Enni Aasalo

Song : Enni Aasalo
Movie Name : Jai
Singer : Shreya Ghosal
Music Director : Anoop

That will teach me not to get biased reading music reviews. I am sure I heard the songs of Jai long ago, but with a bias against them unfortunately. There was talk of Anoop being only a keyboard player for RP Patnaik, and music not being upto the mark. Today when I heard the songs of Jai, they werent bad at all! And I liked this particular song. Shreya Ghosal is slowly getting popular. I know her pronunciation is not flawless, but her voice is definitely something that deserves attention, and IMHO her voice doesnt have the hindi-accent that Asha or Lataji had. This particular number is definitely an algorithm-based typical RP-like song. But yeah, a sucker for melody (like me) will definitely fall in love with it.

Aa antae

Song : Aa antae
Movie Name : Arya
Singer : Malathi & Ranjith
Music Director : Devisri Prasad

If not for an everlasting melody, it is the freshness in songs that attracts me. Devi's latest offering - Arya. Although my expectations werent too high from this particular album, I loved this song. The lyrics are weirdly funny. And like I said, I am in "mass-mood" today. The second interlude in this song is my favourite. "Koncham beat marchandraa baabu!!" ... "Iragadeesindu" hillarious!! And then the melodious flute bit comes back after a while. Devi is really mastering mass songs and I hope it helps him get settled at Tollywood!