Sirikkiren, with a fascinating range of voices and a 2.0 version of the drunk-song genre is quite a fun listen! Happy has 20 singers…phew! The vocalized arrangements are innovative, even as Thamarai’s lyrics are over-the-top. Raman Mahadevan and Mahalakshmi’s Aaraadha kobamillai is absolutely scintillating, almost like a dream combination of 80s Raja backgrounds and a [...]

Dubaikku poga porene is plain and staid, with horrendous singing by Rahim. The composer sounds equally bad and off-tune in the short Edakku madakku, while Senthilvelan’s Ooradangum samathula is a pleasant whiff of Ilayaraja’s folk pathos. Orumurai irumurai is strictly a mish-mash with nothing standing out, while the reasonably likeable Pada pada suffers solely due [...]