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Aayitha Ezhuthu
 When a genius and a creative magician come together for a venture, the result is wonderful, soul-lifting and nerve-tingling.
Mani Ratnam and A R Rahman have achieved this in every album from 'Roja'. They achieve it to a good extent in their latest venture, 'Aayitha
Ezhuthu'.
The cassette has six songs with no repeats (phew, thank god!). ARR explores new regions in music, those of high techno stuff and emerges triumphant, showcasing his creativity yet again.
Side-A
The album begins with ‘Hey Goodbye Nanba’, sung by Sunitha Sarathy, Shankar Mahadevan, Lucky Ali and Karthik. The starting features a husky Sunitha and the transition from slow to fast is superb. Rumour has it that this was ARR’s answer to Harris Jayaraj's 'Uyirin Uyire' (Kaakha Kaakha). This song is bound to be a
superhit.
Next comes the best song of the film, a personal favourite, 'Jana Gana Mana' sung by ARR and Karthik. A 'revolutionary song', telling the youth not to give up their dreams; it has great lyrics by Vairamuthu. ARR proves his singing/rapping prowess in style. Will definitely become popular among the youth.
'Sandai Kozhi' - Madhusree, ARR - is a melody. Madhusree sounds very much like Sadhna Sargam. She does chew and bite the words a bit, but sings nicely. Traces of Ilayaraja’s song from 'Thalapathi' are evident in the ‘ayya ayya’ frill. A song that melody lovers will like.
Side-B
ARR goes techno creative with ‘Dol, Dol’. With beats similar to 'Shakalaka Baby' (Mudhalvan), Blaaze sings/chants this number like only he can. One can't understand what Blaaze’s trying to say (when have we, after all?). A 'too-Englipish' rock song.
'Nenjam Ellam' has a beautiful tune. Sujatha’s singing scintillates. The song on the whole is great to hear and has only one flaw - the male singer, Adnan Sami (why did he have to sing this song? Haven’t Tamil audiences had enough of him chewing words in ‘Boom Boom' -
‘Boys’?).
‘Yaakkai Thiri’ has awesome lyrics. Sung (rather chanted) by Sunitha Sarathy, Shalini Singh and ARR, it is powerful. Rahman’s singing is outstanding in this number, as outstanding as it was in 'Jana Gana Mana'
(Side-A). Another sure superhit.
The verdict:
'Aayitha Ezhuthu' may not please people who are looking for some ARR melody like in 'Roja', 'Bombay', etc. But, it certainly will alter song ratings and become mighty popular in the near future. A peppy, youthful and creative album from
Rahman
Srinivasa Ramanujam
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