Music review : Raman thediya seethai - Almost an epic !

I listen to tamizh songs only from websites . My intention of buying CDs ended with my marriage .
But i have resolved to buy few CDs a year that is fully worth . The last CD i bought was mozhi.

Raman thediya seethai , though not as exuberant as Mozhi, does evoke lot of interest. Im not referring to Dj DJ song, the pig in the herd of sheep, although its interesting, if not in this movie. Raaja fans can evoke their nostaglia with enna pulla , with the composer crooning in place of raaja. VS ' marriage with Madhu continues beyond their honeymoon with Ippava Ippave with a ambient prelude and a timeless melody, interwined with superb orchestration.The same effect that mugam enna song had on me !

Kalyani never falters with VS , that too with a jatin lalitish prelude , Mazhai nindra gets it right in all ways . Nanba Nanba would ideally been true even if karthik had sung for VS, ample scope for his singing, except that its a short.Did they sing " Yezundhu nirkkum Yevu kanai?" - WOW !

Vanathai with zingy orchestration is cool and reminescent of manisharma's music. Vidyasagar did take me to heaven during the charanam.

I may buy the CD for this movie .

Score : 40/50

Vidya sagar - dark lion ?

The post here led me thinking about vidya sagar .

Vidyasagar's first outing that made us turn back was Jaihind . Esp the bothai yeri pochu song was something exhilarating . He found an ally in arjun and the duo gave some songs that are 50-50 . He ventured into mallu in 1995/96 and almost got a state award every year there .

He re-entered tamizh through dhill and followed up with dhool ,sathurangam ,parthipan kanavu , mozhi ,ponniyan selvan, Alli thantha vanam , gilli , kuruvi,thendral etc . Almost all of these movies atleast has a gem of a song which i enjoyed throughly.

VS is almost a 2nd favourite to most people. Most people like him , but do not like him sufficently to be the no.1 favourite . Hie melodies make him teh heir of Illayaraaja , MSV kind of melodies , though both of them had contrasting styles to melody . VS was sufficently eclipsed by rehman in the 90s and by YSR, HJ post the millennium. For a along time i was not willing to accept the VS melodies were superb , fearing that i might dethrone raaja from my mind , but then everybody changes - i too changed. My current list of Top 10s of vidyasagar , with no emphasis on ranking.

1. Engae engae from sathurangam - If Karthik were an female , i would have kissed him. Jazzized Vidyasagar , the saxophone seem to be an entry to heaven !

2.Udayathaa venilla from PRiyam - My first tryst with romance was accompanied by this song . What a song !

3.Pongaatru from MR.Madras - SPB , VS make this song mix with your hemoglobin , literally !

4.Pinju Mazhai chaaral from Varnajaalam - Karthik , vidyasagar never go wrong . Guess VS pays Karthik more for him !

5.Pesae madanthayae from mozhi - I simply hate mozhi - but this song , with a peronal mini tragedy in my life found an instant healing touch , so much so that i hate to listen to this song now . Not many songs have made me cry apart from IR/MSV's , and this is definitely one of them.

6. Adi Thozhi and almost all songs from thendral - If azhagi songs moved my heart outside my body , the songs from thendral made me choke my heart , esp the thandava kone song ! Pity that thangar went to baradwaj , although it worked !

7.Kannale kannale from Alli thantha vanam - Superb ! Unni menon is fantastic .

8. SHalla SHalla from Gilli - Surprisngly i didnt like appadi podu at any point of time. The charanam of this song is mesmerising , although the picturisation was too cliched.

9. Oru thethi Paartha from K.Mappillai : This was vintage VS , really !

10.Mugam enna from sabash - One of the gems from ARjun - VS combo !!