| Promise chEstunnaa... (vastaavaa naatO...) (Duration: 4:29 minutes) (Rating: 4.5/5) |
| Playback: Shreya should receive a special mention for a melodious rendition of this song in a pitch that's lower than her norm and quite suitable. (Remember her playback in Anukokunda Oka Roju?) Harish Raghavendra sets his modulation suitable to the young hero. |
Lyric: The lyric is really good, having been honed by three people who're known to have a commendable literary taste. The English bits, possibly inserted by Keeravani, fit snugly in the tune. The meaning is also conveyed well. And, worth noting is the emphasis in the hero's characterization when he sings "vastaalE neetO... Late ayyindani, nidra pommani amma nannE pilichE daakaa". |
| Tune/Interlude/BGM: The tune, orchestra, and the "feel" has stray resemblances to various other songs, including some of Keeravani's own. However, this is the best number in the album, since the tune is very catchy and hummable, the song has fitting lyrics that are melodiously rendered. |
| evarEmainaa ananee, vinaku!... (Duration: 5:08 minutes) (Rating: 4.0/5) |
| Playback: Bombay Jayashri, the classical singer whose husky modulation for manOharaa... was perfectly suitable, now renders this one creating a fitting effect with her modulation again, this time for the mother's role, starting with the short aalaapana that is expected to bring a soothing effect when you listen to it. |
Lyric: This "theme" song is seemingly one that the mother sings to her son who's belittled by the society for his retarded nature, while also comforting him that she's always there to protect him and that the world shall watch his every move appreciably! The beautiful meaning in the line "padi talalunnaa EmiTi laabham talapulu raakshasamaitE..."implicitly tells how the mother had made her son morally strong! |
| Tune/Interlude/BGM: The tune of the lead line is catchy. The orchestra is old-styled, and this kind of effect seems to be carried along for certain songs, particularly those involving the mother's character in the movie. BGM does a good job of elevating the song. |
| The largest circulated... (Duration: 1:02 minutes) (Rating: 3.75/5) |
| Playback: L.B. Sriram, who's also credited on the inlay card, is limited to the first dialogue, and chorus joins at places and the end. Harish Raghavendra is good in the rest of the rendition! He sings the prosaic lyric with ease. |
Lyric: This "lyric" is actually the contents page of a Swathi weekly magazine, just that! There's surely some situational backing to putting this kind of a song. Remember the Ganga A.C. song from Sye? |
| Tune/Interlude/BGM: The lead music starts off slowly, and this prosaic number is tuned with care, so that it's easy to be sung. Not much of orchestra here, but it's all good. It's appreciable as a piece of creative talent, reminding of Keeravani's previous work for the movie Sye. |
| Tirupathi penchina meesam... (Duration: 0:36 minutes) (Rating: 3.75/5) |
| Playback: Keeravani changes his modulation, probably for L.B. Sriram's character or someone similar. |
Lyric: Not much of a lyric, but just a bit of four lines. Not much to comment on that either, really. |
| Tune/Interlude/BGM: Even this one small bit has a marked western classical influence, and some resemblance to nallaanallaani kaLLa... (Sye) in its tuning as well as orchestra too. Such bits, I feel, were included on the audio album only since they are easy to catch up and sing along. |
| entO dooram egaralEvugaa... (Duration: 2:56 minutes) (Rating: 3.5/5) |
| Playback: Bombay Jayashri goes for it again with a suitable modulation. Given that this excerpt of the second track repeats, this could be a background number. |
Lyric: This small bit of a lyric is the second stanza of the second track above, which reminds the precious mother-son relation probably at a later time in the movie, the key to the movie's concept - how mother is an important part of [the hero's] life, and how a human being can rise high unbounded, unlike the birds that can even fly! |
| Tune/Interlude/BGM: More than the three lines of this bit song, it's the orchestra that's good and haunting. The mouth organ concludes the number rightly. |
| maaTaltO swaraalE shikaarukeLtE geetam... (Duration: 3:55 minutes) (Rating: 4.5/5) |
| Playback: Pranavi renders the song on music effectively, varying her pitch comfortably, and with quite an ease. |
Lyric: The entwining of music [into one's life] is penned well by Ashok Teja. The line "andamgaa niSSabdam taluchukunTE sangeetam" carries a good meaning. The emphasis on music reflects in the "prosaic numbers" in the movie, tracks 3 and 8, situationally, particularly as the lead line of this song. |
| Tune/Interlude/BGM: The lead music takes people to the Kshanakshanam time of Keeravani, and most of the orchestra keeps the audience in a similar mesmerizing effect of Keeravani. The tune is quite catchy. |
| ammagaa kOrukunTunnaa... (Duration: 3:08 minutes) (Rating: 3.25/5) |
| Playback: Pranavi sings appreciably. Harish Raghavendra hums along towards the end of the song. |
Lyric: This is a birthday song by the mother to her son. The theme of the song might have influenced using the tune of a similar Hindi old gold number. |
| Tune/Interlude/BGM: This is another of the "mother's songs" in the movie that has the "classic" effect. The tune and orchestra are all set to a few decades ago! Of course, at least the tune is as is taken off baar baar din yE aayE... (Happy birthday to you!) from Lakshmikanth-Pyarelal's Farz (1967). It's interesting to note that the original source is credited!! Probably, there's a situational significance to this Hindi movie or song, but well, crediting the source on the inlay card is appreciable anyway! The lengthy bits of interlude are good. However, the original too has a strong effect of western classical/religious music on it. |
| Theme music (Duration: 4:40 minutes) (Rating: 4.0/5) |
| Tune/Interlude/BGM: This is the second lengthiest track in the album! That's a lot for theme music, and Keeravani excels like he can, on keyboard and piano! The use of minimal orchestra to create a mellow medley from other tunes and BGM in the movie is good. |
| Dot dot dot dot dash... (Duration: 0:52 minutes) (Rating: 4.25/5) |
| Playback: Keeravani renders the tongue-twisting lyric in an impeccable manner. |
Lyric: The "lyric" is actually a set of dots and dashes, not in any sensible Morse code as far as it seems. From the third track above and this one, it seems that there's a character (Bose Babu ...the hero?) has this extraordinary habit/talent of singing "anything readable". How it actually fits, the movie can tell. |
| Tune/Interlude/BGM: The tune is a smooth cruise on waves of dots and dashes that catches up so much after a few times of hearing that you might go singing "Dot dot dot dot dash..." whenever you see some dots or dashes! Well, who is particular about decoding Morse code to know what you're singing! Towards the ending of the tune, you might be reminded of the concluding music of andananta ettaa taaraateeram... from Kshanakshanam. |
| janagaNamana adhinaayaka... (Duration: 1:03 minutes) (Rating: 4.0/5) |
| Playback: The national anthem is sung in a modulation that suits the hero, seemingly. |
Lyric: The Indian National Anthem is used as is. |
| Tune/Interlude/BGM: Shehnai supplements the Anthem well. The length of the National Anthem is supposed to be approximately 52 seconds, but the actual Anthem goes for a bit more than that (about 56 seconds) since the last part is slowed down. |
