Appa amma vilayattu is at best a Srikanth Deva track, something the massively-built composer conjures up while sleeping, totally detached. And Hey vetri vela only asserts that belief – a typical Perarasu’esque Srikanth Deva number!! Hey rosu rosu is no better, Manisharma digging into his Telugu-styled masala repertoire, while the composer uses his actually impressive [...]

Enadhu uyire, despite all the superfluous sweetness, is actually quite ordinary, much like the seemingly catchy Hawai theevil, that sounds like a 90s track badly inspired by some Harry Belafonte number. Vangakkadal improves the proceedings, but only slightly – this Ilayaraja-styled salute-to-the-leader anthem is striking for the carefully orchestrated, absorbing rhythm section. Ore oru ups [...]