Ye Maaya Chesave Audio Review

After a long time AR Rehman is composing music for a Telugu film. Ye Maaya Chesave, starring Naga Chaitanya and Samantha is releasing this Friday 26th of February. It is directed by Gowtham Menon who had a great combination with Harris Jayaraj but has opted for AR Rehman for this one. All the songs are written by Anantha Sriram. Let's see how the soundtrack has turned out.

01 - Kundanapu Bomma
Singers: Benny Dayal, Kalyani Menon
Malayalam Lyrics: Kalyani Menon
A good start to the album. The only problem I have with this song is the lyrics. Since the song was composed primary for the Tamil version so some of the words sound a little out of place. However, the tempo picks up at the chorus section. The section with Malayalam lyrics is very good. The orchestration is obvious superb from Rehman.

Rating: 3/5

02 - Manasaa
Singers: Devan Ekambaram, Chinmayi
This song appealed to me straight away. The singers choice is very good. The tune is catchy, especially at the chorus section. There is only one charanam as Rehman used extended interludes which proved very effective. The lyrics are also pretty good. A good song.
Rating: 3.25/5

03 - Swaasye
Singers: Karthik
Additional Vox: Vivek Agarwal
This a very slow melody. Karthik is very good as usual. This may not appeal straight away because the lyrics are well written but don't quite sync with the music. Otherwise, it sound very different and new.

Rating: 3/5

04 - Ee Hridayam
Singers: Vijayprakash, Suzanne, Blaaze
English Rap Lyrics: Blaaze
What can I say about this song. It starts off with pathos and then picks up energy and turns to Jamaican style rap. Only Maestro Rehman is capable of this. Rehman continues bring new trends and sounds to music. The singer selection is perfect. The lyrics are also pretty good. This song has melody as well as a peppy feel. Sure to be liked after repeated listening.

Rating: 3.5/5

05 - Aakaasam
Singer: Naresh Iyer
There is full energy in this song. Naresh Iyer is fabulous. I like the way the charanam is composed with Naresh Iyer saying one word and the chorus saying the next word. The end of the charanam is also very good to hear. Overall it is very peppy song and will surely be liked. I waiting to see how this will be picturised.

Rating: 3.5/5

06 - Vintunnavaa
Singers: Karthik, Shreya Ghoshal
This song is probably a situational one. The tune of this song is not really identifiable. It is song that kind of meanders until the end showing different emotions. Karthik and Shreya Ghoshal are very good as expected. This will probably be liked more once seen on screen.

Rating: 3/5

07 - Aaromale
Singer: Alphonse
Malayalam Lyrics : Kaithapram

This is a Malayalam song. Yet it is still good to listen to and proves that music has no language. The guitar strumming is very good and gives a distinct feel to the song.

Rating: 3/5

Overall Rating: 3.2 / 5 (Good)

Last Words:

I have always not been able to enjoy AR Rehman's Telugu songs to the fullest just because the lyrics could have been better. Veturi has always given the best lyrics to dubbed movies especially in collabaration with AR Rehman. This time they have selected yound talent Anantha Sriram for the lyrics and he has done a descent job but obviously not in the league of Veturi. This is a good album with new sounds. No doubt it will work like slow poison and will be liked by all audiences. Nice to see AR Rehman back in Tollywood (Also waiting for Puli!).

My Picks:

Ee Hrudayam

Aakaasam

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