7aam Arivu – Tamil Music Review

7aam Arivu (Tamil: ஏழாம் அறிவு; English: The Seventh Sense) is an upcoming Tamil science fiction thriller film written and directed by A. R. Murugadoss. Starring Suriya, in double roles, and Shruthi Haasan, the film, being produced by Udhayanidhi Stalin, began production in May 2010. The story is said to revolve around a “super machine”, which is brought to India.The film will be also dubbed and released in Telugu and Hindi.The film, made on a budget of 84 crore (US$18.73 million), is the most expensive film in Suriya’s career till date.

Innum Enna Thozha (Balram , Naresh Iyer)
Synthesized music welcomes us to this inspirational song penned by Pa. Vijay. Balram who sung the awesome title song from Mozhi has rendered this song with some help from Naresh. The song is not racy enough , not at least till the end , to be an motivational piece but Balram saves the song with his awesome control and poise. The lyrics are perfect for this genre to say the least.

Mun Adhi(Karthik, Mega)
if you have never listened to Rahman or Harris before then this song might blow your mind away ! That said Karthik is the male version of Shreya Ghosal to me and he just takes the song to the next level. Mega is only used primarily for the humming bit and she has done a commendable job. Harris has this uncanny ability to bring out the best out of the singers and it will be only fair to say that this song is no exception. The singers just seem that much more better in a Harris Jayaraj album.

Note : This song reminds me of Omane Pennae but somehow I like this better.

Oh Ringa Ringa(Roshan, Jerry John,Benny Dayal, Suchithra)
if you like reggaeton music you will probably enjoy this. The main issue is this also reminds me of the Taxi Taxi song by Rahman. The beats are good but other than there is not a lot going on with this song.

The Rise of Damo(Hao Wang)
Just go with Ba Ba Black Sheep and you will settle into this song. That said this is a new experiment in tamil music and Harris has to be given credit for trying this. The end result is appealing.

Yamma Yamma(SPB)
It will be refreshing to hear the veteran singer SPB sing any song ! The singer is in his elements in this simple song. Kabilan’s lyrics add to the simplicity of this song. Harris continues his emphasis on melody as the backdrop for literally any genre.

Yella Lamma(Vijay Prakash, Karthik, Shruthi Haasan, Shalini )
A fast paced song with nice flute interlude in the middle , this song is sung by a talented bunch of singers. I am surprised that Shruthi Hasssan has only featured in this one song. She definitely looks stunning in the promos so it is obvious she was focussed more on being the lead actress. This song is not a game changer but worth listening to !

The album is definitely not mind blowing . Almost all the songs remind me of some previous composition of Harris or Rahman. Harris has to break the barriers and somehow get out of his comfort zone . Somehow I get the feeling that the music director is reluctant to come out of his self enforced shell. The album will satisfy hardcore Harris Jayaraj fans and that’s about it.

All that said the quality of the songs is still pretty high. The negative criticism is purely based on the fact Harris has great potential and can reach greater heights. I am sure this album will be a commercial success and is still worth buying or downloading from Amazon/Itunes.