Tu Hi Mera Dost with soothing beats and Benny's croons could possibly be the song of the year.
Mastam is fun with contributions from Sonu Nigam (comeback much?), Alka Yagnik, Naresh Iyer (he and Nigam complement well) gives it a "College Ki Saathi" meets "Legend of Bhagat Singh" feel. Shano is more like the slowed down version of Jaane Tu's "Pappu can't dance salaa" and Yuva's "Fanaa" but more likeable than the former. As the movie theme suggests, they're trying to blend different types of music as Ghai mentioned. Still, I like this track a lot. Tu Muskura is beautifult thanks to Alka Yagnik and the new tune. You can see the influence from Ilayaraaja's 90s tunes and it works well. Simply put, very easy on ears. My favorite singer, Srinivas rocks with Zindagi. This song brings me back to his 90s dominating days when Rahman was like a hit machine, primarly, the Kadhal Desam days. Dil Ka Rishta is great and how? It simply a great composition with orchestrial instrumentals and of course the constant beats. Manmohini has Vijay Prakash zinging his way through another good track. After an awesome Taal and a not-so-hot Kisna, Subhash Ghai gets it right this time with music and hopefully he doesn't fail in picturizations as Sakkarakaati fell flat. As for Rahman, he's obviously saving his best for hindi rather than tamil. Lately, it's evident and it's proven again here. Also, where's that Taxi Taxi Hindi number everyone's lauding about? Anyways, go for it. Rating: ****/5 http://nickraman1990.blogspot.com/2008/10/yuvvraaj-music-review-2008.html
