When New York is asleep...

there is this to-be-released Tamil movie 'Jillunu Oru Kaadhal' starring the real-life engaged pair Surya & Jyothika (whew! they sure look made for each other).

the movie's soundtrack was released recently. and critics were labeling it as A R Rahman's comeback album after a brief (or was it rather long?) hiatus. Vaali had done the lyrics. Vairumuthu does not do Rahman (also) anymore.

i listened to a couple of tracks from the movie. they seemed to be good. then started playing a single - 'New York nagaram urangum neram...'.
Golly! What a song!

when one listens to it, it feels like the song was actually composed & written by a person on a snowy new york night sitting alone in some condo of a skyscraper....
anyone who has witnessed such a night in the Big Apple can relate to it.

and i bet it'd prove to be extremely harmful if someone listens to this number, alone in such an atmosphere... yes, never attempt to do that!

the tune, the city, the night, the snow, the river shore, the wind, the glass walls, the solitude, her memories, the cold outside, the heat inside...

the music, the lyrics, the voices...
pure class.
haunting.

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