Marudhu Songs - Music Review

Ramesh S Kannan

Marudhu is an upcoming rural based movie directed by M Muthiah of komban fame with Vishal as a lead. Imman scores music for this movie and let's check out whether Imman manages to bounce back with Marudhu after the string of average albums in 2016 or not.

Sooravalida

Sooravalida's orchestration is the mix of earthy rural thumping percussions and extensive usage of Thirumurthi's Nadaswaram and the sounds are engaging although bordering on the familiar template. Imman's tune is the mishmash of composer's earlier soundtracks and the song comes off lively mainly due to JineshPrabhu's verve.

Othasada Rosa

Othasada Rosa's suffers from the monotonous tune especially in the Pallavi portions and the tune turns better in charanam with ample support from Sai Charan'svocals. Imman up the ante in the arrangements by employing timely infusion of Kanjira, strings in the prelude and guitar riffs with the classical twist in the interludes. Overall this one is an engaging song with minor glitches.

Karuva kaatu Karuvaaya

Karuva kaatu Karuvaaya simple lovely ear pleasing tune handled effectually by Vandana Srinivasan with her flawless vocals and bolstered by Jithin and Jaya moorthy.Imman kept the arrangements minimal with fabulous violin solos by Karthik Iyer and Ghatam being the highlight in this track. Vairamuthu's apt lyics is the asset of the track and flows in tandem with the tone of the song.

Akka Petha Jakkavandi

Akka Petha Jakkavandi starts with tribal bagpiper prelude and the song transcends into foot tapping racy folk track with Imman's trademark sounds while Anirudh Ravichander and Niranjana Ramanan's buoyant vocals makes the song enjoyable one till it lasts. Yugabharathi's banter rural lyrics aid this entertaining song to the large extent.

Marudhu Theme track

Imman ends the rural soundtrack with intense theme track where rich assortment of percussion, brief veena touch towards the end and grand orchestration makes this one works. Though an occasional chant of marudhu doesn’t add much value to the instrumental, overall theme looks neat and may gel well with the visuals.

Verdict: Marudhu, another rural outing for Imman and he delivers minimum guarantee soundtrack where songs appeal easily to target audiences. Imman's hackneyed Raja’esque melodies although lilting; it begins to sound tiresome considering the volume of soundtracks scored by the composer.

Rating: 2.75/5

Picks of the Album: Karuva kaatu Karuvaaya, Akka Petha Jakkavandi, Othasada Rosa.