2014 Rankings - Best Tamil Songs (Part 2)

Reviewpuram Akilan & MovieCrow Team

Overall, 2014 has been rich for Tamil Cinema music with healthy mix of commercial and experimental songs supplemented by creative lyrics. In this part, we try our best to uncover the vast range of celebrated, popular, over-rated and under-rated pertaining to all things musical in Tamil Cinema of 2014.  

Best Songs by Categories

Best Love Song : Naan Nee (Madras)

Best Rock Song -  Velai illa Pattathaari (VIP, Anirudh Ravichander)

Best Folk Song – “Pandi Naatu Kodi” (Jigarthanda, Santhosh Narayanan)

Best Rap Song – “Ding Dong” (Jigarthanda, Santhosh Naryanan) 

Best Trend Song – “Selfie Pulla” (Kaththi, Anirudh Ravichander)

Best Soup Song – “Udhungada Sangu” (VIP, Anirudh Ravichander)

Best Duet Song – “Aye Mr. Minor” (Kaaviya Thalaivan, Sashaa Tirupati, Haricharan) 

Best “Kuthu” Song – Darling-u Dambakku (Maan Karate, Anirudh Ravichander)

Best Experimental Song – “Rayile Raa” (Thirumanam Ennum Nikkah, Ghibran)

Best “Period” Song – Thuli Thuliyai (Ramanujan)

Best Sound Experience in a Film – Jigarthanda

Best Fusion Song – “Kakidha Kappal” (Madras, Santhosh Narayanan)

Best Theme Music Track – “Thanda” and its variations (Jigarthanda, Santhosh Narayanan)

Best “ezhavu veedu” Songs – “Rasa Magarasa” (Mundasupatti), Pesuren Pesuren (Pannaiyaarum Padminiyum) 

Lyrics

Best Lyrics :

“Maattram Ondrudhaan Maraadhadhu” (Kochadaiiyaan, Vairamuthu)

“ Unmai Orunaal Vellum” (Lingaa, Vairamuthu)

“ Amma Amma” (Velai Illa Pattathari, Dhanush)

“Manasula Soora Kaathey” (Cuckoo, Yugabharathy)

"Pudhiya Ulagai" (Ennamo Edho, Madhan Karky)

Best Lyricist providing wholesome entertainment – Poet-u Dhanush for Velai Illa Pattathari

Best Tanglish lyrics – “Udhungadu Sangu” (VIP, Dhanush)

Best Choreography – “Udhungada Sangu” (VIP)

Best Montage Songs –  “Vinmeen Vithaiyil” (Thegidi), Pesadhe (Thirudan Police)

Best Lyric-to-Visual Translation – “Alli Arjuna” (Kaaviya Thalaivan, Vasantha Balan, AR Rahman) 

Most Disappointing Visuals – All songs in Thirumanam Ennum Nikkah

Singers

Best Playback Singer (Male): Haricharan (Alli Arjuna, Kaaviya Thalaivan), (Unmai Oru Naal, Lingaa)

Best Playback Singer (Female) – Sakthi Shree Gopalan (“Nee Naan", Madras)

Best Debut Playback Singer : Justin Prabhakaran (“Pesuren Pesuren”, Pannaiyaarum Padminiyum)

Best Rapper – Moses (“Ding Dong, Jigarthanda), Aadhi (“Pakkam Vandhu”, Kaththi)

Top 20 BGM tracks (Official OST releases)

1. “Thanda” and its variations (Jigarthanda, Santhosh Narayanan)
   - The Legend of Sethu
   - Burnt to Death
2. “Rana’s Dream” (Kochadaiiyaan, AR Rahman)
3. “Sikkal” (Madras, Santhosh Narayanan)
4. “Eternal Love” (Cuckoo, Santhosh Narayanan)
5. “Purushothaman Vallabha Calling” (Thegidi, Nivas K Prasanna)
6. “Suvar” (Madras, Santhosh Narayanan)
7. “The First Punch” (Maan Karate, Anirudh Ravichander)
8. “The Sword of Destiny” (Kaththi, Anirudh Ravichander)
9. “Huge dream of a Child” (Pannaiyaarum Padminiyum, Justin Prabhakaran)
10. “Jilla Mania” (Jilla, D. Imman)
11. “Half Time”/”Assault Sethu” (Jigarthanda, Santhosh Narayanan)
12. “Arrival of Padmini” (Pannaiyaarum Padminiyum, Justin Prabhakaran)
13. “Salfogree” (Jigarthanda, Santhosh Narayanan)
14. “Smiling with the Pain” (VIP, Anirudh Ravichander)
15.  “Mr. Fixit Theme” (Vaayai Moodi Pesavum, Sean Roldan)
16. “Edraa Andha Camera'va” (Mundasupatti, Sean Roldan)
17. “Bad Eyes” (Kaththi, Anirudh Ravichander)
18. “A New Cricket Bat” (Jeeva, D. Imman)
19. “Titanic” (Jigarthanda, Santhosh Narayanan)
20. “Pazhikku Pazhi” (Madras, Santhosh Narayanan)

Notable 30 Songs: Defined by their musical quality and the accessibility to common man 

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