Vinnaithandi Varuvaya soundtrack- A bold attempt.

Each time I listen to ARR's new album, it makes me feel that he is raising his own standards in terms of quality and experimentation. VTV is a bold attempt to take Indian Music to the world stage. Will he be successful? Will he collapse under his own weight? This remains to be seen. However, he has made sure to break away from the stereotypic charanam/pallavi combination in most of his songs.

My personal favourite is AAROMALE where he has cleverly managed to fuse soft rock (inspired by Pink Floyd) with country kind of music while still trying to maintain the Indian classical mood through the chorus, chords and violin (Not sure of this instrument). The way he juxtaposes two different chords in the background during the chorus completely intrigues me.

VTV title track by Karthick is another favourite which actually took time to grow on me. His use of just guitar makes this track even more difficult to compose.

This is another bold attempt to try to conquer the world through his music. JAI HO ARR.