Deepak Dev surely is no Ilayaraja, but he does manage to incorporate quite nicely the
folksy elements in the buoyant
opening track Aaranne Aaranne. Job Kurien and Rita do not disappoint in their rendition, though they fail to
pull off the North Kerala accent. Swetha Mohan and Yesudas get behind the mic to deliver Aaro Nee Aaro, a beautifully arranged mildly period-esque
melody that in its grandeur
reminded me of Naran in places.
Is it just me, or is there an
electronic twang in Yesudas’ voice? Very nice listen anyways.
The composer uses a Vadakkan
Paattu tune in the most
simplistic manner in Appaa, just a santoor (synth-generated?)
sound accompanying debutant
singer Reshmi Sathish’ s strong and impactful voice. The
singer returns with another
dark pulsating track called Chalanam Chalanam that quite effectively utilises her
singing. Very good debut for
her, this. Manjari’ s first ever song for Deepak Dev comes in the form
of the short, simple (barring
that momentary orchestral
burst halfway through) and
flippant Chimmi Chimmi, where the composer uses all sorts of
random sounds in the
background to fantastic results.
The singer quite obviously has a
fun time rendering it. The
composer gives another song to Prithviraj in the rock version of Vadakku Vadakku. Yes it has been decently arranged,
well-sung and all that, but what
is such a track doing in a period
movie? There is also a Friendship version of the same song by Gurukiran and Shaan Rahman which doesn’ t quite match up to the original despite
a more fusionesque-inclination,
but until my initial query is
answered I don’ t quite care about the quality of either
variant. Deepak Dev presents
another traditional-sounding
folk track in Thelu Thele, sung soulfully by KR Renji. Though minimal, the background is
imaginatively done. And bringing
up the rear is the expressive Theme Song that features a wide assortment of instruments
(and a brief humming portion by Mili). Deepak Dev produces a score
quite expected from a movie like Urumi, barring the one surprise inclusion called Vadakku
Vadakku. Job well done! Looking
forward to Santosh Sivan’ s visual interpretation of the
songs. Music Aloud Rating – 8/10 Recommended Tracks – Aaro Nee Aaro, Aaraanne
Aaraanne, Appaa, Chalanam
Chalanam
The Urumi Audio Sold Record
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