Maanasam has a passable melody that is made to work more by Najeem Arshad’s singing, but the nursery rhyme-ish Merry Christmas verse sounds jarring. Paambum Koneem fares better, built around that earworm-ish jeevitham hook. In the composer’s characteristic style, the song features some neat guitars, and Gopi Sunder himself handles the vocals. Gopi delivers the soundtrack’s best track as well, whose only drawbacks are the singing flaws. He is on point with the melody and its haunting arrangement though (brilliant use of guitars again).
Ma Chu Ka (no clue what the name is supposed to imply). Short and middling soundtrack from Gopi Sunder.
Songs at the end (don't be fooled by the length, it is just two songs repeated twice over). Singer/composer Job Kurian records his first song for Gopi Sunder in Kali, the laid back piece called Chillu Ranthal. The singing is unsurprisingly ace, and Gopi’s arrangement, although bearing faint shades of…
Songs at the end of the review (link via Vino Varghese). Chenthengin is a decent track, relying majorly on Najeem Arshad’s singing to keep it engaging amidst the largely familiar tropes. The arrangement does get interesting around the interludes though. In Veluveluthoru too the vocal efforts are key – Afsal…
You can listen to the songs at the end of the review (link via @vivekranjit). Puthumazhayai (quite a few songs with that title now) is sweet – a nice melody set to a waltz-like rhythm, nothing very fresh, but one that works perfectly for Shreya Ghoshal’s honeyed voice. An alternate…
Songs at the end.
