Tamil Music 2009!

It was an ordinary year for Tamil music with no Rahman album.Yuvan's was an unique ride:stupendous in one movie(Sarvam) and ridiculous in the other(Muthirai).Harris was equally clueless in both his albums.layaraja came up with a lot of duds(He stooped to the level of composing for a soft porn movie) but his BGM score for "Naan Kadavul" stands out.Thaman deserves laurels for his Yuvanish "Mazhaiye mazhaiye" in "Eeram".GVP came up with a competent soundtrack for "Aayirathil oruvan" which has lost it's recall value due to the virtual non-existence of news about the movie's release.Vijay Antony was seen scaling extremes in the same album from the melodious "Azhagai pookuthe" to the go-crazy "Banaras pattu".

So here is the Umesh round-up of Tamil Music 2009:

Worst Lyrics:Karigalan kala pola-Vettaikaran

Worst song:En uchimandai-Vijay Antony(Vettaikaran)

Worst Composer:DSP(Villu,Kandhasamy)

Best composer:Yuvan Shankar Raja(Yogi,Sarvam,Paiyya)

Best album:Azhagarmalai(Ilayaraja)

Not many would have heard this delightful album.The songs which remind one of those joyous days in 80s were subsequently drowned in the low publicity for the B-grade movie.

Best Lyrics:*Oru kal oru kannadi-Na.Muthukumar in "Siva Manasula Sakthi".

*Onnukonnu-"Nandhalala"

Top 5 Songs:

5.Neethane-Yuvan(Sarvam)

4.Ulagam ipo-Ilayaraja(Azhagarmalai)

3.Oru vetkam varudhe-James Vasanthan(Pasanga)

2.Yaaradu Yaaro-Yuvan(Yogi)

1.Onnukonnu-Ilayaraja(Nandhalala)

Albums to watch out for in 2010:

Goa(Yuvan),Vinnaithandi Varuvaya,Raavana,Endhiran(Rahman)

Let's hope for a more Rahmanic year for Tamil music in 2010 atleast.