Kalavaramaye Madilo

Song : Kalavaramaye Madilo
Movie Name : Kalavaramaye Madilo
Singer : Chitra
Music Director : Sarath Vasudevan

    Chitra is an unusually gifted singer. It is not fair to other female singers that she can sing this effortlessly even at this age. Kalavaramaye Madilo is an intriguing composition. It has been composed in a dreamy way, reminiscent of older movies. The kind of song that makes you imagine a picturization where the heroine is imagining montages of the hero while just smiling to herself (A Kangal Irandal redo ? with Swati again ?). Sarath Vasudevan has hit the sweet spot and 5 on 5 for him for choosing Chitra to sing this song.

Oy

Song : Oy
Movie Name : Oy
Singer : Siddharth
Music Director : Yuvan Shankar Raja

Yuvan hits form again in this soundtrack! If you loved "Cheeky Cheeky" in Saroja and longed for more, here it is. The title track is a difficult one to compose. Its cheesy when you insert the title in a lame way, and its lamer if you stress on it in the song. Yuvan avoids all cliches, by making this a song rather than focussing on the title. The song is credited to Siddharth, and if it is true, then credit goes to him too. My fav part of the songs are the ends of the pallavi, where an uncredited female singer chips in beautifully! 4 on 5 for this song!

Sundari

Song : Sundari
Movie Name : Gopi Gopika Godavari
Singer : Venu, Madhumita
Music Director : Chakri

This is the only likeable track in this movie, and likeable by a mile! This is what we listen to Vamsy's songs for. The unusual choice of words, tunes and beats. Illayaraja will be sorely missed, but this song will have to do for now. With each movie that Vamsy makes, I keep wondering if there will be more, and hence long for more associations with Illayaraja. Meanwhile, not to take any credit away from Chakri, this song is a winner! The flute interludes, the veena strokes and the gentle beat; they are all well captured in this song. Now for a nice visual with the Godavari background will complete the feast!

Nenje Nenje

Song :Nenje Nenje
Movie Name : Ayan
Singer : Mahathi,Harish Raghavendra
Music Director : Harris Jayaraj

Harris Jayaraj and Surya team up again for this movie which has been getting a good response. Most of the soundtrack did not appeal to me in the first few listenings and I did not go back to it for a long time till I heard this song on TV. Harish Raghavendra gets a good song with Harris after a long time (as far as I know) and does an admirable job, but the song's heart is Mahathi. She sings the low pitch notes very well, giving the song its instantly likeable appeal.

Modati Choope

Song :Modati Choope
Movie Name : Boni
Singer : Karunya, Pranavi
Music Director : Ramana Gogul a

When he puts his mind to it, Ramana Gogula can make beautiful songs. Case in point - Pedavi Daatani from Tammudu, Bangala Khatamlo from Badri, Neelaala Neekallu from VVK, Neevalle Neevalle from Annavaram and many others. Joining this list, is Modati Choope from Boni. No review of this song will be complete without a reference to three things - at the top are Pranavi's vocals, expecially in the stanza. She shows an amazing control over her voice as she sings the stanza

Yeda laya merise pilupula valalo mudipadi pothaa... chanuvuga

The last thing that you have to talk about is Ramana Gogula's "rap" in the song. You can hate the guy and the rapping all you want, but to me it all passes just because of the one line in each stanza, the other one being

Okariki okarai vodigina kathalo evaru evarante.... teliyadhe

Bajjo ra na kanna

Song : Bajjo ra na kanna
Movie Name : Moodu Mullu
Singer :  S P Balasubramaniam, 
Music Director : Rajan Nagendra

    There are so many reasons why I love this song. Firstly, it is one of the earliest songs I got addicted to. After I started actively accumulating songs, I searched for this song in a lot of places. No one sold casettes of this movie (not even that one odd store in Hyderabad which sold old Illayaraja movie songs). I thought I had to resort to taping a poor version of the song from the movie some time when it would be shown on TV. You can appreciate how overjoyed I was when I finally found it. There is something about Balu of those years. Perhaps because he is such an amazing icon with humble beginnings. Perhaps it is his association with Rajan Nagendra. Perhaps it is because he was thin. Perhaps it is because he sings with a smile always. Whatever it may be, I enjoyed this song whenever it was shown on TV or radio. Rajan Nagendra were on fire in this movie and in this era. The style of music that they brought with them was melodious, psychadelic,  trendy and memorable. Balu must be greatful to many people in his career for giving him so many wonderful songs. I hope he doesnt ever forget Rajan-Nagendra.  

Aanandama

Song : Aanandama
Movie Name : Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam
Singer : Shankar Mahadevan, Shreya Ghoshal
Music Director : Shankar Ehsaan Loy

   SEL's debut in Telugu is pretty awesome. The trio have been in the news of late for their back-to-back hits and this venture in telugu doesnt disappoint either.  All the songs in this movie grew on me after I watched the movie. I am still disappointed that no one bothered to double check the pronunciations of the singers but all is fair when the song sounds good. Aanandama has a north-indian mujra flavour to it and is quite well sung by the singers. Its a little abrupt I agree, but the pieces by themselves are so well done that they fit in nicely. I love the charanams in the song as well