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[Sureshs65]

Aaaha. This big panchayat it has become eh? In Telugu there is a says, 'aalu ledu, soolu ledu, kodukku peru somalingam'. The guy is not married nor is their any pregnancy involved but the son is already named 'Somalingam' !!!

My take is this. Raja, whoever be the director, will be firm on one thing. That the songs be as per the needs of the film. If Gautam's film requires only tabla music, he will do that, irrespective of what Gautam wants. Plum here had coined the phrase, 'narrative integrity' and Raja has stuck to through and through. So only if Gautam has narrated a story like 'Thandavakone' will he get 'Thandavakone' music One director narrated a 'youth' story to him and he got 'Om Shanthi' which had a couple of wonderful numbers, including the amazing 'Chinna Polike'. Everything would depend on the story and where Gautham is planning to place the songs in it.

Personally, I have stated this earlier as well, I don't have any particular 'shangam', that the album should be like this or like that. I am very convinced Raja is a man who will not want to repeat himself and will be thinking of doing newer things. So I neither want 'Ninaivellam Nithya' nor 'Kadhalukku Mariyadhai'. I want what he gives For example, when 'Pazhassi Raja' came out people thought the music will be on the lines of 'Guru'. It was different, yet it had Raja's stamp, a certain freshness and perfectly suited the movie. So I will personally leave it to Raja (not that I have a choice ) to give me something new. I want to feel the freshness I felt when I heard 'Chinna Polike' or "Edaya Baagilu' or 'Chengkadhir' and I am sure Raja will ensure it happens.