Vai Raja Vai - Music Review

Vandha Kadha is a title song kind written and sung by the most popular Gaana Bala. This gaana is very refreshing but heavily Raja inspired  - Charanam of Thotathula Pathi kati from Velaikaran to be specfic. Once again proves despite of the genere you compose, its ultimately the tune and the depth that matters finally. Pachai Vanna*** is Yuvan Shankar Raja at his best. Even though not a fan of his voice, he sounds decent with lot of voice autotuning. Superb romantic tune with uber cool orchestration is the pick of the Album. Pookamazh is a techno dance number sung by Tanvi Shah is a instant hit and will be very popular dance floor number. Naam Vaazhthidum*** is a cracker of a song sung by Hiphop Thamizha and Yuvan. When Yuvan gets going only few can match him in techno sounds. Extremely catchy. Move your body yet another dance floor number sung by the Maestro Ilayaraja himself sounds different in this unusual genre but templatized tune make it jarring at times.

Verdict - Yuvan gives a very peppy album to Aishwarya Dhanush who gave a highly successful album(3 - The movie) with Anirudh in her previous outing. Despite decent music in his recent albums like Anjaan, Govindudu Andarivaadele, Thirudan Police, movie's failure pegged Yuvan back this year but he comes up with a highly listenable youthful album.

Mukunda - Music Review

Chesededo is a very typical Mickey foot tapping number sung by Rahul Nambiar and Revanth could have been more innovative. Daredumdadum* sung by Mickey J Meyer and Sai Shivani sounds very pleasing. Apparently Mickey's voice is heavily auto-tuned says a lot of his singing skills. Would have been lot better if it was given to a professional singer nevertheless it doesn't sound bad. Sai Shivani sounds a lot better here. Flute interludes are very catchy. Haricharan gets to sing yet another best song of the album Chaala Bagundi*** and excels as always. Mickey's strong forte is melody with unique, Rahman inspired orchestration and he should focus more on that to enthrall audiences.This number is just an example of that. Superb song. Gopikkamma** is a simple yet attaractive folk song sung brilliantly by the legendary Chithra. Very refreshing to listen to pure Telugu lyrics without any English or half baked Hindi/Urdu words. Arare Chandrakala, sung energetically by Karthik and Sai Shivani, is a typical Telugu folk westernized in usual Mickey style is a good listen. Nandalala** sung by, Mickey's one of the regular singer(Rajashekara from Leader), Swetha Pandit, is very pleasing backed by very innovative flute interludes. Mukunda Theme is as effective as the songs.

Verdict - Mickey delivers one of his best albums and gives a perfect musical treat. Telugu folk tunes orchestrated in Mickey way, western foot tapping numbers, lovely choice of singers and above all beautiful pure Telugu lyrics by Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry makes "Mukunda" a superb album. Highly recommended !

Chakkiligintha - Music Review

Avoid Girls sung by Siddarth, Aditya and Anudeep is a usual boys gang song with nothing to boast about. Baby My Lover sung by Mickey Myer, despite highly synthesized vocals, sounds good with catchy strings and beats. Chakkiligintha***, the best song of the album, sung by Haricharan and Sai Shivani is a fantastic melody and a typical Mickey number. It is almost becoming a common practice to invite Haricharan to render the best song of album and he as always rocked it. However the same cant be said about the female singer. Idivarakey** is yet another lilting melody sung by beautifully by Karthik who ironically used hold Haricharan's position a few years/months back after his excellent run over a decade. Mayo Mayo sung by Aditya and Ramya Behara is a fun duet sounds peppy but templatized. O Kshanama sung by Ramya Behara started promisingly but fell flat with repetitive and  rhymic tune and uninteresting orchestration.

Verdict - Have liked Mickey Myers always for his melody sense despite strong ARR influence. Chakiligintha is a good listen but falls short of an awesome album despite two lovely melodies.