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Dai namma is an infectious track who’s non-stop rhythm grabs your attention. The brooding Kannai vittu seems to be partly inspired by Kevin Lyttle’s Turn me on (2003) but surprisingly Yuvan doesn’t go the whole hog. Ilayaraja makes a surprise entry in the pick of the soundtrack, Namma kaattula, which cleverly mixes some old tracks. Poga poga is yet another of Yuvan’s successful attempts to get hip-hop into the Tamil psyche. Yedhedho with its exotic interludes and melody impresses except for Yuvan’s singing. Pattiyal is very listenable but one gets a feeling that Yuvan is getting into a loop here.

Keywords: Yuvan Shankar Raja, Tamil film songs, Arya, Bharat, Padmapriya, Pooja, Arindhum Ariyamalum

Canned rhythms and assembly-line tunes open the album in Mundeya and Akhiyon se. Both are predictable Himesh trademarks. Even Daler could not salvage the other mundane track Tuteya va. Bijuria tries to modernize the typical front bencher track, in vain. Tere liye doesn’t even seem to start, as you keep waiting for something to happen. But nothing happens and it ends! Sache aashiq is perhaps the only track worth listening, partly ‘cos of the reasonably infectious percussions. The remixes are, in a nutshell, painful. This is Himesh using his decade old tune bank. Pity its for a Subash Ghai production!

Keywords: Akshaye Khanna, Mallika Sherawat, Ayesha Takia, Hindi film songs, Satish Kaushik

Kudos to debutant director Igore for making an interesting variation of films like Aasai and Vaali. Two of the biggest blunders in this otherwise riveting movie are Arya, the hero and Niru, the composer. While Arya is unbelievably bad in acting - with poor diction, body language and expression, Niru’s music, particularly the background music is extraordinarily juvenile that some of the best scenes go completely for a toss. Debutant Akshaya steals the show, but that was expected given the interesting shade to her character. The ending, where Arya is left feeling guilty is an unexpected, intelligent twist! Eminently watchable.

Keywords: Arya, Tamil film

The wannabe loung’ish Jaladeepam is a rather weird track! Malarvaai reminds you of something else and the tune seems forced on the catchy rhythms. The unconventional rhythm in Mugurtha neram coupled with Kunal’s singing makes it interesting. Pachakiliye is a sorry track that’s completely lost between a common-place rhythm and some mild Latin influence. Solla vaarthaigal heralds the return of the Karthikraja we loved in Dum dum dum. This one saves the soundtrack barring Udit’s rendition. Hariharan’s and the composer’s vocals in another version are far better! Karthikraja fails to make the best of the another reasonably decent opportunity. Again!

Keywords: Srikanth, Meera Jasmine, Stanley, Tamil film songs

Deepavali sounds coarse and the lyrics reiterate that. Sonu’s pronunciation jars, though the Telugu and folk percussion adds something curiously attractive. Kaatril alternates between a melody and an unrelated Sahiba. Barring the oft-heard rhythm this one is reasonably listenable. Kamma is a raucous track that’s very unlike Rahman but catchy nonetheless. Rahman sings the brooding Theeyil and the unusual sound impresses. The abstract Ilamai is interesting with the remix being catchier. Innisai’s soaked-in-classical tune takes time getting used and the surprise dappangoothu peek in the remix takes one by surprise! Less of Rahman and more of KS Ravikumar’s attitude here!

Keywords: Ajith, Asin, Kaniha, Tamil film songs

Jaaneman is a soft melody that borders on the routine but salvages itself with some good vocals. English-mix-trite-lyrics annoys in It’s a beautiful day that also falls short on catchiness. Aryan’s producer Poonam Khubani makes a confident debut in Ek look. Anand’s singing adds to the flavor and the remix version impresses. The composer tries Rahman-like compositions in Rab ne mere and Lamha. The orchestration is just right while Shreya and Anand impress in the respective tracks. The pep-track Teri te and Ranjit Barot’s noisy Theme annoys as standalone tracks. Anand seems ready for the big time with Aryan. Finally!

Keywords: Hindi film songs, Sohail Khan, Anand Raj Anand

Kandupidithen and Inge’s lyrics decide the tune and they barely pass muster. Remember Duet? Chitra’s Enna tholaithai does an encore! Hitler penne and Iyakkunare hold decent tunes but bland orchestration in both annoys. Azhagana poigale changes course with interesting lyrics enveloped in good music. Shalini’s Kutti kutti impresses with its melody and right choice of instruments. SPB sounds great in La la la more than in the bit song Kannamoochi. The choice of words here is typical KB stuff! In Poi, Vidyasagar surrenders to KB’s script & word play and hence is unable to produce tunes to take home to!

Keywords: K Balachander, Vimala Raman, Uday Kiran, Prakash Raj

The title track is routine, but very pleasant. I do not like KK singing it as Fannnaah, but the track’s quite catchy. Bhula denge is highly sleep inducing and a bad attempt to ape DCH’s Tanhayee. For your eyes only is a trademark dumb track by Anu and gets on your nerves. Rock star sounds cheesy but the constant refrain stays in your mind! Dekhte scares you with some weird sounds between an otherwise assembly-line dholak track. An experiment gone horrendously wrong. Mere saath tries to recreate MHN’s Tumse milke magic and fails. Raj Kanwar’s brand of music, as usual.

Keywords: Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Bipasha Basu, Raj Kanwar, Hindi film songs, Anu Malik

Thaiyatha’s Charukesi is tantalizing, though Sadhana seems stressed in the higher pitches. There’s Aqua-sound in Poi sollaporen, coupled with some reasonably interesting lyrics, but the song hardly registers. Thippamma’s middle eastern flavour scores, but a rather broken pattern, made worse by Bharadwaj/ Sudesh’s singing annoys. Avalapaatha is pointless with just some decent singing by Karthik. The Theme music is an indulgingly sung bit piece, but gets lost soon. Thiruttu payale is a clever take on yesteryear’s Chinna payale. Though, Bharadwaj is not as imaginative as Vairamuthu is with the lyrics and this one’s no match for Yuvan’s recent oldie remixes.

Keywords: Jeevan, Soniya Agarwal, Tamil film songs, Susi Ganesan, Five Star, Virumbugiren