'7-G Rainbow Colony' rules Tamil music charts

Chennai, July 17 (IANS): Dominating Tamil film music albums is "7-G Rainbow Colony". Here are the top five:

1. "7-G Rainbow Colony": For a long time, there was no one in the Tamil film industry who could pose any kind of competition to A.R. Rahman. Then came this young son of Ilayaraja, Yuvan Shankar Raja.

Yuvan's music has the rustic quality of Ilayaraja and also the fast elements that get the youngsters going. A typical example is the music album of "7-G Rainbow Colony". The album has a wonderful mix of melody, classical ragas and fast numbers, not to mention a highly innovative and eminently haunting instrumental track. No wonder it is at the top.

2. "New": A.R. Rahman's albums, however ordinary they are by the exacting standards he has set for himself, are lapped up by his fans. Though there's nothing great about "New", the album is selling well and holding its own in this countdown.

3. "4 Friends": This is the Tamil version of one of the biggest hits in the history of Malayalam cinema, "4 the People". The music of "4 The People" by Jassie Gift left Keralites mesmerised for many months. Jassie Gift became a sensation in Kerala. Now, the Tamil album has been released.

Though it has not caught the imagination of Tamils the way it did in Kerala, its music can be heard on various radio channels all the time.

4. "Gilli": The music of this film continues to make the people of Tamil Nadu tap their feet or dance to "Appadi Podu". The album is successful

mainly because of that one song.

5. "Sullan": Many expected another "Manmada Raasa" from a Dhanush film, but "Sullan" has no such number. It has not disappointed his fans though.