Dislcaimer - Please not that the contents of this post are not meant as a slant to ARR nor to offend anyone here.
I immensely enjoy all of ARR's music from the begining to now, but one thing I've noticed over time is his de-emphasis on extended intros to his compositions. Previous to his current generation of compositions, ARR's intros to many of his songs were much more elaborate and drawn out, gradually building the height and anticipation to the main compositional melody of the song. Listen to Khamosh Raat from Thakshak for example, E Ajnabi from Dil Se, Taal Se Taal Mila from Taal, Yenna Solla Pogirai from Kandukonden Kandukonden. All with beautiful gradually building intros that set the mood for the song, which slowly lifted you to the main body of the song. Most of his songs today I notice lack that intro elaboration and begin the main body after only a few stanzas of rhythms and chords. Not that he avoids this completely today, but there is a de-emphasis of this.
