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Mixed bag for the season
If it’s music on Lord Ayyappa, Veeramani Raju is bound to be part of it. So it is with MQ Audio’s ‘Harihara Sudhan.’ Of the 10 songs in the pack, four are in Raju’s voice. The rest of the solos are shared by Srinivas, w
ho has sung three, with Pushpavanam Kuppusamy, Manikanth Kadri and composer R. Shankar rendering a piece, each.
Raju’s best as far as ‘Harihara …’ is concerned, is the sixth in the pack — ‘Manikanda Naadhanae …’ Rendered with emotion it has a fair share of melody.
The soothing strains of Srinivas spell devotion and aural pleasure. Pallavi lacks cohesiveness and the charanam stands alone as a disjointed piece, but Srinivas’s voice lends them the embellishment that makes all the difference. ‘Hariyum Sivanum…’ exemplifies it. The lyric (Prabhakaran’s) of ‘Iyappanai …’ doesn’t adhere to composer Shanker’s beats and makes it seem a juvenile attempt, while Kalyanji’s wordings are a highpoint of ‘Sabariyai Thozhudhaal …’ with Srinivas’s voice adding lustre.
The rustic genre is represented by the Pushpavanam Kuppusamy song, ‘Neelimalai …’ The CD begins and ends with a Veeramani Raju number.
Harihara Sudhan — Audio CD
Produced by: MQ Networks
Marketed by: Real Music
Composer: R. Shanker
Price: Rs.70
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