Deva

Deva [Tamil]

1 I love you [Film: Citizen] <TC> Copied from Sasha's 'I feel lonely' Listen to I love you | I feel lonely Ditto! 2 Hey keechu kiliye [Film: Mugavari] <TC> Ripped off from Dr Alban's 'Enemies' track. Listen to Hey keechu kiliye | Enemies Ditto. But Deva has done a commendable job in the subsequent paras, good work. 3 Poo virinjaachu [Film: Mugavari] <TC> Lifted from the song 'That thing you do' from the OST of the film with the same name! Listen to Poo virinjaachu | That thing you do Ditto. Shameless! 4 Akila Akila [Film: Nerukku Ner] <TC> From Bob Marley's Buffalo Soldier! Listen to Akila akila | Buffalo soldier Ditto. Shameless! 5 Thilothama [Film: Aasai] <TC> Partially inspired from Ofra Azha's 'Galbi' Listen to Thilothama | Galbi Very well inspired! The tune has been worked upon pretty well. 6 Thudikindra kaadhal...evar kandaar [Film: Nerukku Ner] <TC> Partially inspired from Ofra Azha's 'Im nin alu' Listen to Evar kandaar | Im nin alu This is the 2nd film with Deva composing for Vasanth. My guess is that Vasanth is a fan of Ofra Azha and rubbed it on Deva! 7 Oh sona [Film: Vaalee] <TC> Inspired from 2 sources! Almost the entire song is inspired by the classic 'Suzanna' by The Art Company. The second interlude is a direct lift of Francis Lai's theme music for the movie 'Love Story' (also sung by Andy William's as 'Where do I begin'). Listen to Oh sona | Suzanna | Where do I begin One of the all-time classic lifts of Deva. A very beautiful job indeed! Fits so well in Tamil! 8 Mudhal mudhalil [Film: Aahaa] <TC> Ditto from Nadeem Shravan's 'Sochenge tumhe pyaar' from the movie Deewana Listen to Mudhal mudhalil | Sochenge tumhe Deva at it again! 9 Ee Manase [Film: Tholi Prema - Telugu] <TC> Partly inspired from the Dr Alban number 'Alabalaba' Listen to Ee manase | Alabalaba One of the most authentic use of an original song. Deva has beautifully worked on this number, the 2nd para sounds brilliant and is original too. But could've avoided the use of the word 'alabalaba' even in Telugu. A sure give-away! 10 Pul veli [Film: Aasai] Minor copy. A guitar piece lifted from Rod Stewart's 'Maggie May'. Listen to Pul veli | Maggie May Just a guitar piece! Listen carefully from 03:54:05 onwards in Maggie May. 11 Meenamma [Film: Aasai] Beats inspired from Genesis's song 'Mama' Listen to Meenamma | Mama Beats lifted! 12 Oh vennila [Film: Kushi] <TC> Lifted from Portugese 'fado' singer Dulce Pontes' 'Cancao do mar' number! Listen to Oh vennila | Cancao do mar 'Cancao do mar' was also included in the OST of the Richard Gere starrer Primal Fear. Deva is one composer who gets all these amazing world music acts to India, consistently! Also listen to the Hindi version Ai Ajnabee [Deewangi (2002), with music by Ismail Darbar] 13 Velai velai [Film: Avvai Shanmugi] Partly inspired from 2Unlimited's Workaholic! Note that the theme of both songs is about overworking! Interesting eh? Listen to velai velai | workaholic Inspired! And Deva knows English, for sure! 14 Aval varuvala [Film: Nerukku ner] A small refrain 'get up stand up', from Bob Marley's 'Get up stand up' number is used in the tamil song. The rest of the song seems to be original! Listen to Aval varuvala | Get up stand up Deva gets the benefit of doubt this time! 15 Hello good morning toshiba [Film: Priyamudan] <TC> Copied from Boney M's Brown girl in the ring! Ran out of comments, actually! 16 Poove nee aadava [Film: Kalki (1997)] <TC> Lifted from Kenny G's 'Against Doctor's orders' (1988)! Listen to Poove nee aadava | Against Doctor's Orders The similarity might not become apparent initially, but when you do trace it out, you tend to go...'hey...oh no...' and so on! 17 Meri jaan [Film: Panchathanthiram (2002)] <TC> Inspired by the 1947 Hindi number 'Meri Jaan...sunday ke sunday', by C Ramchandra from the movie 'Shehnai'! Listen to Meri jaan (Tamil) | Mari jaan (Hindi) Incidentally, this song was also made hugely popular when it was used in an national advertisement campaign to promote the usage of eggs by National Egg Coordination Committee (NECC), a couple of years back! 18 Allu allu [Film: Bhagavathy (2002)] <TC> Lifted off Hisham Abbas' 'Nari Narain'. Listen to Allu allu | Nari Narain Deva does it again!