Maattrraan is the upcoming movie featuring Suriya in dual attached twins role. The trailer itself has created an anticipation among the Tamil audience. This is the first time in Tamil movies that a hero is doing both the characters of attached twins. The movie is directed by K. V. Anand. His previous movies Ayan and Ko being big hits creates an expectation out of him. Fabulous Kajal Aggarwal is the actress in the movie. The music director for the movie is Harris Jeyaraj. When it is Harris, the songs are expected to be fresh but with the same style being adopted. And the songs fulfill it.
Maattrraan
Rettai Kathirae (Singers : Krish, Balaji, Mili Nair & Sharmila; Lyricist : Na.Muthukumar)
This song will mostly be the introduction song. The song depicts the similarities, the differences and the qualities of the attached twins. The female vocal humming ‘come a long way’ in the song, the music with the ‘puyaladithum vaazhuthe’ line, the lyrics stanza beginning ‘இவன் வார்த்தை மழை துளியாக’ and the voice of Krish are the highlights of this song. The ‘nimi nimi’ female vocal followed by the rap and the speed modulated rettai kathirae towards the end are the parts which weren’t pleasant. Overall, the lyricist Na. Muthukumar and singer Krish made it a big flick.
Kaal Mulaitha Poovae (Singers : Javed Ali & Mahalakshmi Iyer; Lyricist : MadhanKarky)
Harris has tried an altogether different style in this song. The innovative lyric male-female duo combination in stanza ‘நிலவுகள் தலைகள் குனிந்ததே‘ is brilliant. For the inclusion of exotic names like Volga river, Ballet, Chamomile flower and Soviet Union paintings without inclusion of English, Madhan Karky should be given a salute. The stanza ‘அசையும் அசைவில் மனதை பிசைய‘ was sung at a speed of 8x that no one will remember it. Javed Ali’s voice wasn’t that impressive to this song.
Theeyae Theeyae (Singers : Franco, Aalaap Raju, Sathyan & Charulatha Mani; Lyricist : Pa.Vijay)
A regular musical flick from Harris’ keyboard. Aalaap Raju is becoming one of best playback singers and with this song he has again proved it. The lyrics apart from the line ‘அழகான வார்த்தை நீ என்றால்; முற்றுபுள்ளி வெட்கம்‘, aren’t relatively that impressive. The songs energetic beats are brilliant but the rap in between and the mix of musical instruments in the middle of the song comes as a disappointment.
Yaaro Yaaro (Singers : Karthik & Priya Himesh; Lyricist : Thamarai)
This song’s music is very hackneyed. Still, I would say this is the best song in this movie. The reasons are the lyrics and the playback singers. Karthik has brought the feeling of sadness due to loss through his voice. Not all singers could do that. The lyrics were overall good, but I would say the line ‘இது கனவா இருந்தால் கலைந்தே போகும் போகட்டும்‘ brings out the simple feeling anyone after a loss would have. Hats-off to Karthik and Thamarai.
Naani Koni (Singers : Vijay Prakash, Karthik & Shreya Ghoshal; Lyricist : Viveka)
Again a very repetitive performance by Harris. The songs only best thing is the performance of the playback singers. Vijay, Karthik and Shreya have all made it a very fresh and energetic song. The song has ups and downs with discordant timing which makes it a not so pleasant one. Viveka’s lyrics are neither brilliant nor so bad. They are good but fail to make a connect with the audience.
Scorecard:
Maattrraan rating
Bottomline:
Maattrraan songs score in the lyrics and the playback singers’ voice but fail to live up to music expectations.
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