Nandhalala - A musical Journey

I bought the ACD of Nandhalala from Music World, Annanagar, Chennai recently with usual hopes of nice music from the real Maestro himself. What could have been a pass of the mill album or more picture oriented musical, this one stands apart from all the other albums with cut above the rest with mesmerising music. Read on to know about the tracks...

Track 1 : Mela oornthu oornthu
Singers: Maestro

Na.Muthukumar has not been my fav lyricst (in Siva Manasula Sakthi, he has used all complex lyrics) till I heard this track. Know for his unusual wordings and phrases even for songs, Na.Muthukumar had to keep it simple for this track. Simple instruments and Maestros voice adds good tempo to the song. High on repeat value, this one will grow on u the often you listen to it !

Rating: 4.5/5

Track 2 : Onnukonnu
Singer: KJ.Yesudas

Yesudas is everyones favorite. Though we hear him very less in Tamil, his voice has never lost its golden value and is much much better than all the new singers. This song talks about love and friendship unseen in Life. Should be visually pleasing when seen in the movie. The music is amazing and lifts the songs lyrics to a higher level.

Rating: 4.5/5

Track 3: Thaalatu Ketka Nanum
Singer: Maestro

Another soft number entirely different from the first 2 tracks. This one has good flute usage and starts off as a pathos song. The songs talks about lost love and ones aching for it. Maestros renders his soulful voice and the music tempo builds slowly, reminds little of the Pithamagan number "Ilankaathu", still the score keeps it distinct from his earlier scores

Rating: 4/5

Track 4: Kai Veesi
Singer: Vijay Yesudas, Madhu B, Swetha

Peppy number and celebrates life. Breaks away from the first 3 tracks and lifts the spirit of the album overall. No techno jazz, simple piano music and addition of various instruments adds value to this number. The Singers have done a good job and the accompanying flute music in the background is something you dont get to hear these days ! Distinctive Maestro style !!

Rating: 4.5/5

Track 5: Oru Vaandu Kootame
Singer: Maestro, Master Yatheeswaran

When was the last time you heard a fantasy number in a mainstream movie ?! This one has the right mixes of a kid and a man think-alike emotions ! Beautifully written by Kabilan, the song is a sweet number with little less on repeat value, but will be excluded from the movie as per the CD prints

Rating: 4/5

Track 6: Elilea.. Elilea
Singer: Saroja Ammal

This is a traditional gypsy song sung with a Udukai sound, the song could be used for a filler place in the movie. The song is more of a picture oriented piece than a listeners delight

Rating: NA

Overall Maestro has delivered a masterpiece and has stood apart from his fellow musicians in not following the commercial, masala route. The album is high on repeat value and is definite to strike more hearts if the picture delivers even half the music value !