The Rat's Weekly Top 20
01: Aararai Kodi - Ah Aah (+1)
02: Kanda Naal - Kanda Naal Mudhal (-1)
03: Thigu Thigu - Ah Aah (+4)
04: Suttum Vizhi - Ghajini (=)
05: Rahatulla - Ghajini (=)
06: Yaaridamum - Totti Jaya (+4)
07: Chi Chi - Majaa (+12)
08: En Kannodu - Arinthum Ariyamalum (-2)
09: Tholaidoora Nilave - Chinna (R)
10: Oru Maalai - Ghajini (-7)
11: Pani Thuli - Kanda Naal Mudhal (=)
12: Theepidikka - Arinthum Ariyamalum (-3)
13: Do Re Me - Ponniyin Selvan (+1)
14: Uyire En Uyire - Totti Jaya (-2)
15: Thachikko - Ponniyin Selvan (=)
16: Kaalangathaley - Chinna (R)
17: Kodambakkam Area - Sivakasi (-9)
18: X Machi - Ghajini (+2)
19: Enna Paattu - Oru Naal Oru Kanavu (-6)
20: Thai Maasam - Majaa (-4)
As of Nov 20, 2005
October 08, 2005
Kanda Naal Mudhal
Released: 2005Language: Tamil
Category: Movie
Music Dir: Yuvan Shankar Raja
Starring: Karthik Kumar, Prasanna, Laila
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Pani Thuli (KayKay, Shreya Ghoshal, Thanvi)
Kanda Naal Muthalai (Subhiksha, Pooja)
Koo Koovena (Karthik, Harish Raghavendra, Mahalakshmi Iyer)
Erimalai Naane (Shankar Mahadevan, Vasundhara Das)
Merke Merke (Shankar Mahadevan, Sadhana Sargam)
Pushing It Hard (Yuvan Shankar Raja, Clinton, Premji)
Music review: 'Pani Thuli' and 'Merke Merke' make for pleasant listening. 'Koo Koovena' and 'Erimalai Naane' sound more like arguments between singers than songs. Very ordinary tunes and worse lyrics. In 'Pushing It Hard', Yuvan and Premji try to do bring hardcore rap to the Deccan, but fall woefully short. Which leaves us with the title song 'Kanda Naal Mudhalai'. I've always thought that mixing Carnatic music with Western elements would make for some great fusion, and Yuvan proves this beyond any doubt. Yeah, A.R.Rahman has already done it to some extent in Alai Payuthey, but this one is edgier, and has really raised the bar for the type of innovations that could be done with Carnatic music. I loved it, but we'll have to wait to see whether the people are ready to accept it. Did you like it? Let me know.
Pani Thuli (KayKay, Shreya Ghoshal, Thanvi)
Kanda Naal Muthalai (Subhiksha, Pooja)
Koo Koovena (Karthik, Harish Raghavendra, Mahalakshmi Iyer)
Erimalai Naane (Shankar Mahadevan, Vasundhara Das)
Merke Merke (Shankar Mahadevan, Sadhana Sargam)
Pushing It Hard (Yuvan Shankar Raja, Clinton, Premji)
Music review: 'Pani Thuli' and 'Merke Merke' make for pleasant listening. 'Koo Koovena' and 'Erimalai Naane' sound more like arguments between singers than songs. Very ordinary tunes and worse lyrics. In 'Pushing It Hard', Yuvan and Premji try to do bring hardcore rap to the Deccan, but fall woefully short. Which leaves us with the title song 'Kanda Naal Mudhalai'. I've always thought that mixing Carnatic music with Western elements would make for some great fusion, and Yuvan proves this beyond any doubt. Yeah, A.R.Rahman has already done it to some extent in Alai Payuthey, but this one is edgier, and has really raised the bar for the type of innovations that could be done with Carnatic music. I loved it, but we'll have to wait to see whether the people are ready to accept it. Did you like it? Let me know.
-Rathish a.k.a The Rat at 12:02 AM
Intro
Rathish a.k.a The Rat takes up the task of putting in black and white, the quality of the latest offerings from the Indian music scene.