Raja's Gems - the latest one you heard...Part 3

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App, I’m with you on this one. For all the sweetness and precision in her singing, I’ve found Chitra wanting in emotions when it comes to fun songs. Somehow, that ‘let go of oneself’ required for some songs doesn’t happen with her. Periamma (hehehe, enna oru christening, App!) is the undisputed queen in this regard. While in some songs like Maarugo and Pakkam vandhu ninnAl enna one can see Chitra trying to make an extra effort to tread the unfamiliar territory, the numbers are way too few when compared to Janaki. One example that instantly pops up in my mind is Machchi mannAru. Raaja’s singing is bang on the buck, sAvadi singing. And almost sounding lost, Chitra renders it quite meekly (I don’t know, maybe the song demanded her to sing that way). Her voice and singing has an unmistakable ‘chammathu ponnu’ quality to it, the flipside of being technically top-notch, maybe.
Janu’s voice, on the other hand, can oscillate between the timid-girl to ultra-hottie with baffling ease, albeit a shaky/screechy tone; the effortless versatility easily weighing down the not-so-good aspects.
Shreyakutti’s vocal ability is yet to be explored wholly, me thinks, but the output so far has been extremely satisfying. There’s only one way she’s heading and that’s towards greatness; quoting a cliché, legend in the making.