Director: Arunprasad
Music: Ramana Gogula
Lyrics: Pazhani Bharati
'Badhri' is the remake of the Telugu movie `Thambudu' and Arunprasad, who directed it, is directing the Tamil version too. The movie is also the first Tamil work of the composer, Ramana Gogula, who has done some songs in Hindi and Telugu. His first work to be noticed was his
album 'Aya Laila', in which he worked with Kush Khanna under the banner of 'Misty Rhythms'. He then composed the music for a few Telugu movies such as 'Premante
Idera'.
Ramana's music is basically a blend of his early rock and roll influences with reggae and Indian rhythms. 'Kaadhal Solvadhu' is a nice ballad by Srinivas and Sujatha and is accompanied by a nice flute interlude. 'Kalakalakutthu' is a dance song by Mano with heavy dandiya beats. There is also another version of the song on side B by Shankar
Mahadevan.
A trumphet begins 'Angel vandhale' by Devisri Prasad and Chitra. While portions sung by Devi have a reggae score, those by Chitra are Carnatic based. A nice blend! Devi, who is in his early twenties, was noticed for his rap album 'Mr. Devi', which he cut for
Magnasound.
Vijay himself takes to the mike and does a good job in 'Ennoda laila', which has harmonica interludes and a reggae beat. The song was originally composed as the title song in 'Aye Laila', and the album also had a Telugu version sung by
Ramana.
'Travelling soldier' is an English song by Gogula in which he mixes fast-paced beats with
Hindustani-style aalaps. `King of Chennai' by Devisri Prasad has catchy beats. Ramana sings rock while Devi responds in a typical gaana style in `Adi Jivunnu Jivunnu'. `Salaam Maharasha', by Devan and Priya, is a straight lift from the old Hindi classic `Chori chori o banke
gori'.
'Stella Maris Laara' is a gaana song by Tipu, Vivek and Dhamu. An average effort by Raman Gogula.
Venky
