"Enthiran" Music Album Review...

Music: AR Rahman
Release Date: 31st July 2010
Lyrics: Vairamuthu (3 songs), Pa. Vijay (1 song), Madhan Kaarki Vairamuthu (2 songs), Kash n’ Krissy (1 song)
Director: Shankar
Starring: Rajinikanth, Aishwarya Rai Batchan, Danny Denzongpa, Santhanam, Karunas and others.
Producer: Kalanidhi Maran and Hansraj Saxena (Sun Pictures)

Pudhiya Manidha (6:11)
Vocal(s) by: SP Balasubramaniam, AR Rahman, Khatija Rahman
Lyrics by: Vairamuthu
Excellent lyrics by Vairamuthu for this song. Song starts with AR Rhaman, who gives a robotic effect to his voice. Khatija Rahman’s follows on with a devotional tone. SP Balasubramaniam sounds good, as always. The music has a calm tone that definitely adds to the lyrics. However, in some places the vocals have been tampered with to resemble the background music and some good work of Vairamuthu is lost here as the words are hard to understand. However, overall this is a good original song that suits the theme of the film well. – 78%


Kadhal Anukkal (5:45)
Vocal(s) by: Vijay Prakash, Shreya Ghoshal
Lyrics by: Vairamuthu
This song is the one that stands out and impresses the listener the first time itself. Beautiful music by AR Rahman. Many different styles of music have been mixed well to present the tune. Only negative aspect about this song is that it has touches of his earlier compositions. Lyrics of Vairamuthu are average. He has tried to use scientific words the express romantic feelings, a big challenge and some lyrics suffer because of that. A few sentences in English could have been easily avoided. Vijay Prakash’s vocal is brilliant; Shreya Ghoshal is good, but expected a little more from her. – 70%


Irumbile Oru Irudhaiyam (5:15)
Vocal(s) by: AR Rahman, Kash n’ Krissy
Lyrics by: Madhan Kaarki Vairamuthu, Kash n’ Krissy
Another love song, this time for the robot. Fascinating words written by Madhan Kaarki Vairamuthu. Particularly fresh and should be welcomed. Kash n’ Krissy’s lyrics are ordinary, but work well with this song. However their vocal sounds first-class. AR Rahman suits the song, but his voice gets lost in the music sometimes. Given the interesting lyrics, wish the words had been given a little bit more prominence over the background music. – 78%



Chitti Dance Showcase (2:44)
Vocal(s) by: Pradeep Vijay, Praveen Mani, Yogi B
Lyrics by: None
This track has a lot of influences from previous AR Rahman’s work and also Hollywood films. It has been mixed together seamlessly as expected of AR Rahman, however the originality is missing. All vocals play a second fiddle to the music. – 42%



Arima Arima (5:19)
Vocal(s) by: Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam
Lyrics by: Vairamuthu
This is a mass hero song. Lyrics are disappointing from Vairamuthu. Hariharan and Sadhana Sargam have done well in rendering the lyrics. AR Rahman has used the orchestral music to give a special number. If you don’t pay attention to the words, this is a good song. Shame Vairamuthu couldn’t deliver something special for this song. – 65%



Kilimanjaro (5:32)
Vocal(s) by: Javed Ali, Chinmayi
Lyrics by: Pa. Vijay
Lyrics for this song are sub-standard. Surprising considering it’s written by Pa Vijay.  Chinmayi’s voice is interestingly mischievous. Jayed Ali’s voice is average but suits the tribal theme. The music is average; however some interesting percussion has saved this number. Kilimanjaro is definitely the most lowly ranked song in this album. After watching the movie, this song does score better because of the beautiful picturisation. – 52%



Boom Boom Robo Da (4:28)
Vocal(s) by: Yogi B, Kirthi Sadathia, Swetha Mohan, Tanvi Shah
Lyrics by: Madhan Kaarki Vairamuthu
Lyrics for this song is average. Boom Boom Roba Da is a very youthful sounding song with interesting vocals. Particularly both female voices have cuteness and playfulness which adds to the quality of execution. AR Rahman’s music is funky and enjoyable. This tune is most suited for the younger audience. – 68%



Summary
AR Rahman has provided an interesting album with good, fresh tunes in general. However (as usual) his music has overshadowed the some great lyrics which is a real disappointment. The album caters for the young and the old. Generally all singers have done well in this album. “Pudhiya Manidha” and “Irumbile Oru Irudhaiyam” songs deserve special mention for their lyrics and music.



I have to give an average score for the lyrics (51%) even though it had some songs with strong lyrics, some song lyrics were bad. The music was good (70%). It could have scored better if the music didn’t overshadow the lyrics in some of the songs. Singers have performed lustrously (74%). All in all, the entire album is another hit for the Oscar winner AR Rahman. – 65%