Thursday, August 23, 2018

Music Review (Tamil): Kanaa

Music Review (Tamil): Kanaa
Music Composer: Dhibu Ninan Thomas


Sivakarthikeyan's daughter Aaradhana debut as a singer along with him in Vaayadi Petha Pulla and he sounds surprisingly brilliant. The highlight of the song is undeniably Vaikom Vijayalakshmi's singing and the singer aces especially the improvisations in the charanam portions while Vishnu Vijay's flute plays along as another singer throughout the song.Dhibu Ninan Thomas churned out a winner in Oonjala Oonjala with the anthemic hard rock soundscape mixed with the semi classical twist to the tune. Sid Sriram displayed his prowess especially with the improvisations and the singer aces the high pitch portions effortlessly as usual while Niranjana Ramanan lends a fabulous support with her brilliant sargams interplayed smoothly along with Sid's vocals.

Kanna En Kannazhage's serene tune and the atmospheric sound created by the composer makes it a worthy listen. The tune prods along the Santosh Narayanan territory and though the tune is less effective, the arrangements by the composer are top notch. Saroja's Dilruba and the underplayed Macedonian Symphonic Orchestra's string section is a delight to listen.Othayadi Paathayila's tune doesn't come across as an instant catchy one despite backed by Anirudh Ravichander. However, the anu Pallavi portions and Vishnu Vijay's flute especially towards the end along with Pandit S Ballesh's Shenai's portions make this song to sail through.Savaal is another alluringly done package especially the composer provides the gloomy soundscape to the song with the haunting rhythm and Ganapathi excellent Kanjira and Edakka mix. Though Arunraja Kamaraj's rap portions are middling one, composer scores in the vocal parts especially the improvisations and the catchy Savaal hook.

Verdict: Dhibu Ninan Thomas ups his ante in his sophomore album with the excellent mix of songs where the composer's arrangements are top notch throughout the album.

My Rating: 7.5/10

Pick of the Album:  Oonjala Oonjala, Kanne En Kannazhage, Savaal 

P.S You can listen to the songs in Saavn.


 

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