Who knew Rajnikanth would try a hand at music? His first single for upcoming Tamil movie Kaala hit the internet. But unlike his movies, failed to impress the audience.
However, just like typical rap music, the lyrics do come across as meaningful and impressive but lack good tune and the rendition is not quite appealing for fans.
Composed by Santhosh Narayan, the track met negative reviews, as the song was released in Tamil, Telegu and Hindi versions on Tuesday, May 1.
The Tamil version ‘Semma Weightu’ has been a collaboration of Hariharasudhan and music director Santhosh Narayanan’s voices along with lyrics contributed by Arunraja Kamaraj, Dopeadelicz, and Logan.
The track sheds light on life and atmosphere of slums aided by Rajini’s character sketch. It has notes of retro besides rap but sadly none of these efforts matter as the audience remains disappointed. It is a below average output with little hope for some better numbers yet to come.
Santhosh Narayanan, who has also composed the intro song of Rajini’s previous flick Kabali, has clearly been a letdown for those expecting a blockbuster hit song.
Here, we bring you selected-few tweets posted by the viewers, sharing their disappointment over the number:
Krithika©: I don’t do this usually. But die-hard Thalaivar fan myself, I sincerely hope and pray that I don’t get to listen to this another time, even by some chance, before the movie releases. Paata da ithu laam??! Lyrics nalla iruku and that’s about it.
#SemmaWeightu #KaalaSingle #Kaala
Guru K: Sounds like ARR Peta Rap, if we listen to it closing the eyes. Same music style as kabali. No punch…voice sumaruuu #kaapa #semmaweightu
Yogesh: Lyrics looks powerful but song is very average. Sorry it doesn’t register in our mind at all.. #SemmaWeightu
Priyanthan: Not really feeling this song by Santhosh 🙁 Hope rest of the album’s better.
#SemmaWeightu #Kaala
Gobyshankar: This is not what we expected from SaNa, #semmaweightu disappointing big time. #kaalaa
Kaala is a gangster movie, written and directed by Pa Ranjith. Rajinikanth’s son-in-law Dhanush is producing the movie and Lyca Productions is distributing the flick.