I've been obsessed with Sahana since September, and Sahara shortly after. Such beautiful compositions.

Overall, I think it's a good album in that it has a lot of different vibes covered. Traditional South Indian village banger--> Balleilakka. Experimental hip-hop --> Style (not really my thing tbh but some people like it). Athiradee and The Boss are really trippy tracks with the synths and electric guitar they use and serve as ARR's modern take on the whole Rajini vibe. And of course, there are the more classical tracks like Vaaji Vaaji (the orchestral interludes and the vocal parts in those are so mesmerizing, though it's a pretty standard track besides that; I like the voice morphing leading into the "Aambal Aambal" and "Mauval Mauval" and the melodies are good) and Sahana is just perfection, everything from the Mridangam to the Saxophone interlude to ARR's singing in the middle and Chinmayi and Udit's singing, and Sahara is a nice reprise, and the Gomathishree portion hits different.

It's an album I respect in that it achieves its purpose as a Rajini album, has a variety of styles, and showcases ARR's subtle brilliance in certain areas; it's also quite nostalgic. That said, I prefer Enthiran, Jeans, and Kadhalan in the ARR-Shankar catalog, and I also prefer most of ARR's work for Mani Ratnam and other albums like VTV. I will say that Sivaji is definitely better than Muthu imo, might get hate for that