| We Have a Romeo!... (Duration: 5:06 minutes) (Rating: 4.5/5) |
| Playback: Ranjith modulates his voice very suitably for this number! Andrea is limited to interludes and a bit of humming but does a good job. |
Lyric: The usage padahaaraNaala Telugu Juliet is innovative! With Sania emerging, "tennis star" seems to acquire new glamour! Chandrabose comes with a good lyric to back the scenes that search for a heroine for the male lead. The qualities of the girl are told interestingly in the last stanza. Lines like "nannE naaku kottaga choopE yuvaraaNE kaavaali" in the second stanza seem to give the gist of the characterization of the male lead. Andrea adds a few English lines in the interlude. |
| Tune/Interlude/BGM: The foot-tapping lead music hints of a number influenced heavily by western music, but the blend of classical music with western beat in the background of the first interlude is appreciable. Orchestration for the song is good. The lead line catches up instantly! |
| bommanu geestE neelaa undi... (Duration: 3:53 minutes) (Rating: 4.0/5) |
| Playback: Srinivas is apt and sings with a pronunciation that reminds of Balu and S.P. Charan. Gopika sounds sweet and perfect and sings with ease. The higher pitch of the concluding bit is impressive. |
Lyric: The line "sarasaalaaDE vayasocchindi, saradaa paDitE tappEmundi? ...kaanee siggE nannu aapindi!" summarizes the heroine's character to some extent. The reference to shadow in the second stanza is good. |
| Tune/Interlude/BGM: The lead music is good, and so is the flute bit there. The tune vaguely resembles some Ilayaraja numbers of the past (aaDajanmaku enni SOkaalO... or sundari! nEnE nuvvanTa... from Dalapathi, for example.), seemingly due to similarities in the raaga. The rich orchestra in the interlude seems to continue in Ilayaraja's scheme too. The song however catches up upon repeated hearing. |
| hE, kannulu terichE kala ganTaamani... (kaanee ippuDu...) (Duration: 5:13 minutes) (Rating: 4.0/5) |
| Playback: DeviSri Prasad is his usual enthusiastic self in this song of a lover. |
Lyric: Though it starts off like a Chandrabose's mark song, Bhaskarabhatla delivers the goods right. This song by the male lead expresses his realization that he's in love! Commonly used phrases like "raatiridinkaa digalEdanukunnaanu" fit snugly in Bhaskarabhatla's lyric. |
| Tune/Interlude/BGM: The song has the right "oomph" that catches up with the target audience right away! The beat is good, the tune is catchy and typically Devi's, and even reminds some of his previous numbers, including nuvvunTE nijamEgaa swapnam... from Arya with a theme similar to this song. |
| Music bit (Duration: 0:45 minutes) (Rating: 3.0/5) |
| Playback: Sumangali hums along most of the music bit and is just okay. |
Lyric: -No lyric- |
| Tune/Interlude/BGM: The music bit is heavily beat-based. The exact purpose or situation are not obvious, but it seems like a bit that follows the heroine on the screen. The way it lands at the end is good. |
| laalU darwaaja kaaDa... (Duration: 4:49 minutes) (Rating: 3.75/5) |
| Playback: Murali and Naveen have voices that gel well. Naveen, however, mispronounces "La" as "la" several times! Priya Prakash adds a little to the song, also with some flawed pronunciation. DeviSri can also be heard in the song. The chorus bit "Love makes life beautiful!" marks the theme, of the movie too, maybe. |
Lyric: From what it seems, this could a song that comes between the male lead and his dad in the movie. Kulasekhar clearly advocates for the youth in this argumentative song. He does present the case from the parents' side when he emotionally questions "prEma mattulO kannabiDDakE mEmu gurtu raamaa?", but is still with the youth when he emphasizes that the young ones do recognize their parents' efforts - "kammaina mee kanna prEmalO vankalettutaamaa!?", he writes for them. There are more thought-provoking lines like "kanna prEmani, kanne prEmani pOlchi chooDalEmu! renDu kaLLalO Edi mukhyamO tElchi cheppalEmu!" |
| Tune/Interlude/BGM: The BGM is good, and the beat goes hand in hand with it. The tune is just okay. This is more of a lyric-based song, being situational, and thus lesser emphasis on this aspect is condonable. The lines for female go classical way and the beat goes along, but the music soon bridges the gap to the rest of the song nicely, through an applause (?). |
| nammaka tappani nijamainaa... (Duration: 4:31 minutes) (Rating: 3.5/5) |
| Playback: Sagar's modulation is touching and apt, but sounds very much like Devi himself as he delivers this pathos number! Sumangali is melodious in the scant bits of interlude. |
Lyric: The veteran skillfully pens this song that marks the parting of the lead pair. The line "naa venuvenTa nuvvE lEkunDaa rOjU choosina yE chOTainaa nanu gurtistundaa?" translates the feelings of the male lead. The last stanza touchingly marks the contrast brought in by the absence of his lady love. |
| Tune/Interlude/BGM: The lead bit of humming lays the path to the mood of the song. The tune is typically Devi-like and so is the orchestration, hinting of his work for Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana...! at times during the subsequent stanzas (charaNaalu). |
| appuDO ippuDO eppuDO... (Duration: 4:03 minutes) (Rating: 4.25/5) |
| Playback: Actually, DeviSri takes off this song, and pops into interludes too, without taking credit for the same. Siddharth is beautiful, active, and impeccable in his pronunciation and modulation! It's good to see a young, non-native hero being a flawless singer too! |
Lyric: This song simply marks the joy of the hero who's in love. Anantha Sriram adds subsequent stanzas as Kulasekhar laid the foundation with the lead stanza for this song. Kulasekhar does an okay job with alliterating lines, albeit reminding Seetharama Sastry's lyric in DeviSri's Sontham. Budding writer Anantha Sriram seems to "fall into the groove" rightly, even in seamlessly connecting with another lyricist's work. |
| Tune/Interlude/BGM: The tune catches up with some hearing. The name DeviSri Prasad is written all over the interludes! The flute is aptly used. |
