Starting Tamil New Year Thursday film aficionados are liable for a very busy time; a likely problem of plenty with Rajnikanth, Kamal Haasan and Vijay all having releases slated for the day.

And with every movie comes a music album, and stiff competition in tow. Only quality can mark the difference between successes and failures for filmmakers.

The music of Rajnikanth's "Chandramukhi" was released last month, but "Sachein", starring Vijay, and "Mumbai Xpress", starring Kamal Haasan, have been released simultaneously.

"Mumbai Xpress", a bi-lingual film, brings together Singeetham Sreenivasa Rao and Kamal after a long time. Its music is composed by the timeless Ilaiyaraja, whose tunes rocked the 1980s.

But today, he is no longer at his zenith and faces quite a bit of competition from his son Yuvan among others.