Kollywood sings new tunes

With newer and unconventional musicians entering the Tamil film industry, the Kollywood hero today can headbang to heavy metal as he can serenade with the blues…New composers and sundry singers have ended in the Tamil film heroes doing greater than just the romantic duet and the kuththu song. With this new wave of musicians entering the industry, now we have the heroes shimmying to hip-hop and techno and in addition rocking it hard to metal tunes. While AR Rahman introduced the Kollywood buffs to genres right from the 90s, the past few years have seen an increased use of those alternate genres by other composers too.

Techno talkFrom Simbu crooning Evan Di Unnai Petthan… to Rajinikanth’s robotic version serenading Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in Endhiran, techno music has suddenly become a rage with the hundreds. The various soundtracks now offer club mixes of the preferred love ballads too, which might be even made into special song promos. NUMEROUS retro songs being rehashed with techno beats have also become quite the hit.

Be-bop to hip hopThaman’s song Parvathy… within the Siddharth-Amala Paul-starrer Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi tried to infuse the acapella style, which was an instant hit with the kids. The three soundtrack by Anirudh too took the kids by storm. From the mish-mash Why This Kolaveri… to the more bluesy Po Nee Po… the soundtrack has a mixture of differnt beats and tunes.

Rocking tunesRock and metal too have seen their entry, with young composers choosing to make use of guitar riffs and drums aplenty of their tunes. Who can forget the rocking Adiye Kolluthey… track from Varanam Aayiram, which was adequate to be a part of a fair rock album. Similarly, numerous young composers come from rock bands, and their influence shows of their music music.