Thoranai(Tamil,Mani Sharma)

Naveen and Ranjith add so much flavour even to the outdated but strangely addictive intro song,Vedi Vedi Saravedi while the composer desperately tries to make Vijay Yesudas' Pattucha Pattucha interesting by his catchy western infusions but his effort goes in vain.Pelican Paravaigal has a predictable chorus but has interesting backgounds along with some effortless singing by Ranjith.Manjasela Mandakini,with its manic pace and the tuneless tune(!)is straight out of Srikanth Deva's repertoire and only manages to annoy.Ranjith's version of Vaa Chellam is much better than Udit Narayan(He is getting worse by the day!)and the tune itself is reminiscent of many earlier songs tuned by the composer.Mani Sharma's OST in Thoranai is perhaps a shade more likeable than his earlier Padikkathavan but Mani should seriously consider divorcing Tamil films and should restrict himself to Telugu.