Priyasakhi Audio

The Priyasakhi soundtrack is a melody lover's dream come true. I can't even remember the last time a Tamil movie album had all 6 of its songs as pure melodies. No duppanguthu, no songs with fast beats or English words and no Hindi singers mutilating nice Tamil words here.

1. Anbu Alaipaayudhe...
This is one of the most interesting songs I've heard recently. It starts off very melodiously but is interrupted by some decidedly western humming(which reminds me of an English song whose name I cannot recollect). Some North Indian music then leads into a second para that starts with a Carnatic touch. All this results in a good number with some nice lyrics about our life and the people we know.

2. Chinna Maharani...
An average number that, in both its tune and lyrics, reminds us of one of the numerous unexceptional tunes created by S.A.Rajkumar for Vikraman films. If Bharadwaj follows his Autograph technique and plays this over and over, it could become a hit. The lyrics sound like this one's picturised on a dad singing to his daughter.

3. Kangalinaal Hey...
The fastest(relatively speaking) number on the album, it is a pleasant and catchy duet. Bharadwaj has added some digital effects to both singers' voices at some places and it adds a nice touch, especially since he hasn't overdone it.

4. & 5. Mudhal Mudhal...
There are 2 versions of this song, one by a male singer and one by a female singer. The song is very melodious with minimum music, mostly limited to a tabla. I especially liked the tune of the two lines that end the first segment and both stanzas of the song. for eg.
enadhu peyarukke unnai ezhudi thandhidu
enadhu maarbinil dhinamum thoonga vandhidu

6. Priyasakhi...
Wish Bharadwaj had delivered a more original number for the all-important title track. The starting music reminds one of the start of Pudhu Vellai Mazhai... from Roja and the song itself starts off like a Hindi number from the early 90s. Srinivas here sounds like SPB and that serves to make the song seem even more like a Hindi number since SPB sang those similar-sounding songs for Salman Khan in Maine Pyaar Kiya and other romances. But maybe because of this familiarity, it turns out to be a hummable number.

Priyasakhi is releasing tomorrow and director Adhiyaman definitely has a tough job of keeping viewers in their seats for 6 slow songs. Lets hope his picturization does justice to the melodies here.

Btw, what other movies has Adhiyaman directed? Thottachinungi was his film, wasn't it? I know he directed its Hindi version but has he directed any Tamil films since Thottachinungi?