Mersal Songs - Music Review
Ramesh Kannan
Mersal is one of the highly anticipated movies of 2017 directed by Atlee with Vijay, Samantha, Kajal Agarwal and Nithya Menon in the lead roles. The expectations skyrocketed with AR Rahman roped as a composer which makes this third album for Vijay in AR Rahman's music. Let's check out whether the album managed to live up to its expectations.
Aalaporaan Tamizhan:✔ Aalaporaan Tamizhan comes off easily as one of the best introduction songs for Vijay but the song has a mind-boggling mix of free-flowing tune pieces and whether those pieces coherently fits together is a questionable one. Rahman builds the tune in a splendid manner with thumping grand percussions in the interludes and the lovely chorus portions topped by Naveen Kumar's flute. Kailash Kher does a decent job in the vocal department while AV Pooja's Raanjhanaa'esque cameo in the second half is a winsome show by the singer.
Neethaane:✔ Neethaane is a blissful listen and Shreya Goshal's saccharine brimming vocals is enough for the listeners to fall in love with the song. She easily overshadows the A R Rahman vocals in the track and AR Rahman easily scores when one considers the arrangements. Mohana Veena by Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt accompanied by the classical sargam in the second interlude by the composer makes this one spellbinding listen.
Maacho:✔ A R Rahman continues to relegate techno loaded song for Sid Sriram and the singer's suave rendition makes it listenable despite an average tune which gives déjà vu feel. Swetha Mohan provides ample support with her vocals. Rahman wields his potential in the arrangements especially the mix of classical guitar strums amidst the techno sounds in the first interlude is the sheer brilliance by the Mozart of Madras.
Mersal Arasan: Mersal Arasan is another frenetic percussion dominated song in the album similar to Aalaporaan Tamizhan and this one also features a discordant mix of tune bits despite the individual tunes are interesting enough to hold the listener for its run time. Naresh Iyer and GV Prakash sounds apt and the tongue rolling chorus is the easy takeaway in this mediocre assorted mix of distinct fragments.
Verdict:
AR Rahman delivers mass album to satiate Vijay fans but the soundtrack is far-off from the composer’s best.
Rating: 3/5