The long awaited audio of Ragava Lawrence's Don starring Nagarjuna was released on December 5th. What is interesting about this movie is that Lawrence has ventured into music direction. He is also starring, directing, choreographing the dances, and providing the story and screenplay. This a lot of work for one man to do, and you would expect it to impact on the quality of the final product.
Well coming to the music there are 6 songs, starting with:
1. Su Su Suriyana
2.5 out of 5
2. Intha Andanga UnnaveThis a melodious number sung by Harish Ragavendra and lyrics from again from Chinni Charan. This is definitely a good listen after the first song. This is refreshing, but does sound completely fresh. It still does the job and suits the persona of Nagarjuna that we are accustomed with. With nicely rendered interludes and a pretty good choice of instruments and singer, this is no doubt a chartbuster.
3.5 out of 5
3. Muddu Pettu
Sung by Harish Ragavendra (again) and Saindhavi this duet is not a great number. Chinni Charan again penned the lyrics which do not deserve a mention for this song. It is heard to listen to it the first time and I suspect gets harder and harder to listen. This is filled with drum beats, and not much else. Even the singers could not save this number it is a below average song.
Sung by Harish Ragavendra (again) and Saindhavi this duet is not a great number. Chinni Charan again penned the lyrics which do not deserve a mention for this song. It is heard to listen to it the first time and I suspect gets harder and harder to listen. This is filled with drum beats, and not much else. Even the singers could not save this number it is a below average song.
1.75 out of 5
4. Yedho Undile
This peppy number was obviously composed to target the youth audience. It was rendered by Suchitra and Viswa with lyrics also provided by Viswa. The song doesn't appeal on first listening but differently does catch on consequent listens. It is not a bad number with respect to some of the other songs in this soundtrack. The interludes are pretty well composed with good use of instruments and not mindless drum beats. This is quite a lot of English used in the lyrics, which I am not a huge fan of but I have got to admit does work to some extent in this number. An alright number and may appeal after repeated listening.
Another melody in this soundtrack sung by Hariharan and Rita, lyrics by Chandu and Madhu. This slow number is not too bad on the ears but haven't we heard this kind of song before. This lacks originality in the lyrics, we have heard "neeku", "nenu", "nuvvu", etc., many times already. But if you put the originality aside it is a good number with good use of instruments, especially violins in the second stanza. Both singers do there jobs adequately.
4. Yedho Undile
This peppy number was obviously composed to target the youth audience. It was rendered by Suchitra and Viswa with lyrics also provided by Viswa. The song doesn't appeal on first listening but differently does catch on consequent listens. It is not a bad number with respect to some of the other songs in this soundtrack. The interludes are pretty well composed with good use of instruments and not mindless drum beats. This is quite a lot of English used in the lyrics, which I am not a huge fan of but I have got to admit does work to some extent in this number. An alright number and may appeal after repeated listening.
2.75 out of 5
5. Neekai Nenu Another melody in this soundtrack sung by Hariharan and Rita, lyrics by Chandu and Madhu. This slow number is not too bad on the ears but haven't we heard this kind of song before. This lacks originality in the lyrics, we have heard "neeku", "nenu", "nuvvu", etc., many times already. But if you put the originality aside it is a good number with good use of instruments, especially violins in the second stanza. Both singers do there jobs adequately.
3 out of 5
6. Dada Putistha
Another song from Shankar Mahadevan and lyrics again by Chinni Charan. Another fast number with plenty of drum beats. This may be a good number to compose a dance for but it is not that great to just listen to. If this song is picturised well than it will appeal especially to the masses. Again not a bad number, but isn't fresh.
Overall
This does not sound like the work of a debutant music director, but saying that it doesn't make the music good. The two best tracks in this soundtrack are the melodies. The songs that are trying to target the mass audience fail to impress. Ragava Lawrence may just be trying to juggle to many things at the same time. However, if all these songs are picturised well it will definitely help the movie's cause. On the whole, the Don soundtrack is not a liability to film but neither is it an asset.
Another song from Shankar Mahadevan and lyrics again by Chinni Charan. Another fast number with plenty of drum beats. This may be a good number to compose a dance for but it is not that great to just listen to. If this song is picturised well than it will appeal especially to the masses. Again not a bad number, but isn't fresh.
2.5 out of 5
Overall
This does not sound like the work of a debutant music director, but saying that it doesn't make the music good. The two best tracks in this soundtrack are the melodies. The songs that are trying to target the mass audience fail to impress. Ragava Lawrence may just be trying to juggle to many things at the same time. However, if all these songs are picturised well it will definitely help the movie's cause. On the whole, the Don soundtrack is not a liability to film but neither is it an asset.
2.67 out 5
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