Aaru is a movie coming out with a lot of expectations. After the blockbuster Ghajini, people expect Suriya to become the next star in the race for "Superstar" staus. From the music of Aaru, you can pretty much understand that this is a forumula-masala movie which rides on Suriya's new found stardom tag.
Coming to the music of Devi Sri Prasad, there's hardly anything new about this album. Reminds you of Maayavi & Sachein in parts. But on the whole, its pretty average.
"Soda Bottle" by Shankar Mahadevan & Saaki Mukesh is a typical gaana song about the protagonist, a good goon called Aarumugam from Adyar. A foot tapping Koothu number. Reminds you of Simbu's early day kutthu songs.
"Paakathae" by Tippu & Sumangali is a melodious track reminding you of Kaadhal Valrthaen from Manmadan. Nice song which may turn out to be a sleeper hit. Gets better on repeated hearing. Watch out for the guitaring.
"Freeya Vudu" by Jassie Gift, Vadivelu & Co is by far the most masala oriented song of the movie. With Jassie Gift stealing the show as usual with his unusual voice, making mockery of the tamil word, "Vaenan Da" as "Onnaann da" makes you laugh for a till you realise the song is over. Vadivelu does a cameo but seems to have missed the beat as well as voice to sing. Shades of Pushpavan Kuppusamy come but he's not credited.
"Thottutae" by Karthik & Sunitha Sarathy is a techno song. Has the feel of the "Aa Aaa" techno songs but is out of tune & by the far the most boring song of the album. Repeated beats, poor lyrics render the talented voices useless.
"Dhrogam" by Hariharan does justice to his voice. But the choir is kind of annoying & lost the pitch totally. The song may go well with the situation on screen but as such is pretty average. Only plus for the song is Hariharan & the use of "Chendai" insrument in a techno type song.
"Nenjam Ennum" by Srinivas & Kalapana is another melodious number with a kutthu background. Stange way to fuse a foot tapping background with melodious singing. A so called rapper (think its Premji of Sullan fame) comes into an interlude making you wonder if they really trying to sell Hip Hop with a gaana effect. Reminds you of "Kannaum Kannum" from Thirupacchi. Pretty good song on repeated listening. But gives you the feeling you've heard it somewhere before.
On the whole, Aaru will delight Suriya Fans. His female fan base will feel let down with no romantic number to speak high of. Its a very average score when compared to Suriya's best like "Kaakha Kaakha" or "Ghajini". Its just a remixed "Maayavi".
Rating : 6/10
Pssstt...the word on the street is you can get the mp3 at http://www.tamilbeat.com
I only tell ya what the streets is talkin. Check it out yourselves if you wanna see if the streets is true.
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