Cast : Surya, Nayantara, Rahul Dev, Saroja Devi, Vadivelu...
Music : Harris Jayaraj
Producer : Udhayanidhi Stalin
Director : K S Ravikumar
Lyrics : Vaali, Pa Vijay, Thamarai, Na Muthukumar, Kabilan, Sri Charan, DR Burn , Maya

-C. Karthik

Music directors stamp their class when they compose albums and so everytime you listen to them, yo can recognize them easily. The same goes with Aadhavan, starring Surya and Nayanthara, when you listen to Burn rapping to the opening number of the album. You get no prizes for guessing that it is Harris Jeyaraj.

Karthik's voice is always a treat to the ears and so he does impress in Hasile fasile (!!!????!). Harris, known for his no-meaning "fillers" in songs, is at full swing in this one. But this is all youth and hep and easily the best number of the album. Though it is difficult to understand the lyrics, you will eventually figure it out when you listen to it a few times. Harini's shrill voice adds to the feel of the song as well.

Yeno Yeno starts on a different note with guitar arrangements and Shail Hada takes it further beautifully but again the voices are sysnthesised so much that it loses its originality. But with Andrea and Sudha Raghunathan for support, you start expecting more out of this song. But Harris slips to some of this earlier notes somewhere along the songs which gives you a feeling of nostalgia. But overall this is another melody to tap your foot to.

Damakku dammakku reminds you of Surya's opening song in Ayan. You cant help but visualise Surya's steps in that song. Though the sounds are differnet, Benny's voice and the tone of the song fail to impress. This is a definite dampener of a song. Makes you wonder if Harris is only good at melodies !

WOW! Thats the feeling when you listen to the lovely notes churned out of a piano. Vaarayo Vaarayo has Chinmayee and Unnikrishnan delivering another melody (huh!). But again the saxophone and the "familiar" chorus does no justice to the wonderful voices of the two. The lyrics aren't great either and the song fails to impress.

Dekho Dekho is all techno and is definitely different from usual Harris Jeyaraj. If you think this is a usual Boys vs Girls Techno rap you are plesantly surprised by Sandhya's melody in between. Harris tries to experiment with hindustani notes in the song  as well which works to a certain extent. The song will leave you confused because you will fail to understand which genre it belongs to but overall this is listenable.

Maasi Maasi is all Mano. A wonderfully talented singer is at his best in this song. Though the lyrics are a little stupifying, the vintage of Mano shows in this song. This has a 80's feel to it and again has a sprinkling of fillers from Harris' dictionary. The arrangements are good in this song and is worth listening only for Mano.

Overall, though Harris Jeyaraj has tried to experiment in his new album, he fails when it comes to fast numbers. Yopu certainly wonder if melodies are the only way to go. Though you try to love the songs, it gives you a "Oh-I-have-heard-this-before" feeling without a doubt. Harris always has a kack of delivering hits and three songs out of six in this album are definitely chart toppers. But when it comes to experimenting and fast numbers, Harris still has some way to go.