Kadapurathoru sounds rhythmically good, but is terribly predictable – everything after the first line is so obvious – worse, the anupallavi is teeming with that damn synth. Marachonnu is embarrassing, that aanum-pennum chorus is cringe-worthy. Ponathevide, thankfully, is rendered by Raja himself and that makes all the difference. Shuba niyogamalle is the pick of the album – Bhavatharini’s singing is incredible and so is Raja’s soulful, bhajan-like tune. But Innalle mutthathu is plain hopeless – despite that oft-heard catchy background rhythm. SMS is yet another hackneyed soundtrack by the Maestro – barring his own and his daughter’s tracks. Small mercies, those!
Keywords: Bala, Navya Nair
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1 | Ravi Menon
May 8th, 2008 at 9:43 am
Karthik, I suggest that u listen to the tracks of Ore Kadal, which was easily the best Malayalam score of 2007. Ouseppachan has composed five songs in the same raga, Panthuvaraali, that too in different colours ranging from pathos to romance.
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