Music Review: Parandhu Sella Vaa (Tamil)

Composer(s): Joshua Sridhar
Listen to the songs online here: YouTube (Saregama Tamil)

Kaatril Eri Mithakkuthe adopts an excessively auto-tuned sound that borders on monotonous, while Welcome Boys Ithu and Sillendru Thakkuthe Paarvai turn out to be passably enjoyable, if pedestrian, pop numbers. Where Joshua Sridhar redeems himself is in the lilting melodies Mann Meedhu Inbam, Nadhiyil Vizhuntha Poovin and Yaarumae Thaniyai illai, with beautiful lyrics and fantastic vocal purchase from S. P. Balasubrahmanyam Rajesh Krishnan*, Shweta Mohan and Haricharan Seshadri respectively. Parandhu Sella Vaa is high on melody, and that's a good thing!

*I didn't bother looking up the singing credits for Mann Meedhu Inbam, for I was so positive it was SPB who was singing it. But to my surprise, as it turns out, it was sung by Rajesh Krishnan. The uncanny vocal resemblance aside, the review above has been updated to reflect the same.

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