Album of the week

[Arvind Srinivasan]

Kangalal Kaidhu Sei- My thoughts

1) Azhagiya Cindrella- This song would have been incomplete withouth Hariharan. Cannot see another singer who could have sung the lyrics more melliflously than him IMHO. The exquisite use of the brass in the 2nd BGM takes the song to another level. A part of me sees an connection between this song and Tu Bole from JTYJN.

2) Aha Tamizhamma- A very enjoyable song. A part of the credit should go to the way how the singers have used parts in ' buyaku buyaku sha' and the opening lines. You will find a very thin similarity between ' Vaanamena uyarum kaatu ' from Manmadahn and this song if you listen carefully.

3) Anarkili - The opening GRRS,SSS NSS NSS in parts just makes me hear this song again and again and ARR gives an encore of that peice with an even more soothing tabla in the 2nd BGM. Karthik and Chitra Sivaraman do the rest. The way Chitra complements Karthik in Siripumm Azhugayumm is another thing to note. And you get a bewitching flute piece following this.

4) En Uyir Thozhiye - As Sunil put it- Orchestral feat.From a singers pov Unni Menon is in top form- You get this from his " Iniyavele amaidhi puratchi ingu nadanthathe'. Then you have Chinmayee following this up with a sweet alaap and then into the charanam.

5) Thee Kuruvill - Johnson, Mukesh all are very good.But it is Harini, who completely enchants us in the end. Again the effective use of parts in the charanams for Harini does the trick. ARR spells magic with this number....