‘Kadhaigal’ is Kaber's first English collaboration, undertaken with the help of Malaysian rapper Balan Kashmir.
Here we resume our usual installments of musical roundup, picking up where we left off --- our half-yearly roundup post.
From Amit Trivedi's full-fledged debut in the south to Harris Jayaraj and Sean Roldan making a return to proceedings, here is our pick of Southern film songs from January 2019 in no particular order.
8.5
Riveting
This is the composer's best year so far, with respect to the deserved appreciation and the quality of music produced. Seethakaathi is as wholesome an album as '96 is.
When Shreya Ghoshal lands the opening 'Thumbi Thumbi' note following a meandering tune and onomatopoeic sounds, the song materializes and how.
Southern film music had multiple highs this March. There were follow-up to releases earlier this year, multiple high-quality soundtracks, especially in Kannada and in Telugu.
7.5
Winning
The emergent strong collaboration between Raju Murugan and Sean Roldan is more apparent with Mehandi Circus. The soundtrack is a winner.
Chennai-based Arivarasu Kalainesan aka Arivu has managed to become the face of Tamil rap down south with his politically charged verses and blistering flow.
The quality of music from the south is steadily on the rise. February had some significant releases, lovely follow-up singles to full-fledged albums; some of which are very likely to end up in the year-end lists.
8
Rounded
AR Rahman and Rajiv Menon achieve what they set out to do in Sarvam Thaala Mayam. And in time we will see if this hat-trick works on listeners.
