I just finished listening to the OST of Gautam Menon’s most-awaited Tamil movie Vinaithaandi Varuvaaya (English: Will You Cross the Skies and Come to Me?), composed by the Oscar, Grammy and numerous awards winner A. R. Rahman! Having listened to all the seven songs in the album, I have to say that the Rahman magic is here to stay… for a very very very long time.

The OST includes the following tracks:
1. “Omana Penne” (Sung by Benny Dayal, Kalyani Menon)
2. “Anbil Avan” (Sung by Devan Ekhambaram, Chinmayi)
3. “Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa” (Sung by Karthik)
4. “Hosanna” (Sung by Vijay Prakash, Suzanne D’Mello, Blaaze)
5. “Kannukkul Kannai” (Sung by Naresh Iyer)
6. “Mannipaaya” (Sung by A. R. Rahman, Shreya Ghoshal)
7. “Aaromale” (Sung by Alphons Joseph)

If I were to pick up the top three tracks in the OST, it would be “Anbil Avan”, “Hosanna” and “Kannukkul Kannai”, in no particular order of preference. Rahman is pure genius – his trademark music never fails to impress. In Vinaithaandi Varuvaaya, he goes on to compose seven very different tracks, suiting every mood.

Take “Anbil Avan” for instance. The song essentially sounds like a hymn sung by a church choir, given that the story of the movie involves two main characters – it’s a love story between a Christian girl (Jessie played by Trisha Krishnan) and a Hindu boy (Karthik played by Silambarasan). Obviously, “Anbil Avan” is a perfect fit. Check it out:

I can go on talking about the track called “Hosanna”. It’s simply beautiful and pure bliss to hear. The song’s background theme sounds a bit like “Tu Meri Dost Hai” from the Hindi film Yuvraj, which was composed by Rahman about a year ago. “Hosanna” is a setting wherein the male lead of the movie is trying to propose his love to the love of his dreams. A part of the music video is doing rounds on YouTube. I simply love the choreography of the song. Check it out below:

“Kannukkul Kannai” is a fast number and the violin base of the song is brilliant! Naresh Iyer is a talented singer and his voice is a perfect fit to entire feel of the track. Check it out:

Though I liked the other tracks of the OST, I doubt I might be a huge fan of them. “Omana Penne” is too basic for my liking. Check it out:

“Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa” is too slow. Check it out:

“Aromale” is a new concept – it features a “Wild West” kind of composition. I like the fact how the song starts off slowly and then gets into a kind of Indian Classical/Western composition. It is indeed a very good effort – though I didn’t get even a word of the entire song, because the lyrics apparently is in Malayalam. Not sure, why this was done in a Tamil movie – probably because the script needed it or Gautam Menon got homesick :) Check it out:

“Mannipaaya” sung by A. R. Rahman and Shreya Ghoshal is too innocent to listen to. An excellent track that begs for forgiveness – I am sure it will be a huge hit with people in L.O.V.E. Check it out:

Overall, I can easily give the OST of Vinaithaandi Varuvaaya a 4.5/5.0!