PONMAGAL VANDHAL SONGS REVIEW CLICK TO RATE THE SONGS

1. Vaa Chellam
Singers: Brinda Sivakumar 
Lyrics: Vivek

Govind Vasantha has this knack for creating very rich music without trying too much out of the ordinary. Similarly, here he weaves this simple yet powerful melody which has traces of the Raga Reetigowla. Brinda delivers it with the right essence and thanks to the brilliant harmonies by Kamalaja, Roshni, Ala B Bala, and Deepthi Suresh, the song gets elevated. The flute interlude by the exponent Vishnu Vijay and mridangam by Shruthi spice up the traditional quotient and who better than Keba Jeremiah to deliver the guitar role in sync. Vivek’s lyrics are the final jigsaw in this wonderful puzzle.

2. Vaan Thooralgal 
Singers: Chinmayi
Lyrics: Uma Devi

The slow melody is one of those tough genres in music and Govind Vasantha has quite a knack to keep you going through one without boring. Vaan Thooralgal is one such song in this album, sung by Chinmayi. The orchestration has been kept simple, without much of an overlap with guitar and flute music highlighted. Chinmayi's voice and Uma Devi's lyrics compliment well to this tune. Govind has moulded a classical based touching melody with minimal orchestration beautifully.

3. Kalaigirathey Kanavey
Singers: Govind Vasantha
Lyrics: Uma Devi

The guitar opens the curtains with a mild strut before Govind showcases his magic touch with the violin. He then sings this song himself and sounds very much like Ananthu who modulates between a soft and strong modulation with immense ease. The fag end of the opening lines has a very uncanny resemblance with his uber hit from "96" called Life of Ram.

Keba Jeremiah with his electric guitar does a slowly solo in the interlude. Govind goes on to use his skills with gamakhas at the right places when the stanza begins and the harmony combining with Govind makes a nice second half to the stanza. The song abruptly ends here and that is why we ache and wish for more. A special mention is certainly needed for the really funky percussions.