But this song too goes back to quietness as Nasser’s voice echoes across with a splendid narration of a paean to love. And the song gradually builds up intensity, first the percussion and then the rousing chorus – both a rarity in the album that is marked by the dominant quietude. The album’s longest song ( Anthaathi lasts 7:14) starts off almost like a Ludovico Einaudi song, with that haunting piano refrain, before Chinmayi and Govind step in. The same words make yet another appearance in between Anthaathi, enabling a cameo from the wonderful Bhadra Rajin. Version 2 has the composer replacing Chinmayi with Kalyani Menon for the initial poetry by Karthik Netha – and this is probably the only move that doesn’t quite hit the mark in the entire album – the singer comes across sounding a bit weary. The quiet, freeform-ish rendition by Chinmayi Sripaada (the voice of Trisha in this movie both musically and otherwise, apparently), Govind’s heart-tugging violin solo, Kiran’s flute and the assorted sounds of nature, all coming together to take you through something of a musical equivalent of an early morning walk. While the fact that Kaathale Kaathalae ends almost immediately as the title phrase begins still annoys me, there is no denying the incredible charm of the prelude that composer Govind Vasantha builds atop the minute-long piece that first appeared in the teaser of ‘ 96.
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