I never realized that James Vasanthan had this much potential as a music director. He has really impressed in his music debut on the big screen much like Joshua Sridhar did with Kadhal. He needs to improve his music arrangements so his songs sound more appealing. He has found the right mix for the slow songs but he has long way to go before he can belt out fast western songs.Ranjit Barot is a master of music arrangements and James can use his help.
Kadhal Siluvaiyil (Shankar Mahadevan)
This is a song about the pain of failing in love. Shankar Mahadevan controls the song all the way through and has done a wonderful job . It is sad that this versatile singer is not getting enough opportunities to sing melodious numbers in the south. The music arrangements really did not impress me that much but the music director has definitely made it up with a nice melodious tune.
Theme
Not everyone can be a master of theme scores like Rehman and it is very evident from this song.
Kangal Irandaal (Belly Raj, Deepa Miriam)
The best song of the album. This song is very melodious and there is a lot of emphasis on the singers than the background score. It reminds one of Harris Jeyaraj but it should not affect the audience that much as it is a very beautiful song with excellent lyrics by Thamarai. Again the background orchestration did not impress me . Belly has an excellent voice and Deepa has supported him very well.
Madura Kulunga (Velmurugan, Suchitra, Madurai Banumathi & group)
A racy rural song and James has got it spot on with this nice and fast song . I enjoyed it as it was well within the framework of a good song.
Theneeril Snehitham (Benny Dayal)
This is an average peppy song .It reminds me of a song from Love Birds.I was looking for the next button.
This is an excellent debut from James and I would recommend that you buy the Audio CD.
You can listen to some of the songs at Assorted Tamil Music
