as well. Having said that, it doesn't look like VTV is one of her best efforts. Blame the post-Oscar hype or the burden of too many projects but aside from a few moments of brilliant heights, ARR pretty much sticks to his proven template. In this collection, he's gone more for the western crowd, it seems and there's little space for experimentation. A discerning music-lover might be left yearning for something more. For diehard ARR fans though, it's a musical treat." Music Aloud gave the rating of 8.5 out of 10 stating "To sum up, it is refreshing to hear a set of totally new tunes from a Gautam Menon flick. Rahman has started off his 2010 campaign in style. And in Aaromale, he has once again shown why he is a league apart from other music directors of his time." Milliblog reviewed "Gautam’s fish-out-of-bowl state shows as he grapples with Rahman’s divergently different melodic palette." Radioandmusic.com gave the album 3.5 out of 5 and reviewed "Experimental in nature, the album Vinnaithandi Varuvaya exudes freshness. My pick in the album includes Hossana which would go well with the audiences, Alphonse Joseph owes Rahman for beautiful composition- Aaoromale and Mannipaya." Accolades Album credits Credits adapted from A. R. Rahman's official website. Producers A. R. Rahman Songwriters A. R. Rahman (Composer & Arranger) Thamarai (Lyrics) Performers A. R. Rahman, Benny Dayal, Kalyani Menon, Devan Ekambaram, Chinmayi, Karthik, Vijay Prakash, Suzanne, Blaaze, Naresh Iyer, Shreya Ghoshal, Alphons Joseph, Megha Musicians Nadaswaram - Natarajan Guitar - Johny George, Sanjeev Thomas, Keith Peters Violin - Ganesh Rajagopalan Flute - Naveen Kumar, Kiran Cello - Elith Martyn Strings - Chennai Strings Orchestra (conducted by V. J. Srinivasamurthy) Choir - KM Music Conservatory Backing vocals - Blaaze, Suzanne D'Mello, Vivek Agarwal, Dr. Narayanan, V. V. Prasanna, Haricharan Seshadri, Kalyani Menon Personnel Additional programming and arrangement - T. R. Krishna Chetan, P. A. Deepak, Hentry Kuruvilla, Vivianne Chaix Additional vocal supervisor - Srinivas Doraisamy Sound engineers Panchathan Record Inn, Chennai - P. A. Deepak, T.R. Krishna Chetan, Vivianne Chaix, Suresh Perumal, Kannan Ganpat AM Studios, Chennai - Sivakumar S Production Mixed by - P. A. Deepak, K. J. Singh Mastered by - Sivakumar S Musicians co-ordinatior - Noel James, T. M. Faizuddin Musicians fixer - Samidurai Music Label - Sony Music Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. References A. R. Rahman soundtracks Tamil film soundtracks 2010 soundtrack albums Sony Music India