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Uyire En Uyire
Achu Vella
Thotta Power
Yaaridamum
Yaari Singaari
Theme Music

Music review: It is getting tougher and tougher to find a Harris Jayaraj album that doesn't remind you of any of his previous works. For Anniyan he had borrowed bits and pieces from his Arasatchi songs, but in Totti Jaya he goes one step further and reproduces one song completely from his compositions for the Telugu movie Gharshana. (Since these two movies are from the same producer, I guess its fine.) The song ‘Yaaridamum’ is a replica of ‘Ye Chilipi’, but Srinivas’ rendition of the original was much better than Ramesh Vinayagam’s effort for the Tamil version. Unfortunately, this is the best song of the album. Another melodious song ‘Uyire En Uyire’, comes a close second. The others are nothing out of the ordinary. ‘Thotta Power’ and ‘Yaari Singari’ are the type of songs one should expect from a Simbu movie, and ‘Achu Vella’ reminded me of ‘Pudhu Malar Thottu’ from Poovellaam Un Vaasam. To sum it up, the two melodies just about manage to salvage the album from mediocrity.

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Urzu Urzu Durkut
Mele Chaliyan
Naam Adaa Likhna
Mele Chaliyan (Remix)
Naam Adaa Likhna (Remix)
Ajmer Wale Khwaja
Kahoon Kaise Sakhi
Yahaan Theme

Music review: When I came to realize that a couple of songs of Parineeta were "inspired", it did take some sheen off Shantanu Moitra's compositions for that movie. But that didn't stop me from from grabbing the first opportunity to listen to his next album, Yahaan. I wasn't disappointed. Shantanu has once again managed to get the best out of Shreya Ghosal, and my favorite of the three songs rendered by her is 'Urzu Urzu Durkut', which has a catchy tune and equally good orchestration. 'Naam Ada Likhna' is another melodious song and though Shaan doesn't have too many lines, he does a good job of supporting Shreya Ghosal. The third song by Shreya is 'Mele Chaliyan', which is a Punjabi celebration song and this one isn't bad either. This album also has remixed versions of the last two songs I mentioned. Unlike usual remix songs which just serve as fillers, the remix of 'Mele Chaliyan' is quite good and has some good fusion of Punjabi-folk and Techno elements. There are also two more songs from guest composer Nizami Bandhu. But these songs ('Ajmer Wale Khwaja' and 'Kahoon Kaise Kahoon') don't fit in with the rest of the album.

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