Kanda Naal Muthal Music Review

Yuvan is back to form in Kanda Naal Mudha after some average albums like “Daas”, “Arinthum Ariyamalum” and “Oru Kallooriyin Kathai”. V. Priya (director of the movie) has extracted something that we haven’t heard much from Yuvan. The album has got both class and mass appeal. I would say this as a complete album in which I like all the songs equally. The album is refreshing in many aspects and they are option of the different genre of music, the choice of singers, orchestration and finally cute lyrics by Thamarai. No doubt Yuvan is the perfect blend of IR and ARR and this album is one more sample of it.

Kanda Naal Muthalai is a peppy classical number and a nice fusion. The looping beats in the background fits to T with the rhythm of the classical melody. The flute and sax pieces in the interludes are well composed. Less usage of ghamukkas and swaras makes this classical song sound very straight, simple and pleasant to ears. Subiksha sounds like Bombay Jayshree but does a fine job in rendering the lines with right diction and expression.

Pani Thuli is a beautiful melody with techno beats in the background. I always like discrete beats set to a rhythm and that too when used for a melody as it is done in this song. Synth stuffs are minimal and don’t disturb the main melody. The charanam part is more beautiful than the pallavi. I don’t want to praise Shreya for her perfect Tamil diction again and again as I no more consider her as a Hindi singer similar to Chitra not being considered as a malayali singer. Shreya’s sweet expressive voice adds more beauty to the melody and so is KK. The Thanvi’s chorus part synchs well with the main melody.

Yerimalai Naanae is my pick of the album. It is a great fusion of filmi periodic war music and opera music. The orchestration is excellent all through the song. The church bell sounds and a banging beat that accompanies the rhythm in the background give a grand feel to the song. Yuvan has tried operatic music before in “Theme of Joy” in “7GRBC” but this song is different as it is fused with music that sounds like grand score for a war sequence. Shankar Mahadevan and Vasundra das are great choices and they do a great job with their dominating voices. The interludes that deviate completely from the main pattern of the song are surprising and add a new dimension to it.

Merke Merke is an easy melody that will immediately stick to our memory. You will just wave your head in synch with the catchy rhythm of the song. The song flows smoothly without any deviations, even the orchestration in the interludes plays the main tune again. Shankar Mahadevan is expressive as usual and Sadhana Sargam is silky.

Koo Koovena is a very joyful and fun number. Funky beats, funny lyrics, catchy vocal tune and expressive singing make this work. I think the song will appeal more with the visuals. Mahalaxmi Iyer has a very sweet voice and it is refreshing to hear her back in Tamil. Karthik has got to deliver few dialogues in addition to singing and he has done it pretty well with right expressions. Harish Ragavendra sounds like a soft innocent guy caught in the fight between the other two.

Pushing it hard is another catchy number that will rock the young minds. Usually I don’t like this kind of songs but I like this song very much because it has got meaningful unadulterated Tamil lyrics that go like a debate on marriage and English lyrics are plays it part alone. Yuvan, Premgi (Rap) and Clinton have sung this number.

On the whole, yet another real winner from Yuvan Shankar Raja.