Varuthapadatha Vaalibar Sangam

Film: Varuthapadatha Vaalibar Sangam
Music: D Imman, Sony Music
Rating: ***
Hariharasudhan kickstarts proceedings with a rural flavour in Oodha Kalaru..., a folksy number with funny lyrics. While the tune is addictive and sticks on to you after a few listens, it remains to be seen how it will be picturized. Fast beats dominate Indha Ponnungalae... by Jayamoorthy; music composer Imman might be good at melody, but he certainly can score with foot-tapping stuff, something that he proved in his previous work in Mynaa and Sattai.With Paakadhae..., he comes back to familiar territory (melody). Its singers — Vijay Yesudas and AV Pooja — emerge winners, primarily because they have a good tune to play with. The highlight of this number, other than the work by its singers, is a scintillating violin track that is bound to appeal to the classically-inclined. Considering that the film involves a rural-folksy theme, it is but natural to have a tune and number like Varuthapadatha Vaalibar Sangam, the lead song sung by Sivakarthikeyan (yes, the hero of the film — isn’t it natural these days to have the actor crooning a song?), Anthony Daasan and Kovilpati Amali. Yennada... starts off with a pleasant whistle by Shweta Suresh, and then Shreya Ghoshal takes over. A singer who is becoming quite a regular in Imman albums, she gets her pronunciation right again and delivers, with good company from Sooraj Santhosh. The album ends with the ‘dubstep mix’ of Indha Ponnungalae, which tries to give a techno feel to a predominantly kuthu-style song.