Kaadai, Kauthare...
Vocals: Maghi, Renuka, Senthil Das

A very short number, a folksy ‘narikkurava’ number. Does the hero sing it as he masquerades as one?

Adi yaei...
Vocals: Udit Narayan, Suchitra

Some guts Srikant Deva has, pulling in Udit to sing in such a native dialect! The whole song becomes an exercise in fun! The opening guitar piece leads to nagaswaram later on.Some very lively use of native rhythms, sometimes attractively with flute. Don’t miss the stylish roll of drums here and there in the song. And the way the song winds up with instruments coming together in different sruthis! Again an ‘aviyal’ of some old numbers! But fun too!



Emmaiyaalum...
Vocals: Shankar Mahadevan

Another emotional number in praise of Lord Shiva of Tiruvannamalai. Based on Thodi raga and has all the ‘temple related’ sounds built into it—like bells, shankha and drums. Very well sung by Mahadevan. But is the word’ Namassivaya’ pronounced right? You hear ‘Namacchivaya’ all the time. A softer articulation would have been exact.



Verdict:

Srikant Deva brings in his usual brand of liveliness into the album. One really hopes he keeps expanding on his creativity and does not take the easy way out by mixing and matching old melodies often. The mountain itself seems to be a metaphor for something in the movie. If Arjun’s natty briskness is well exploited, then the songs may not sink.