While browsing through my Facebook account, I saw a video where the message was that, 'If you have never failed, you have never lived'. That message gave me an assurance that I was living, having failed on numerous occasions, even very recently for that matter.
But that assurance was short lived. There is a lot of buzz about this song 'Kolaveri'. One of my friend asked me if I like it. I told my friend that I have not even heard it. So my friend said, 'If you have not heard it, you are not living'. Now it was question of weather I exist and if I was living. So I decided to listen to that song.
The first time I ever heard about this 'Kolaveri' was when one of my colleague asked me what it meant. I was curious to know how he came across this word. He said that it was a Tamil song sung by Rajini's son-in-law. He recited the first few lines of it and I did not find any Tamil word in it. I was wondering how is it a Tamil song. So that was my first experience with 'Kolaveri'.
After that I saw the word 'Kolaveri' being used everywhere, even in Cricinfo. Still it did not kindle my curiosity and it was just another song for me. Now that my existence was questioned :) and the song was being referred as a love failure song, I thought why not listen to it.
When I heard the song for the first time and saw some related videos, I came to know of a few more facts about the song. It is from a movie called '3', directed by Aiswarya, daughter of Rajini. The song has been composed by some 18 year old guy. It has been written and sung by Dhanush.
This song has been touted as a song from a lover who failed in love. When I heard the song for the first time, for me, it was anything but a love failure song. The music was noway suggestive of the pain in a love failure. The lyrics itself had very few parts suggesting it was a so called 'soup song'. For me it was a song from a person who is drunk, not able to put his words and thought in a structured manner. May be the reason why he was drunk could be because of his love failure. But, does that qualify it to be a love failure song? To be honest, I do not know :(. The movie is not released yet, so we do not know how this song has been picturised, may be that would do some justice to the claim of it being a 'soup song'.
As far as the composition goes, it is really catchy. More than catchy, it is a foot taping music. I do not have any idea about the guy who composed it. Not sure how many other songs he has composed in the past. But, this one is definitely pleasing to hear. It has good entertainment quotient. The music has lot of energy in it. As the song progresses, the energy also increases. Again not a conventional way to present a love failure. Even if it is an unconventional way, I doubt it.
On the lyrics front, it definitely shows the naivety of the lyricist. The lyrics does not have a structure. It is is as if anything that came in mind has been scribbled. If I consider the conventional lyrics, then I would even go to the extent of saying that it has no lyrical value. The best part of the lyrics is "Pa pa pa ppaan, pa pa pa ppaan, pa pa pa ppaan pa pa ppan". Just because it is not a conventional song (again, it is my opinion), I can give him a 5/10 for the lyrics. The lyrics has definitely cut the barriers of state. This song has cut across the international boundaries as well. On popularity front, it is very high on the charts. On entertainment value as well, it scores very well. I do not have to certify that. I guess that is what they aimed at and have achieved it. We Tamil speaking people use the word 'Kolaveri' quiet often in our conversation but never knew that it had the potential to get this popular :).
I am also of the opinion that Dhanush has sung it very well. At the same time, I feel that the way he has sung this song betrays the claim of it being a love failure song.
In the end I would say that it is an unconventional song that has achieved a popularity that would be enviable by others in the industry. It has a good foot tapping music and is very catchy. Let us now wait and see how this song is picturised.
Now after reading through this, do not ask me, 'Why this Kolaveri da?'. :)
