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suresh,
Agreed, but you cannot assume this: 'With a stone-faced Jyothika playing the central character, even Ilaiyaraaja couldn’t have saved Doli Saja Ke Rakhna.' I can show plenty of examples. Even in the same cues which you showed, where Vijay was trying to act, but nothing comes out from him. See how he turns his face away from the camera lying on Srividya's shoulders, see how Maestro managed there. You don't go by actors acting, as long as you know what the situation is and how you go on top of those mediocre performances is what matters. I think even Rahman has done the same. I think what Bala was saying is: you have started the post as this score (or the film) is the only comparison between Raja and Rahman, but ending with 'you cannot compare both the scores as 'Jyothika is no Shalini'. I can say Vijay is no Akshay Khanna.

Somehow, I see from the whole write-up that you wanted to get convinced by Rahman's score (implying his score is no way inferior to Maestro's score, see how he has pulled out) and convinced too, good enough. I don't have any problems with that.