CORE 01: Sakkarakatti - As sweet as it gets

Again, a long break. Rahman makes me come back. This time for the review of Sakkarakatti. I am not going to provide the professional review like everybody does, but rather the aspects that I like about the song.

Overall, this album has a huge electronic influence, but that is where the generalization stops. Read further for a track-by-track notes.

01 Taxi Taxi
This song has been on air for a while with all the promos. Highly repetitive. I don't want to use the term 'monotonous' as it is definitely catchy. A simple rhythm, three language lyrics... Tamil, English and French (In order of length used in the song). Of course, in Rahman style, there is a small Punjabi influence!!!@@##$$%% Crazy man.

Singers: Benny Dayal, Blaaze, Viviane Chiaxe, Javed Ali


02 Marudhaani
This is for the Rahman melody lovers. Madhushree does the soothing rendition with the not-so-soothing-but-blow-your-mind bass rhythm. Once again, Rahman hides a lot of sounds for you to discover everytime you listen to it. There is a simple piano piece with a mild wind of the flute. Though the credit says Rahman, don't think that this is a duet. Up until now, he had reserved it only for Lata. He and Hentry (I didn't spell it wrong) Kuruvilla does some humming.

Singers: Madhushree, A.R.Rahman, Hentry


03 I Miss You Da
Dominated by synthesizers. Not likely to be a hit song as Chinmayi whispers the song, but slowly. You be the judge.

Singers: Chinmayi, Indai Haza


04 Chinnamma
Yes. You guessed it right. The same Chinnamma from M.F.Hussain's Meenaxi. A few modifications in the effect, but yllables have been kept almost the same in the lyrics, preserving the originalty of the original version. Good job Pa Vijay! The best part is that this song doesn't require time to grow on you. It already did!

Singers: Benny Dayal, Chinmayi


05 Elay
Undoubtedly, the best track of the album. Sure to become a big hit. It might have already. Starts with a Guitar rhythm, exquisitively augmented by a solo violin. From the credits, I assume it is John Themis (He did some strings in Meenaxi too). Folks, don't come to me saying that this song sounds like Roobaroo from Rang De Basanti. It is not. A Guitar, a Violin and a Harmonica stand out among the instruments. A must-listen.

Singers: Krish, Naresh Iyer


06 Naan Eppodhu
This is Yeh Rishta from Meenaxi. No explanations required here I guess. Looks like the vocal supervisors would have had a tough time. Unlike Chinnamma, this song has been left unmodified.

Singers: Reena Bharadwaj


A few trivia about the songs.
1. Marudhaani and Naan Eppodhu were sung by Madhushree and Reena Bharadwaj respectively. None of them know Tamil. So what Rahman does is to get the service of Shreeni and Srinivasa Murthy (Yes, Rahman's arranger/conductor) for Vocal Supervision
2. The violin in 'Elay' can be found in Toss the feathers by Corrs. Of course, both Rahman and Corrs are one among the few who use Irish folk in their composition. So before you say Rahman copied, here is something for you.
3. Marudhaani has vocals by two technicians. One the great Rahman and his additional rhythm programmer Hentry Kuruvilla.