You missed Azhagana rasatchiye, the best of the album for me. Uppu karuvadu had a very nice folk touch and was massive hit.
I dont think Mudhalvans music was the weakest link for ARR shankar combo. This would be my order of preference for ARR-Shankar combo. 1) Kaadhlan (All songs) - classic 2) Indian (Telephoen manipola, Maya machindra,Pachai killigal) - Maya machindra was Quite unconventional for Rahman at that time. Gives a unique feel. 3) Gentleman (En veetu thottatil, Ottagatha) - En veetu thottail still gives goosebumps. Awesome lyrics and melody. 4) Mudhalvan (Azhagana rasatichiye, Kurku siruthavely, uppu karuvadu) 5) Boys - Rocking melody in Enaku oru girlfried, rest were weak. 6) Jeans - Excepting Kannodu kanbathellam rest were weak. BGM was however awesome. Jeans was a complete washout to me. All of the songs with the exception of Kannodu Kanbathellam had instant appeal but did not stick out in the long run. Some might disagree with Boys. Boys was above and beyond my expectations when i first listened. It was a revolution for tamil music. But i guess it greatly misses haunting melody for a long shelf life. Maybe i will grow liking for it, if i dont hear such music for a while. -Krishna --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "stylegamer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think shankar deserves the praise. This movie was diffeent in the > sense that it did not have a serial killer lead role, a colledge > student or an unlucky victim of sociopolitics like in Gentleman ect. > It has a mature theme and social message. It could have > gone down tamil film history as one of the best flms ever made but > sadly it did not do so at least in that sense. Besides the music of > ARR was not up to par compared to previous shankar/ARR combos like > gentleman and khadalan. What exactly let down the movie was the wrong > choice of actress for the marketing power. Manisha Koirala was losing > her popularity in tamil in the late 90s after along absence after > Bombay. Besides her overall aged dappearance was not good as to > compared in Bombay... Rumours way back in 97 predicted Aishwarya Rai > or Laila could have landed the role . Preferably Laila could have been > a better choice > > and the music of ARR which was in a grey area. Except for 2 tracks > Shakalakka baby and Kurrukku sirtuhalavale, which both had an initial > impact but not long lasting enough especially when in 99 there was > competition from Yuvan Shankar Raja and Deva's projects wooing the > filmgoers > This movie may have been the weakest music link of ARR-shankar combo > in their careers. > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> 1.2 million kids a year are victims of human trafficking. Stop slavery. http://us.click.yahoo.com/WpTY2A/izNLAA/yQLSAA/iyUplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Explore, Experience, Enjoy A.R.Rahman - The Man, The Music, The Magic. Only at arrahmanfans.com - The definitive A.R.Rahman e-community. Homepage: http://www.arrahmanfans.com Admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
