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Rehman's come back ???

jillendru oru kaadhal (T)

There has been quite lot of expectation and hype for both the movie & the music. After long time, CD covers carried Rehman's stills and obviously the seemingly love story relied a great deal on music. AR Rehman has been typical in his album again. His songs are noises in beginning and on repeated listening, the music grows on you. I have certainly been patient & iterated the songs many a times before concluding on opinion.

This album shows Rehaman's mastery over choice of voice needed for the song to make it better. Especially Tanvi's Title track, Shanker Mahadevan in 'Machakaari', Jr SPB in 'Majaa Majaa' and his own in 'Newyork Nagaram'.

The opening note for the album is disappointing, which is unbelievable & unfortunate. May be the song goes good with the video or the script. Rock & roll title song seems no better than his own 'Hello mister' in Iruvar. 'Spiderman' from New, 'thazhuvudhu nazuvudhu' from A Ah are far better than his 'Majaa Majaa' here. The tunes have been very mediocre for Rehman's standards and one gets a feeling that Rehman himself had done better songs of this genre already.

'Munbae vaa' and 'New york nagaram' are the only two songs that draw attention on first few hearings and this album certainly has n't put rehman or his fans on top.