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Aararai Kodi
Mayilirage
Varugirai
Thigu Thigu
Thazhuvudhu Thazhuvudhu
Maramkothiyae

Music review: Ah Aah (a.k.a 'Anbe Aaruyire' and formerly known as 'BF') starts off with a bang with the song 'Aararai Kodi'. This song reminds us of Rahman in his early days, and he shows that he's a class apart when it comes to percussion arrangements. After listening to this song, its natural to have high expectations for the rest of the album. And this is where Ah Aah falters. As with the album, most of the remaining songs start off well, but don't have enough to make it thoroughly enjoyable. Correct me if I am wrong, but aren't 'Mayilirage' and 'Maramkothiye' basically the same tune with just different tempos? Don't know whether this was intentional, or Rahman just hoping that no one would notice. In this album Rahman also achieves two things which I thought are impossible: make Sadhana Sargam's Tamil sound better in comparison, and make Shreya Ghosal's singing almost unbearable. Sadhana's song 'Thigu Thigu' has a catchy tune and great orchestration, but the male singer's Tamil is so awful that I think they deliberately removed his name from the credits so that people wont hunt him down. Shreya's song 'Thazhuvudhu' is undoubtedly the worst song of the album, and I don't know who came up with the idea of making her sing such a steamy song. Better lyrics and better choice of singers could have made this good album great. Nevertheless, it will top the charts.

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Mangal Mangal
Main Vari Vari
Holi Re
Rasiya
Mangal Mangal (Agni)
Takey Takey
Al Maddath Maula
Mangal Mangal (Aatma)


Music review: The much awaited movie 'The Rising' is finally getting ready to hit the screens, and its audio was released on July 14th. Have to say the music doesn't disappoint. I guess by now A.R.Rahman would have become an expert on period movies with his compositions for Iruvar, 1947 Earth, Zubeidaa, Lagaan, The Legend Of Bhagat Singh, Kisna and Bose The Forgotten Hero. It almost seems like he didn't even try hard to compose the songs for this movie, and just did it like its some sort of routine work. The album contains a couple of very catchy numbers like 'Mangal Mangal' and 'Main Vari Vari', but still I feel Rahman could have given just a little bit more. Nevertheless, this album is well worth listening to, for some great songs, very good singing, and since it could very well be Rahman's last period movie.

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