Abhiyum Naanum, Vidyasagar

Surprisingly, a "step-down" attempt from my favourite music director. I usually prefer his albums because all his tracks has versatality & more importantly head-phone friendly!! "Vaa vaa en Devathaye" & its miniature version "Moongil vittu" are listenable, both soul-fully rendered by Madhu Balakrishnan. The bhangra-ish interludes in "Pachai katre" rocks big time, but the main tune is pedestrian. Kailash kher leaves our ears burning, really, in both " Ore oru oorile" & bit song "Chinnamma kalyanam". The former is listenable, while the latter is completely atrocious. "Sher Punjabi", another bit song, falls flat completely. Even S.P.B's track doesn't impress us & the tune just goes without any aim. In addition we have instrumental tracks of "Vaa vaa", "Pachai katre" & "Ore oru", nothing much to say about them! After the stupendous Mozhi, which still runs in my playlist quite often, the much expected RadhaMohan-Vidyasagar combo disappoints , to say the least! Lets hope for a better picturisation atleast!!

Verdict: Extremely disappointing
Rating: **1/2

Probable list of songs in annual top 20

With just a month to spare, for bidding adieu to this gorgeous 2008, let me get a quick glimpse of good songs of the year so far. The tracks marked with a * are definite ones and $ in the bottom list.

*Nenjathiley / Kanden kanden (Pirivom Santhippom, Vidyasagar)

Solladi en idhayam (Kadhalil Vizhunden, Vijay Anthony)

*Manasukkul manasukkul (Anjathey, Sundar.C.Babu)

Dhayyare dhayya (Vellithirai, G.V.Prakash Kumar)

Enthan vanamum (Vazhthugal, Yuvan Shankar Raja)

$Needhana Needhana (Saadhu Miranda, Deepak Dev)

$Venmegam (Yaaradi nee Mohini,Yuvan shankar Raja)

$Yaaridam Naan (Pidichirukku, Manu Ramesan)

*Thendralukku Nee / Aavaram poovukkum (Arai En 305il kadavul, Vidyasagar)

*Palanadhu / Thaen thaen (Kuruvi, Vidyasagar)

$Yaaro manadhile (Dhaam Dhoom, Harris Jeyaraj)

Unnai thaan (Vallamai tharayo, Bharadwaj)

$Padaiththal kaaththal (Chakravyuhum,Karthik Raja)

Kadhal siluvayil /Kangal Irandal (Subramaniapuram, James Vasanthan)

Naan varaindhu vaitha / Adhai koodava (Jeyam Kondaan, Vidhyasagar)

*Marudhani / Chinnamma (Sakkarakatti, A.R.Rahman)

Aaja mera soniye / Dosth bada dosth (Saroja, Yuvan Shankar Raja)

* Mazhai nindra / Ippave ippave / Enna pulla (Raman Thediya Seethai, Vidyasagar)

Avaram poo (Poo, S.S.Kumaran)

Ava enna / Mundhinam (Vaaranam Aayiram, Harris Jeyaraj)

Lesa Parakkudhu / Pada pada (Vennila kabadi kuzhu, Selvaganesh)