I still havnt listened to 'some' of ARR's old Tamil albums. Every now and then I dig out the list of albums I am yet to listen (during the 'drought' period when there is no new release for 3-4 months). Since we have Enthiran in our hands and JHS coming in 1-2 weeks, I had absolutely no plan to listen to Paarthale Paravasam (album which is less talked about) for couple of more months. However, I was playing "Introducing A. R. Rahman" compilation CD on my way to long drive.. 3rd track on 2nd CD - 'Idhu Manmatha Masam' by Shankar Mahadevan, Nithyashree Mahadevan - listened to it for very first time. I got absolutely no clue what was going in the song. I will be very honest here, I had to listen at least 4-5 times to understand just the pace of the song... sometimes it becomes slow, sometimes picks up the pace, dhol at some place, gets classics at times...
Boy o boy!! I am madly in love with this song now and cant stop listening to it. Not sure when I will move to 'Azhagae Sugama' - song about which I have heard a lot of good things. Early 2000s was the time when listeners used to get at least 1 song from Shankar Mahadevan and 1 from Nityashree in each ARR album, and this duet by them is nothing more fans can ask for. I wish Rahman make them sing in his upcoming albums as well...
