Malayalam films produced some of the finest music for any film industry, in 2015. The sheer variety of music from Kerala this year was a delight! Composer Bijibal was perhaps at his prolific best, producing a bewildering array of tunes across films like 32aam Adhyayam 23aam Vaakyam, Nellikka, Pathemari, Rani Padmini, Rajamma@Yahoo, Su Su Sudhi Vathmeekam, She Taxi, KL10 Pathu and Jilebi, though a complete standout soundtrack eluded him. Gopi Sundar, who shares the composer of the year tag with Bijibal, also had a scattered assortment of great tunes from films like Ennu Ninte Moideen, Charlie, Oru Second Class Yathra, Mili, Ivan Maryadaraman, Two Countries, Saaradhi, Jamna Pyari, Ivide and Lailaa O Lailaa. Unique to Malayalam soundtracks is the relatively lesser number of songs per film - usually 3 - that leads to a less rounded soundtrack. But, even with lesser number of songs, Roby Abraham's lone soundtrack, You Too Brutus deserves the top spot in the 3 soundtracks of the year, for the kind of vibrant music it delivered.
The year's biggest blockbuster, Premam, has a middling soundtrack at best, though much of its popularity was on the back of the film's success. It did have the delightful, released-later song, Malare, though! The top honor in the songs easily goes to Prashant Pillai's ear-worm from Chandrettan Evideya, Vasanthamallike! Shaan Rahman (with Oru Vadakkan Selfie and Adi Kapyare Kootamani), Govind Menon (with 100 Days of Love) and Viswajith (with Rudra simhasanam) round off the top 10.
Harikrishna's domination in the top 10 list is incredible, with 6 of the 10 songs! Mickey J Meyer, Manikanth Kadri, Arjun Janya and Anup Bhandari pick the other 4 spots. But yes, Kannada cinema lacked a big, inventive soundtrack like last year's Ulidhavaru Kandante.
He also extends praise for his co-star Jacqueline Fernandez in the film. "What has changed is the fact is that she's become a better performer, even more confident dancer, you can see that in her performance in songs, there is a certain level of perfection that she's attained. Hats off to her and I wish her all the best. I'm really happy for her that she's doing so well."
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