Thandavam Movie Songs Download

[Gabby Dreher]

Thaandavamis the soundtrack to the 2012 Tamil-language film of the same name directed by A. L. Vijay, starring Vikram. The film's musical score is composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar in his 25th film and the album consists of seven songs written by Na. Muthukumar and an instrumental track. The album was released at a launch event held in Chennai on 15 August 2012 coinciding Independence Day and the soundtrack was marketed to digital platforms and CDs through Junglee Music label.

Thaandavam is Prakash's fourth collaboration with Vijay after Kireedam (2007), Madrasapattinam (2010) and Deiva Thirumagal (2011).[1] Like the previous films, Prakash said that there are five songs in the film which would be "melodious and romantic". He used the piano for the theme music and another bit song that would total up to eight in number. However, the film would also consist of "stylish action music".[2]

When Vijay was scouting locations abroad, Prakash sent the tunes for the film via video conferencing through Skype.[3] The song "Oru Paadhi Kadhavu" was initially written for Madrasapattinam that had not been used. During a flight trip to Kerala, Vijay and Prakash casually discussed about a romantic number, resulting the unused track came into the way for this film. Throughout the discussion, Prakash structured the entire song on the flight. The song marked the debut of playback singer Vandana Srinivasan who performed with the counterpart singer Haricharan.[2][4]

The music rights were secured by Junglee Music. On 22 July 2012, the track list was updated through social media consisting of eight tracks in total.[5] The following day, G. Dhananjayan, executive producer and head of distribution at UTV Motion Pictures, confirmed that the film's music would be launched on Independence Day (15 August 2012),[6] and an online contest was held for fans to participate in the audio launch.[7] The invitation was designed with the seven tandavas of Lord Shiva along with stills from the film.[8] The event was held at the Chennai Trade Centre in Nandambakkam, with the cast and crew (excluding Anushka and Santhanam) along with other prominent directors and actors in attendance.[9] The organisers also arranged for action games like rope climbing and shooting as an innovative approach.[8]

The very cover of the Aascar Films Tamil album, Ananda Thandavam, captures you -- with its cloudy blue-grey sky, the hero on his penny-farthing cycle and Tamanna's come-hither look. Expectations are sure to rise as the King of Poetry Vairamuthu has penned the lyrics. Surely the music itself, tuned by G V Prakash Kumar, ought to match them. Let's have a listen:

Naresh Iyer's carefully controlled voice begins Pattu Poochi, along with a wave of synthesised music, which leads into an abrupt slow-paced beat. There are shades of Saaral from Kuselan. Mahathi provides additional vocals to the song which makes a determined effort to be different as it switches to percussion. A trumpet interlude adds some spice. Determined it might be but the song seems to meander without direction -- snappy one moment, ruminative the next. Not a very inspired song, you must admit.

Kallil Aadum begins with Benny and Shweta's voices in a romantic duet -- you can't say much for the latter's voice, which is a tad shrilly for a supposedly mellow track. A flute interlude makes a rather pleasant entrance into the rather commonplace tune, while a guitar also joins the milieu in a bid to enliven the situation. This number just manages to scrape through.

Merry strings of the guitar herald the start of Poovinai, sung by Srinivas and Shreya Ghoshal. The lyrics speak gently of the way life goes, even in the midst of a romantic number. A R Rahman's influence is quite heavy here, as the melody reminds you of the general theme of Pudhiya Mugam. Ironically, it's the end of the song that touches you a bit, with its refrain and philosophic lyrics.

Megam Pola begins, as you might expect, with reverberating cloudburst and a blowing gale. Shankar Mahadevan starts off with a bang in an angsty voice, swift and predicting doom and heart-break -- and Vairamuthu makes his presence felt, again. You don't quite know if the composer was inspired by the evergreen raga of Nanda Nandana but you can't help but enjoy the respite from syrupy love songs. The interlude reminds you of A R Rahman's work in Lagaan. Shankar Mahadevan's lilting voice pulls you into the melody.

Shubha Mudgal's vibrant voice kick-starts Kanaa Kangiren. Nithyashree pitches in with her characteristically strong voice. This one seems to be more an imaginative number on every possible style of marriage there is. The nadaswaram arrives with full gusto, while Vinitra joins the tableau, and happily, this one goes beyond the usual, providing some variation chiefly because of the snappy pace.

Taken together and barring a few moments, the album doesn't really rise to inspiring heights. There's a lot of romance and Vairamuthu's words add some dashing energy, though the tunes are familiar. It's not bad but not very good either.

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