Neethane En Ponvasantham | Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu | Assi Nabbe Poorey Sau

[Bala (Karthik)]

As a guess and from the track itself, is it the classicism and modernism hand-in-hand, or rather mouth-in/in-mouth, at play, as is the case with Raaja at his best?

Doesn't quite do justice. The key question is, one is to look around to see if any contemporary song sounds like this. Or a song from the past? Maybe a part here and there reminds one of a Raaja song or three. Cliche of cliches, it's all those and yet nothing like those
Melody in such speed, a love melody that's not all mush, a touch of men-sogam adding depth, such densely packed parts through all the phrases...