Personal top ten- October

1) Ava enna..(Vaaranam Aayiram, Harris Jeyaraj)
2) Lesa Parakkudhu..(Vennila kabadi kuzhu, SelvaGanesh)-Review coming soon!!
3) Vaa vaa en devathaye..(Abhiyum Naanum,Vidyasagar)
4)Mundhinam paarthene..(Vaaranam Aayiram,Harris Jeyaraj)
5) Aavaram poo..(Poo, S.S.Kumaran)
6) Mazhai Nindra..(Raman Thediya Seethai, Vidyasagar)
7) Enna pulla...(Raman Thediya Seethai, Vidyasagar)
8) Nenjukkul Peidhidum..(Vaaranam Aayiram)
9) Ippave ippave...( Raman Thediya Seethai, Vidyasagar)
10) Aaja mera Soniye..( Saroja, Yuvan Shankar Raja)

Anandha Thandavam, G.V.Praksh

Again,this is what I call as a wholesome album!! And its G.V.Prakash springing back, after his disastrous Kuselan & Seval... Shubha Mudgal-Nithysree's number "Kanna kaangiren" is a complete track-stealer,starts-off well, meanders well & ends well!!! Yes, u can feel shades of Kannodu Kanbathellam here..but neglect it! "Kannil adum" made me shake the head & tempted my hands to press the << button. Fabulous vocals by Benny & Shwetha. "Pattu poochi" is a candyfloss- Naresh Iyer has been well utilized. "Megam Pole" reminds of A.R.R's compositions, yet eminently listenable. "Poovinai" also falls under the same category.

Rating : ****

Vaaranam Aayiram, Harris Jeyaraj

A pleasant surprise for me-Harris hater(I meant "post-Ullam Ketkume").. VA is a diverse & interesting soundtrack though the beats used are mundane. "Adiye Kolluthe" starts with a seemingly-jarring high-metal but very decently carved later on...Only thing is Shruthi Hassan didn't impress me much. "Nenjukkul Peidhidum" flows pleasantly..wah..thats Hariharan!! Sudha Raghunathan's rendition in "Anal Mele" is good but again the singer is under-utilized compared to her carnatic prowess..The track also has an uncanny similarity to Harris' earlier songs & sometimes the burgeoning tune makes us uncomfortable.. "Yethi Yethi" is a fast number and is good.. But the album's best soundtracks are "Mundhinam Paarthene Paarthadhum thotterene" (wow..excellent lyrics!!) and "Ava enna"..The former has Naresh Iyer & Prashanthini,pretty well sung..Karthik is just awesome & the background folkish beats just rocks big time... Overall its a one-step forward for Harris!! Keep it up!!

Verdict: Very good
Rating: ****

Quick review of missed-out soundtracks..

1) Kuruvi, Vidyasagar
Good tracks: Pallanadhu,Happy new year& Thaen thaen.
Bad tracks: Mozha mozha
Rating: ****
2) Dhaam Dhoom, Harris Jeyaraj
Good tracks: Yaaro manadhile, Anbe en anbe(but starting is lifed from "Ambuli mama" from Perazhagan)
The rest are average numbers. nothing much to rave about
Rating: ***1/2
3) Arai En 305il kadavul, Vidyasagar
Good Tracks: Everything, especially "Aavaram poovukkum" & "Thendralukku nee"
Deserves full credits!
Rating: *****
4) Saroja, Yuvan Shankar Raja
Good tracks: "Aaja mera soniye" & "Dosth bada dosth"
All others are average numbers.
Rating: ***1/2
5) Kadhalil Vizhundhen, Vijay Anthony(2007 actually!!)
Good tracks: "Solladi" & "Naaka Mukka"-the universal!!!
Bad tracks: Blatantly lifted "Unakkena Naan" (Composed by the director of the movie)
Rating: ***1/2
6) Alibaba, Vidyasagar
Good tracks: "Pudhiya paravai" & "Hara hara"
Bad tracks: The rest
Rating: ***
7) Muniyandi Vilangiyal moondram aandu(uuffffff!!), Vidyasagar
"Vidyasagar disappoints" to be simple!
Rating: **
8) Poi solla porom, M.G.Sreekumar
Nothing worthy to mention!!
Rating: **
9) Pandhayam, Vijay Anthony(??!!)
Irksome!!
Rating: *1/2
10) Dhanam, Ilayaraja
Fails to impress.. Bhavatharini should be shunned from singing!
But tunes are pretty average...Where is OUR maestro?
Rating: **1/2
11) Satyam, Harris Jeyaraj
Harris is in shortage of tunes!! "Chellame"& "En anbe" are quite passable
Rating: **1/2
12) Kuselan, G.V.Prakash
Nothing worthy!! But "Saaral" may fetch some bucks
Rating: **
13) Subramaniapuram, James Vasanthan
Heavenly- "Kangal irandal"(though a mish-mash of "Sudum nilavu") . The singers deserve a
grand applause. "Kadhal Siluvayil" has Shankar Mahadevan at his recent best!!
Rating: ****
14) Dasavatharam, Himesh Reshammiya
aarghh!!!!!"Mukundha mukundha" is ok
Rating: **
15) Vallamai tharayo, Bharadwaj
Wow!!! Pretty good. Listen to the simple tune of "Ennai thaan". Just grows upon you!
Rating: ***1/2
16) Santhosh Subramaniam, Devi Sriprasad
A simple copy-paste job!! But its pretty average
Rating: **1/2
17) Pidichurukku, Manu Ramesan
One of the under-rated album of the year.
Rating: ***1/2
18) Nepali, Srikanth Deva
naaahhh!!!
Rating: *1/2
19) Yaaradee nee mohini, Yuvan Shankar Raja
A good one but Udit Narayan prevents from rewinding!!
Rating: ***
20) Vellithirai, G.V. Prakash
Excellent soundtracks!! But "kanji paanayil" is a blatant copy of interludes & the main tune
itself!!!
Rating: **** minus 1/2 =***1/2
21) Anjaadhey, Sundar.C.Babu
A must-listen!Diverse soundtrack!!
Rating: ****1/2