James takes the rural route

Music director James Vasanthan is busy wrapping up the re-recording work for Vizha of Sri Thenandal Films and Azure Entertainment, produced by N Rama Narayan and Sunir Kheterpal. About the tracks for the film, he says, ���It is an out-and-out rural script, and I had to use rustic instruments throughout the film to give that authentic feel. I took cinematic liberties only for the romantic songs in which I have used common instruments.The hero plays a ���parai��� in the film and that instrument was majorly used in most of the scenes.���
Adds the composer, ���The lead characters meet up only during death sequences as the situations are like that. There is a song in this film, Sollama Kollama, which is interesting as we have used the same lyrics for this death song as well as for a romantic number. It has been differently picturised too.���
James Vasanthan has been composing music mostly for village-based stories these days. He says, ���I have been used to urban living, but as a composer, I have been receiving many rural-based scripts. For a change, I���m craving for urban stories. Many think I am a ���village music specialist��� and I have been approached repeatedly for that genre. When I was offered Subramaniapuram, a rural subject, I wondered if I would be able to compose tunes for a village script. Later, the appreciation I got for that album has given me enough confidence to take up other such projects."