Cameraman Gangatho Rambabu - Audio Review

Cameraman Gangatho Rambabu - Music Review

Movie:          Cameran Gangato Rambabu (2012)

Director:      Puri Jagannadh

Music:          Manisharma

Cast:            Pawan kalyan, Tamanna

After working with Pawan kalyan for the movie Badri, Puri Jagannadh made sever futile attempts to work again with him. Pawan Kalyan allegedly rejected many of Puri's earlier films including Idiot, Pokiri likes. After almost a decade, Pawan Kalyan decided to work again with Puri. Pawan had huge success with his earlier film Gabbar Singh eventually was directed by one of claimed disciple Harish Shankar. However Puri following the trend of making high speed movies within a short period failed with Devudu Chesina Manushulu which had bitten dust. Pawan kalyan fans obvious expectations are very high on this film and they will not accept any thing less than what they expect mainly after huge success.

Pawan Kalyan is known for having great music in his films. Many of his films might have failed at box office but there wasnt any instance where the music of his albums failed. Whether its Ramana gogula or Devi Sri Prasad or Mani sharma, his films had great music always. On the contrast, Puri's films are never know for great music. However Manisharma the Mass Melody Brahma who created great impact working on very big films which were industry hits. He is not seen lately on the Film Music arena and such a huge project is kind of a comeback stage for him. This album is with single card Lyricist Bhaskarabhatla who is know for his mass songs. He doesn't have any brand value or standards other than writing some routine songs.

Coming to Singers  with whom Manisharma worked in this album is definetely a welcome change. No non-sense singers. Narendra got a bigger pie in this movie. The audio is directly released into market without any audio function. Lets see whether how the songs fared, whether it is a comeback for Manisharma, whether it met standards of Pawan's music lets see

1. "Theme"  

Singer(s): Hemachandra, Karunya, Narendra  

Pawan Kalyan off late is having very good theme songs in his movies. When the song is labeled as Theme song, this has to be nothing sort of the standards set by Pawan himself. The music for this song started off good, but then the problem starts. The lyrics has no meaning at all which is a big let down for the song. Bhaskarbhatla wrote whatever words came to his mind doesn't make any meaning at all. "ఎందుకో సఖి వీడే షివెర్ షేరోం సే ఏ ఖదర్ . ధడేల్ ధడేల్ మని ఇరగ్గోడ్తాడే ఇరగ కుమ్మేసి పడేసి తన్నేసి. పగల కొడ్తాడే. Puri is known for his eccentric writing and taking, doesn't have any qualms to do whatever he wanted for movie media, but having this kind of lyrics doesn't really make sense if he is the reason for them. Hemachandra, Karunya and Narendra did their job perfectly but seems like Puri Jagan didnt comeout from the hangover of Thaman from Businessman. First it gives an impression that whether Thaman has composed music for this song. Song having a length of 1:54 is the saving grace for this song. This songs remains as one of the bad theme song for Pawan kalyan for lyrical standard as well as tuning.

2. "Pillani Choosthe"  
Singer(s): Karunya, Chaitra

This song is out and out mass song. karunya getting a song after long time. Chaitra too not heard lately. Not sure what is the fascination of Bhaskarbhatla for Chammak challo. Another sub-standard lyrics. Manisharma's routine tune. Karunya did good job and excelled as usual, brought required energy and vigor, but chaitra faded out in this song. She lacked energy. Pretty normal tune from Manisharma. Just aimed at masses and for on-screen stuff. Beats are routine, interludes and everything was pretty normal.

3. "Joramochindi"  
Singer(s): Murali, Sravana Bhargavi

Why there wasn't Pawan dialogs which was said by a singer? Pawan could have lended his voice. Not sure why. Another Rehash of some old song. Sravana bhargavi and Kushi Murali did their job, but tune and lyrics doesnt provide any thing new. ఆయోచ్చింది సోయచ్చింది what does it means only Bhaskarbhatla knows. Anyway its an item songs which is aimed at masses నాకు నా ఫాన్స్ కి నచ్చదే నన్ను ఒగ్గెయ్యి is purely aimed at fans. ( not sure why the fans has to be referenced in a movie song) All depends on how this appeals them on the screen. This song is pretty ordinary to hear. 

4. "Extraordinary"  
Singer(s): Hemachandra

Hemachandra is chosen for supposed to be a song that should lead the charts. One more song aimed at masses. This obviously was aimed at Female lead in the movie by the male lead. The lyrics could have been decent instead of saying obvious things directly. Visuals are different to audio. People listen to songs many times than watching it. Hope Puri understands this.Once again Puri's influence is very much assumed in this song just as it was tuned. Though song is named "Extra-ordinary" this song is pretty ordinary. This is not a feast for ears, but could be feast for eyes.

5. "Taladinchuku"  
Singer(s): Karunya, Hemachandra, Srikrishna, Narendra  

Atleast one song of Pawan's movie will have heavy-duty lyrics which passes on a message. Manisharma tried to bring in the emotion of the song with the pre-lude. Manisharma used 4 singers to bring in the effect of the song and they did good. The flow of the songs in the album doesn't match to this song. Its appears like a mis-fit, but might be the movie is all about this song. A powerful song middle of nowhere is kind of surprise, mainly from Bhaskarabhatla compared to the rest of the songs. Mani excelled in tuning this song. First half goes in కదలిరా later on this song asks కదల్రా not sure why. Pure emotional song have to wait and watch what it is all about.

6. "Melikalu"  
Singer(s): Geetha Madhuri, Narendra

In this internet world any songs that is inspired or copied doesn't go unnoticed. Every one who is involved in film making needs to remember this. Adding all additional sounds to the song doesn't appeal, but the song again needs on-screen justification. The in-lay card and play list has melikalu as song title but this word was never heard in the song. The song title should contain the word instead of actual meaning of the word I guess. Anyway one more song that fans have to wait until the movie is released and they could see the song on-screen

Pick(s) of the Album: Taladinchuku -  Rest of the songs are purely for PK fans.

Pawan kalyan might be for the first time will not face success in terms of music, May be for the first time, Pawan Kalyan's fans will have a divided opinion on the album and may be for the first time Pawan's uplift on screen is needed for his music, but does it matter? May be Puri Jagannadh wanted to prove this point that PK's movies are beyond anything. His screen presence is all what everyone is looking for not his music. However this remains as one of below average album for both Manisharma and Pawan kalyan. Given the track record of Manisharma and Puri Jagan, I will attribute the music result to Puri instead of Manisharma for the disappointment that is caused. Same thing for the lyrics department. The singers choice is a real welcome change and I appreciate Mani for this. 

Dhamarukam - Audio Review

Dhamarukam - Audio Review

Movie: Dhamarukam (2012)
Direction: Srinivasa Reddy

Music: Devi Sri Prasad
Cast: Nagarjuna, Anushka

Nagarjuna is on roll these days with a variety of roles he is protraying, having no correlation to his previous movies. Rajanna, Shirdi Sai, now Dhamarukam. His lineup also is attracting media to air few 30 minute programs on him regarding his selection of movies. It really needs a sharp brain and luck to get into these kind of movies at fag end of his career. I guess this is something to do with their family genes I guess or he has been following the foot steps of his father. A socio-fantasy movie at this stage is really a huge risk that Nagarjuna is taking. The title Dhamarukam suggests something to do with Lord Shiva, and it is as the music talks the same.

On other hand Devi Sri Prasad (DSP), had created doubts about his Telugu film career when at a time it was all Thaman's show. However suprisingly Thaman is not seen and its again all Devi Sri Prasad's show now with many big projects lately. Started his career with a socio-fantasy movie "Devi" and making his surname as the movie name, DSP had come a long way becoming the leading music director and being in the top league ever since his debut. He is known for his melodies initially, then consistently created sensation with his consistent quality and standards. He is definetely far away from the current crop of music directors and he for sure made a mark in TFM for himself. Reaching 50 movie milestone is not a small thing in these days. He always says he is inspired by hearing to Ilayaraja and treats him as God. Many times there is influence of him in his music. Lets see how DSP marks his 50th movie in this movie Dhamarukam. DSP and Nagarjuna had in past provided huge successful movies and definetely the expectations are huge with all these factors.

This album provides 4 bit songs all written by Jonnavithula ( Sri Rama Rajyam ), one full song on Lord Shiva again by Jonnavithula. The rest of 5 songs are the normal songs including one item song which these days DSP is famous for and is expected to provide in every movie.  The rest of the songs are shared by the regular routine writers who just fill in words to the songs.

Coming to singers, surprisingly lists Chitra, and doesnt list any non-telugu singers like Baba Sehgal, Adnan Sami, Udit, Daler Mehndi, Sukhwinder singh, Shreya Ghoshal and others who cant pronounce Telugu properly. Also good to see Sri Krishna and Gopika poornami making into the list. Lets see how songs fare in the 50th movie of DSP

01. Omkaram Srusthi  
Artist(s): Sai Venkat
Lyricist: Jonnavitthula

This is a very good start as a bit song accompanied by Jonnavithula's trade mark lyrics. The singer was perfect for this bit song. The words are provided right justice. Om karam is told in a simple way.. On a side note, I assumed Sai Venkat to be a professional male singer, however seems like the song was sung by a kid. This song leaves a good feeling.

02. Pancha Graha Kootam  
Artist(s): Karthik
Lyricist: Jonnavitthula

Another bit song, now sung by Karthik. It goes in similar lines of earlier song, but somehow not the same though the length of this song is almost 50seconds more. The beauty of this song is the words. Its been many years that even though a bit song had such kind of lyrics which tells beauty of the language when properly written. However the singers who don't understand the words sing చ్చరమ instead of చరమ. 

03. Nesthama Nesthama  
Artist(s): Sri Krishna, Harini
Lyricist: Bhaskarabhatla

Now DSP switches gear comes to current times as per the movie and gives us his trademark duet of melody. Srikrishna not sure why he doesnt get to sing that many songs that he is capable of. He excels in this song effortlessly. But on the flip side, Harini is a drawback for this song. Her singing is not upto the mark. Her singing makes one feel for her as if she is getting hurt. Overall a good attempt by DSP and would have been better if not Harini.

04. Reppalapai    
Artist(s): Hari Haran, Chitra
Lyricist: Ramajogayya Sastry

Foot tapping number, Hariharan and Chitra's perfect rendering elevates a simple song to different level. Hariharan is good at these type of songs, Chitra has mastered these songs and the end result is what we get as a pleasant song to hear. Ramajogayya sastry all had to do is to get right words and get gets in..

05. Dheemtana  
Artist(s): Shankar Mahadevan
Lyricist: Karunakar and Jonnavithula (mantras)

Any song to Lord has to basically have very clear words and simple clear singing. Shankar not sure why had stressed a lot to sing this song. He couldn't do justice to this song. This song runs around 2 minutes but didnt appear powerful. At 1:30 length of the song the recording didn't appear right.

06. Sakkubaai  
Artist(s): Suchith Suresan, Mamta Sharma
Lyricist: Ramajogayya Sastry

A movie that had music by DSP and doesnt feature an item song? Cannot happen these days. DSP doesnt disappoint. This time the theme is Sakkubai Chai. Ramajogayya has definetely become a multi-lingual lyricists. Hard to find a song written by him which doesn't have words from other languages. Suchith and Mamta didnt do any thing extra ordinary. majaa cheyy has become majaa che ( as in number six ). These songs are like software code, which can never be delivered without any bugs. This song cannot become as popular as other popular songs that DSP has tuned, but can be reckoned.

07. Laali Laali  
Artist(s): Gopika Poornima
Lyricist: Chandrabose

In the Audio release function, DSP mentioned that hearing to Ilayaraja's lullaby ( laali paatalu ), he used to dream whether he can make any such song in his career. This was his life time oppurtunity to excel. He might have thought many tunes, but he ended up tuning this song as he provided in this album. However he forgot the basic rules of a lullaby. The basic rule for a lullaby is that first thing it should be simple with no surprises. A lullaby should be like a person going in a car in cruise, with no turns and twists at a constant speed. There can be ups and downs, but no sudden turns, breaks, no bumpers. A person who hears to it should completely go with the flow constantly by following it with no jerks. Having said that, Devi tuned this song very well a nice melody, made it sung by a singer who can pronounce Telugu very well. Having laali in the song doesnt make it a lullaby. He added unnecessary twists in the song, interludes are heavy at times, there are too many notes touch high pitch. Simple beats suddenly made complex. If this wasn't tagged as lullaby this is another good attempt made by DSP and well performed by Gopika. I wish she could have been more clear in the words. Thats the basic one would expect from a Telugu Singer. Coming to lyrics, Chandrabose made another funny comment in Audio release by saying "He got a chance to write a great song" and thanked whoever gave this chance to him. Chandrabose Sir, you might think it is great, but others should say that, not yourself. Basically this is not a laali paata, this is just another song. And it is not great lyrics either. Not sure what is his fantasy about laala (bath), whenever he writes this phrase, he thinks its great ( another song he wrote that I remember is from Magadheera)

08. Bhoonabhontaalake  
Artist(s): MLR. Karthikeyan
Lyricist: Jonnavitthula

Another bit song on Shankara. One might think a movie named Dhamarukam, and where is the song explicitly featuring Dhamarukam. Here it comes. But it should be more predominant. Lord Shiva famous for his tandava natyam, the movie should have it. Else it wouldn't be complete. These type of songs cannot have pronounciation issues, even if slightest issue, this songs goes to trash bin. Not sure when music directors give preference to clarity than sound? Jonnavithula might be thinking why I am wasting my effort?

09. Kanyakumari    
Artist(s): Jaspreet Jasz, Sunitha
Lyricist: Sahithi

Another routine song from DSP nothing much to be said about this song as it goes as designed. Nothing special in this song appears heard it somewhere and many times earlier. Jaspreet Jasz a new name on the block and Sunitha lacks energy.

10. Shiva Shiva Shankara  
Artist(s): Shankar Mahadevan
Lyricist: Jonnavitthula

Jonnavithula excels in this song, by providing powerful lyrics. He proved his mettle in earlier movies and he does exactly what he is known for. However DSP made this song too loud and noisy. He added too much flavor to this song which would have been kept simple. Not sure why it is assumed that Shankar needs to get fast paced, breathless type songs. He has typical pronunciation issues. Lately I find singers when had to add stress on expression, unnecessarily add stress on the words, which doesn't sound right. Shankar is no exception to that. Somehow this song can be watched in movie for its intensity in scenes, but the song was provided with lot of intensity in sound, which makes it unpleasant to hear.

Pick(s) of the album: Go grab whatever you want. This album provides various flavors.

Devi Sri Prasad has provided a range of songs from devotional bits to duets to item songs and back to devotion flavored song. He has done a decent job in handling the variety that is required for this movie. However he should have added more clarity to words for songs on Lord Shiva. One would like to listen what were the words sung on Lord Shiva. The other routine songs were his trade mark and he didn't deviate much there. There is however nothing special as defined by landmark of DSP and if some expects some thing extra ordinary leaves disappointed.

Rebel - Audio Review

Rebel (2012) - Music Review

Movie: Rebel (2012)
Music/Direction: Raghava Lawrence
Cast: Prabhas, Tamanna, Deeksha Seth

There has been a wait for a Prabhas movie after his last venture Mr. Perfect which was successful movie. This movie was announced in 2011 and had been many changes in the team since then. Initially it was Anushka who was supposed to play female lead, however after she backed out due to date conflicts, it was Tamanna who stepped in her shoes.

Then SS Thaman who was initially announced as to be the music director, then when he moved out, Lawrence himself took this additional task apart from Choreography, screenplay and direction of this movie. The film is being produced by J. Bhaghawan and J. Pulla Rao under Sri Balaji Cine Media banner. The film is scheduled to release worldwide on September 28, 2012.

Lawrence has been projected and known as mass movie maker. His movie always had content which pleases masses. He has done in past with Nagarjuna, then himself and after taking a break from himself, he is now directing Prabhas who after Mr. Perfect movie has been known as the same. If Lawrence is working in a movie, the songs and movie has to be tagged as mass appealing. Prabhas had great musical hits in past with Devi Sri Prasad, however lets see how Lawrence Mass mania helps Prabhas, not only in the music also with the movie. There are 5 songs in the album, out of which one is remix, limiting the songs to be just 4. This is pretty unconventional. So the movie should either accommodate for another 10 minutes or the length might be reduced by 8-10 minutes.

The lyrics department is shared ( cannot say shared ) as Ramajogayya Sastry(RJS) got 3 out of 4 songs. He spared one song to Bhaskarabhatla. RJS with Prabhas is noted for his song "Amma leru Nanna leru" from Ek Niranjan. Lets see if had given any popular songs, whether Lawrence could appeal masses with his songs in this movie.

01. Keka
Artist(s): Lloyd Paul, Satyan
Lyricist: Ramajogayya Sastry

Lawrence might have decided that Thaman might have walked out from the movie, but the music should not. He did exactly similar to what would Thaman might have given as songs for this movie. This song goes more like an experimentation to find what is all available on the keyboard and make them into a song. Whats the meaning of Keka? Excellent, Mind blowing Extraordinary anni kalipite keka. This could have been words of Lawrence, where his typical style of ending a song with his screen presence saying few words. Ramajogayya sastry not sure how much time he had spend to write this song. He could have done without much energy and time. Lawrence choreography will add to this song and may be music is not required.

02. Deepali
Artist(s): Karthik, Priya Hemesh, Divya
Lyricist: Ramajogayya Sastry

Song starts with a kid saying "Uncle manasu chaala manchidi, akkanu baaga choosukuntaaru", then the song starts with beats heard many times and karthik starts singing similar tune that was heard many times.Holi, Diwali finally ends in Deepali. Lawrence shifts gears and goes somewhere with this song. Karthik has been the only saving grace now a days for many albums and he is for this too. The song by the time the listener catches up, is complete. Appears to be a short song but not, this is normal length.

03. Google
Artist(s): Andrea, Sravana Bhargavi
Lyricist: Bhaskarabhatla

Not sure why singers, directors choose to present song with fake accent. It sounds really horrible.( ఉంటాడా ) The tune/rhythm of the song might have been heard many many times, so they choose to present in different way which is with a different accent and doesn't go well at all. Bhaskarabhatla made sure he can write better than Chandrabose with sub-standard lyrics. Did I hear సచ్చినోడా? God save Telugu Lyrics.

04. Orinayano
Artist(s): Malathi, Vijay Prakash
Lyricist: Ramajogayya Sastry

Malathi who is known for singing popular item songs, he chosen for this song. Has "Rebel" in the song, so might be the title song. Lawrence has complete mass beats and pace. This is typical of Lawrence song and on the screen one can expect the exact steps from Prabhas which are patented to Lawrence. This song is for more on screen than to hear.Again Ramajogayya doesnt have to do anything other than go with the tune.

05. Excellent Ne Figure (Remix)
Artist(s): Nakash
Lyricist: Ramajogayya Sastry

Is it N. Akash or Nakash who sang this song, He sings in Baba Sehgal style. A remix of Keka. Again Nakash voice is mixed in different styles. Torapadi torapadi song chesesi nattundi as the song depicts. Nothing much to say on this song. Is it made on a lighter note not sure.

Pick(s) of the album: Deepali

Prabhas for sure has ventured different by taking up this movie. Need to see how his "different" help him in his career. Lawrence has taken this challenge to venture into music department, wearing a different hat might have given himself what he wanted. Have to wait to see how many would have liked this songs either listening to them or watching them on the big-screen.

Yeto Velli Poyindi Manasu - Audio Review

 Yeto Velli Poyindi Manasu (2012)  - Music Review

Movie:          Yeto Velli Poyindi Manasu (2012)

Director:      Goutham Vasudev Menon

Music:          Maestro Ilayaraja

Cast:            Nani, Samantha

Yeto Velli Poyindi Manasu by Goutham Vasudev Menon is a trilingual movie which casts Nani and Samantha in Telugu. Goutham Menon's last movie "Yem Maaya Chesave" was a huge musical and run away hit in Telugu. His movies fall in a different genre. Having a typical narration gives artistic touch to the movies. His characters play important role contributing to the success.

This movie is named after famous song of Ninne Pelladata. Goutham is known to have a great musical taste. The movie trailers talked huge about the music of this movie. And he projected this as a musical movie too by teaming up with Ilayaraja set the expectations very high. Ilayaraja though worked about 950 odd movies and composed around 5000 songs, his music treasure is never empty. He tries to give ever all it needs is to ask. With Goutham kind of directors who knew what they want, people will not accept anything but a hearing feast. Musical lovers who have been waiting for this album to unveil, the time has come and lets see how this album meets the expectations.

This movie has 8 songs, Surprisingly Ilayaraja and Yuvan Shankar Raja had sung a song each. Karthik gets a major pie which should be better for the album. This album has  Hungarian National Philharmonic involved in playing the music, the album talks why this is required.

One a side note, though a Telugu Movie, none of the singers are Telugu Singers. Telugu Film Industry has to seriously think about this. Though art doesn't have barriers, few things has to be done by native people to do the justice or some one who has command over the language. All the music talent shows aired on TV are getting no where other than just wasting some air-time.

1 - Yedhi Yedhi

Singer(s) : Shaan, Ramya NSK

Guitar can never go wrong in mesmerizing audience when Raja is at the helm. This guitar tune was played in trailers and tels us what is Raja all about one can imagine. What a melody from Raja Sir. Perfect dictionary for who want to compose melodies. slowly starts by lead singer, then the guitar picks up and accompanies the singer, beats add in and the smooth, soft rendering with right mood, tune so pleasant to hear. Everything kept so simple giving singer to express. Soft interludes gives the director to add right visuals on the screen doesn't set any boundaries for his imagination to conceive the visuals. However these type of songs needs a great help from singers, Shaan failed completely to understand the words and add justice to the song. He is a good singer no doubt in that but not in this song. Since he fails, the song fails to an extent. Ramya is only a saving grace for this song. A perfect song, could have been done better with a better singer. Not sure why Raja Sir let this song go away from his hands. Even in Tamil, this was sung by Yuvan, who also failed to do justice to this song. Miss you Balu Sir. I am trying hard to imagine how this song would have been if SPB Sir Sings this song.

2 - Koti Koti

Singer(s): Karthik

Here comes Karthik, who delivers what Shaan missed in the earlier song. Another treat from Raja Sir. This song takes thru a different journey thru the entire song. Humming in the song is mastered art by Raja Sir. This song is an example for that. After a great humming to start the song, the violins accompanying the humming takes us to yet another great start. Then after Karthik takes along with you with his youthful singing. Clarinets are best used. This is rare commodity to hear now a days. The tune doesn't appear to be in this era, but the clever mixing of tunes, accompanied by clarinets, strings, guitar, flute in right areas makes this a wonderful mix which ends up as a great song.

3 - Atu Itu

Singer(s): Sunidhi Chauhan

This song is purely composed for Goutham Menon, as the song suggest. This song tells us the female lead is on anguish and to capture her mood, this song totally in perfect justice if that is the case. The greatness of Raja Sir is that listening to the song one can imagine the mood of the song. Sunidhi is a surprise element for this song. She perfectly renders the song to bring in the right emotions, vigour and elevate the song. People should wait for Goutham's imaginations to this this song on the screen. Three in a row and this album is definitely going some where.

4 - Laayi Laayi

Singer(s): Ilayaraja, Bele Shende

The orchestration of this song speaks about the song. After composing so many songs, Ilayaraja has something up his sleeve to be different. The prelude is really pleasure to hear. This song again appears like an antique song, but what is makes to hear now is the style of composition of the preludes, interludes. They are the best. Ilayaraja and Bele Shende adds their own flavor to this song. 

5 - Nachaledu Maava

Singer(s): Suraj Jagan, Karthik

Composing a youthful song doesn't need one to be youthful. So cool peppy composition a typical Ilayaraja beats. Karthik and Suraj go hand in hand in rendering this trendful song. Trumpet and rhythm add flavor to this youthful song. Raja has given so many variations not deviating from the main flavor of the song. He goes everywhere but the song is intact. That is all about Raja's composition.This song has all college going fun elements but still sticks where it is supposed to be.

6 - Yenthentha Dooram

Singer(s): Karthik

Song appears a rare old song, but as you hear the song, this takes you else where and the old song feeling vanishes and haunts every one to nod the head in sync with the rhythm of the song. Raja once again kept very simple and let Karthik do his job. Karthik with lot of ease renders song and mesmerizes.

7 - Arthamayindi Inthena

Singer(s): Yuvan Shankar Raja

Now its turn for the male lead of this movie to blow out his anger filled emotions. Yuvan might not be the right choice for this song, as he lacks what singer needs. His voice might have been right for this kind of emotions but he fails to add value to the song. Raja Sir adds heavy orchestration depicting what is the song about. Guitar and Drums tells what is all the song about. This song is for movie only.

8 - Inthakalam

Singer(s): Ramya NSK

The hero of the song is the brilliance of orchestration of Ilayaraja. The way he layers the instruments is mesmerizing. Hungarian National Philharmonic would have performed this tune. Ramya didn't go wrong. This song ends how a  perfect harmony is supposed to end.

Pick(s) of the album: Songs 1-6 and 8 ( orchestration ), 7 depends on movie.

Most of music lovers treat Ilayaraja as GOD as it is said that when music is religion Ilayaraja is GOD. Devotees when they go to GOD they take whatever is given and be satisfied. However when someone gets much more they asks for, listening to this album, Ilayaraja fans will have exactly the same feeling. Raja Sir gave 8 songs in this album, adding one more would have been perfect to call it Navaratna. May be Raja Sir the the 9th one.

However today's youth's expectations are different, their understanding of music is entirely different. How they will embrace this album is a great question.  When the success of the album is measured on different measurements based on which the success definition itself changed. This is where it will be difficult to judge the success of the album.

Greatest complain on this album is not having a better singer for Yedhi yedhi song. Adding right singer would have made this song a classic. Not sure why Raja/Goutham missed this.