Naveena Saraswathi Sabatham is an upcoming fantasy comedy directed by K.Chandru and stars Jai, Niveda Thomas, VTV Ganesh, Sathyan and Rajkumar among others. The music is by newcomer Prem Kumar.

The opening passage kind of sets you up for an adventurous modern jazz track but upon unfolding itself the song turns out to be anything but. Lyrically and treatment wise the song contains the usual club song ingredients. Sayanora and Vijay Prakash sing with much gusto but the tune finds itself short on novelty or appeal.

So the question is what is Gana Bala going to do different here, and the answer comes in the form of a sound that you wouldn’t normally associate with the popular gaana singer. Essentially the track is very much a gaana song but a fusion of local drums and electronic effects gives it a certain edge as Bala flexes his vocal chords impressively yet again and expanding his catalogue of experimental gaana.

Quite a Rahaman-esque melody in the way the track is constructed -like the raining down of glorious strings and the memorable chorus segment which tops things off. Karthik seems like the obvious choice for a track like this and he owns the tune completely. The bluesy interlude is stylistically done and leaves you wanting more of the same.