Songs and musician credits at the end.
Composer Deepankuran gets two of Malayalam music’s most beloved singing doyennes – Chithra and Sujatha – to share credits in the same song after a long hiatus. Vidilla Poonda Kallaa is a light-hearted ode to the young Lord Krishna, kind of like Kanna Nidurinchara (Baahubali 2), but a lot more playful in its tone. While it is a delight to listen to the singers perform in tandem, the composer does a fab job on his part too – a tune that nicely segues from Anandabhairavi to Kharaharapriya to Shankarabharanam raga, and a folk-rich arrangement that sees an assortment of percussion instruments played by Sunil. The album contains a second ode to the deity as well, Muthumani Radhe, that also happens to be my favourite from the soundtrack. Deepankuran chooses Sindhubhairavi raga as the base for the wonderfully executed bhajan-styled piece. Lovely touch, that edaykka-led (played by Krishnakumar) prelude – and excellent singing by Vijesh Gopal and chorus.
To see lyricist Anil Panachooran handle the vocals for one of his songs is a nice throwback to the first time he did so, in one of his earliest movies, which was also from director Lal Jose. Panachooran’s voice is a perfect fit for the wistful folksy piece that Mazha Varanunde is – and the man’s lines could well be an allegory to the recent floods that hit the state. Vineeth Sreenivasan and Radhika Narayanan lead the romantic Nenjinullil Aake, the album’s most filmi track, so to say. Neat job on the orchestration once again, especially the expansive use of strings (Cochin Strings). The raga is apparently Shuddh Saarang, which sounds really close to hamsanaadham – my mind went back to songs like Vidyasagar’s Poovaasam Purappadum Penne more than once! Another top song from the album is the final one, yet another devotional piece, this time to goddess Parvathi, titled Mangalakaaraka. The raga Deepankuran picks for this one is the beautiful arabhi, a raga that always has an auspicious feel about it, and the singers Manjari and Aavani do a splendid job of delivering it, aided briefly by Sudeep Kumar.
Thattumpurathu Achuthan. Composer Deepankuran’s first big-ticket project (he did get to work in 2013 with director Jayaraj – incidentally the director who launched the composing careers of his father and uncle – but Camel Safari wasn’t exactly “big-ticket”), and he delivers admirably, managing to add another good soundtrack to director Lal Jose’s long and illustrious portfolio.
Music Aloud Rating: 3.5/5
Top Recos: Muthumani Radhe, Mangalakaaraka, Nenjinullil Aake
Musician Credits
1. Song : Nenjinullil….
Lyrics : Anil Panachooran
Music & Programmed by : Deepankuran
Singers : Vineeth Sreenivasan , Radhika Narayanan
Veena : Sounder Rajan
Flute: Rajesh Cherthala
Strings : Cochin Strings (Francis Xavier, Herald Antony, Francis
Sebastian)
Accoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar & Bass : Sandeep Mohan
Percussion : Sunil
Recorded by : Sangeeth Sreedhar (D Studio, Cochin)
Mixed and Mastered by : Kiran Lal (NHQ, Cochin)
2. Song : Muthu Muthu Radhe…..
Lyrics : Beeyar Prasad
Music & Programmed by : Deepankuran
Singer : Vijesh Gopal
Backing Vocals : Deepankuran, Arun, Renjith, Vijesh & Sangeeth
Idakka : Krishnakumar
Tabla & Dolak : Anand
Harmonium : Berny
Accoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Banjo & Bass : Sandeep Mohan
Recorded by : Sangeeth Sreedhar (D Studio, Cochin)
Mixed and Mastered by : Kiran Lal (NHQ, Cochin)
3. Song : Vidilla Poonda Kalla….
Lyrics : Beeyar Prasad
Music & Programmed by : Deepankuran
Singers : K.S.Chitra, Sujatha Mohan
Backing Vocals : Radhika Narayanana , Devi Saranya,
Deepankuran
Veena : Sounder Rajan
Flute : Adi Swarup
Accoustic Guitar & Bass : Sandeep Mohan
Percussion : Sunil
Recorded by : Sangeeth Sreedhar (D Studio, Cochin)
Mixed and Mastered by : Arunn Babu (D Studio, Cochin)
4. Song : Mazha Varanunde…..
Lyrics : Anil Panachooran
Music & Programmed by : Deepankuran
Singer : Anil Panachooran
Backing Vocals : Deepankuran, Arun, Renjith, Vijesh
Accoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar & Bass : Sandeep Mohan
Percussion : Sunil
Recorded by : Sangeeth Sreedhar (D Studio, Cochin)
Mixed and Mastered by : Kiran Lal (NHQ, Cochin)
5. Song : Mangalakaaraka….
Lyrics : Beeyar Prasad
Music & Programmed by : Deepankuran
Singers : Manjari, Sudeep Kumar, Aavani
Strings : Cochin Strings (Francis Xavier, Herald Antony, Francis
Sebastian)
Flute : Adi Swarup
Accoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Mandolin & Bass: Sandeep
Mohan
Percussion : Sunil
Recorded by : Sangeeth Sreedhar (D Studio, Cochin)
Mixed and Mastered by : Kiran Lal (NHQ, Cochin)
