Moondru naal aagume, with its free flowing verse and lovely sax phrases is delightfully rendered by Karthik. Ranjani’s Varum vazhi yengume and Madhu Balakrishnan’s Mozhi illaamale too borrow quite a few bars from Moondru naal aagume to create a more ponderingly ominous and pathos-laden, droning variants, respectively. Nila nee vaanam has a pleasant, ghazal-like structure with lyrics soaked in love, sung amazingly by Vijay Yesudas and Chinmayi. The soundtrack’s highlight is however the single, almost thematic tune that covers four songs – Ulagam ninaivil illai, Azhagu mugam, Siru punnagai and Kanavu sila samayam. This is a cheerful and lilting melody with Prasanna’s vocals towering over his female counterpart, Mahathi in Ulagam ninaivil illai. Aaj monee starts out in Bangla, but strangely with a garba rhythm, and flows to a dramatic, anguished part with dreadful Tamil pronunciation by Vijay Yesudas (ThoLaiva?). Vijay goes on linguistic murder again (Pillaye, for PiLLaye) in Oh oh ohh, a plain and filmy track. Karthik’s Anjal petti carries like a jolly feel marked by imaginative side-effects of love and is completely devoured by Karthik’s exuberant singing. Sabesh Murali could well be the quintessential underdogs among Tamil composers. The duo score wonderfully well, given Cheran’s articulate vision!
Keywords: Cheran, Padmapriya, Sabesh Murali
View Comments to "Music review: Pokkisham (Tamil – Sabesh Murali)"
1 | SRINIVAS
April 21st, 2009 at 10:13 am
difficult to say which one is the best track in album …Mindblowing soundtrack
2 | vjv
April 21st, 2009 at 10:41 am
Excellent soundtrack….very good work by Sabesh-Murali….Cheran’s movies always do have good music….
3 | nemo
April 21st, 2009 at 2:37 pm
Is it just me or does the beginning (the Bengali part) of “Aaj monee” strikingly resemble “Chinna chinna kanavugal” from Vaazhthugal?
Could both composers have been inspired by another original?
good effort from SB but for some reason I’m yet to be won over by the choice of instruments – just sounds so electronic!!! (if there’s such an expression)
-n
4 | svgan_in
April 22nd, 2009 at 12:26 pm
Good Album. No english word, double meaning word, no kuthu songs. Meaningful lyrics blended with decent tunes. Big Relief for my ears !
5 | Arun
May 5th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
‘Nila Nee Vaanam’ is beautiful, especially the parts by Chinmayi – wonderfully sung!
6 | Vinayak
May 10th, 2009 at 7:12 pm
The songs in the film are really superb. All are melodies -pleasant to hear. Especially the song ‘Varum Vazhi Engum’ sung by Ranjani is awesome. The flow of emotions that she displays through her mesmerizing voice really rolls over the picture in front of our eyes. Well done !!!
7 | sitafny
July 14th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
The songs of the film are melodious and lovely! Impressive job by the duo. Watch the trailer of the movie here
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