40 minutes of pure divine music…
DISCLAIMER: You are not about to read a review. You are about to read an article praising the music of “Sillunu Oru Kadhal” and praising its creator Mr. A R Rahman. If you want an objective review, this aint the place for it. Thanks. You may continue reading now.
“Kummi Adi”
“Ammi mithichaachi…” begins the song with a deep, husky and rustic voice. This generally announces the waking up of the great Aditya to the residents of his colony [pun unintended]. As I go about brushing my teeth to the wonderful orchestra of these sounds. The instruments aren’t exactly giving a village-kind-of-feel, but they make for wonderful listening.
“Munbe Va”
A beautiful prelude has been composed to a divine song. Shreya Ghosal’s voice is something that you would want to record and play into your ears every minute of your existence. Pristine and clear. Innocent and sensuous. Melodious to the last note. Naresh Iyer anchors the song down to earth. Otherwise I am just flying around with my Mach3!
“Mazaa Mazaa”
Sensuous, tantalising, exciting and leaves you with those feelings. Shreya Ghosal yet again! I will say nothing else. She reigns supreme. SPB Charan is growing up to sound like his father. Looks like we have another wonderful singer with the blessing of A R Rahman. I am generally inside the bathroom when this one is playing.
“Machakari”
“Minnal padi, thendral padi..” [Lightning half, soft and sweet breeze half in tamil!] in Vasundhara Das’ voice starts the song but drags it into such a beautiful tune and then Shankar Mahadevan catches on with “La la la, la la la…” and the song literally bursts out! A chartbuster. The energy in the song [is definitely more than the combined mass of singers and square of the speed of light!] will make you want to sing around with an imaginary mic bending your back backwards! Ahem.. you know where I am now, don’t you?!
“New York nagaram”
The humming that begins the song intertwined with the guitar is out-of-this-world! As soon as that plays, I am in “pause” mode. Only my ears and imagination are working. Having seen “KANK” recently, I know how NY nagaram looks. The soulful voice of the master just engulfs me into the song. I am lost in NY. The pick of the album.
“Maricham”
Carolissa, Mohammed Aslam and Krishna (?) take us through a journey of high pitches with various twists and turns. This song somewhat gives me the time to get ready and have a bite. Maybe I will catch on to this one over some more time. Like “Varugirai” from “Anbe Aaruyire”.
“Jillendru Oru Kadhal”
The title song of the movie with the earlier title – JoK [They changed it to "sillunu oru kadhal" for tax exemption from TN govt!]. Rock and Roll and Jazz all make me wear my shoes and polish them till the leather comes off! I am also singing along with the Tanvi, so I rarely hear her voice. I try hard not to notice my wife’s threatening looks since we would get late to office. But I can’t break away from this brilliant song.
Take a bow A R Rahman. You brighten my every morning. So what if I am late to office on some days?! That’s fine with me!
Click here to listen and download the songs for a paltry $0.99 (if you are in US) or Rs. 12 (India) per song.
This is the official website of the movie slated to release sometime this month!
I have written this review almost a month after it has released because of one reason. A R Rahman’s music grows on you. We need to give it time to get into our comfort zone. And once it’s there it becomes a part of our lives. Atleast I am in affected by this syndrome, and am happy to be afflicted with this disease! Hail Rahmania!