Album: Kee
Composer: Vishal Chandrashekhar
Music Review: For his debut film, Kalees has roped in Vishal Chandrashekar to compose the music. The music director, who has well understood the pulse of today’s audience, has come up with five short songs that are quite spirited. The album opens with Raaja Paattu, and just when you hit the play button, thinking it will be a soothing melody, it leaves you surprised. For this one is a pure EDM number, replete with rap and all. A party number — a house one at that — we like how the composer sets the mood with the arrangement of the instruments, and not with its sound.
A special shoutout to singer Christopher Stanley (a voice to watch out for) and rapper Sri Rascol for upping the mood with their rendition. Another surprise is Madhan Karky’s lyrics, which kind of go above your head when you listen to the song the first time, but on repeat mode, it’s addictive. This one is surely a club number to watch out for.
After sending us tripping on the dance floor, Vishal gets us swaying with Kaadhoram (by Thamarai). The song starts with whistles, and slowly inches forward. Just when you get comfortable with the pace, the tempo increases, but the tune still remains pleasant on the ears. Vijay Prakash, Sinduri, Sathyaprakash and Nikhil Mathew don’t disappoint, and make this song one of the best in the album.
Pattikichu Pathiya is that mandatory friendship song, and has been sung by an ensemble of singers — Devan Ekambaram, Keshav Vinod, Niranj Suresh, Ajesh Ashok and Jagatheesh. The lyrics are fun (Mani Amuthavan) — especially how it registers the unadulterated bond between nanban and nanbi — and the tune is breezy. Another dance song in the album, Kattappa (sung by Krishna Prasad S, Premgi, Gowtham Bharadwaj and Jagatheesh, and penned by Subu) fails to register.
There’s too much happening in the background, and tune is vaguely familiar as well. Kudutha Paru Kee (by Syd Ibu of Tupakeys) is a strange mix of desi and western beats (is that a kolavai satham in the background?), and ends even before we could fathom what’s going on. There are a couple of misses in the album, but it’s definitely stylish and listen-worthy.
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