Ponniyin Selvan 1 music assessment: AR Rahman’s album is music to the ears

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Ponniyin Selvan 1 music assessment: AR Rahman’s album is music to the ears

In just a little over twenty years on the earth of Hindi movie music, it is not typically that the stability of a movie album and its success tilts in favor of a track by a budding singer. That one stellar piece, the way in which enterprise is, wants a number of abnormal songs to rule the airwaves. But when it occurs – akin to when Shreya Ghoshal debuted with Barry Piya in Devdas (2002), or when KK made his debut in Tadap Tadap Ke Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999), or when Arijit Singh made his debut in Aashiqui 2. Me topped the charts with Tum Hi Ho – this modified the trajectory of his profession, making him the main playback singer of his time.

Alaikdal (Dubi Doobi) – a soulful composition by AR Rahman after a very long time – is that track for singer Antara Nandi. Mani Ratnam’s vocals for Ponniyin Selvan 1, a interval drama primarily based on Kalki Krishnamurthy’s eponymous and iconic Tamil novel, Nandi, in her debut movie, does justice to the plentiful rocks and troughs on this compelling composition. From the prelude, which is a metered alap, tempting scales, violin interludes, hovering synths, and edgy beats, the light raga – harking back to ’50s Tamil music – is brilliantly sung and clinging. This is by far the very best piece on the album.

While Doobi Doobi is garnering loads of consideration on social media, 5 different songs, all composed in 4 languages, nonetheless show Rahman’s mantra as one of many extra essential composers of our instances. After virtually tremendous songs, Mani Ratnam is required to convey Rahman again to his type. Quite a lot of songs work higher in Tamil than it was supposed. In Hindi, lyrically, they appear a bit misplaced in translation.

Meet Kaveri shouldn’t be lyrically dominant, and doubtless will get misplaced in translation, however is sort of an earworm. Rahman’s remedy of it, which he sang with edgy rhythm and a scintillating violin hook, just about matches the tone of the movie. There is a rare humility in the way in which Ghoshal sings to the climbing demon Mama. But what would not match is the wrap part afterwards. Ghoshal additionally sings and excels with conversational and catchy lyrics.

According to the novel, the Chola kings had been devotees of Thevaram – a group of hymns in reward of Shiva – or how a few of them had been largely influenced by Buddhism. I want Rahman had used the ambiance of that point and used the music of those traditions. This would have made the present, fairly outstanding tapestry, extra genuine. One understands the restrictions of recent movie music but when anybody can ship this stability of notice constructions, it’s Rahman. For now, it is Alekdal all the way in which.

Ponniyin Selvan 1 (Tamil)
PS1 (no)

music: AR Rahmani
Lyrics: Shiva Anant, Elango Krishnan, Kaabilan, Kritika Nelson, Mehboob
ranking: three and a half stars


With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS

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