completely unconventional AIBI, then a path-breaking Pudhupettai and now, this completely off the track album. Frankly, when was the last time we had an album like this? The MD should have the guts to even think of doing an album like this. Yuvan is getting better and his growing maturity shows in his compositions. Laudable effort.
Labels: Ameer, Audio review, Paruthiveeran, Yuvan
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