Darling Audio Review

Prabhas is one man who has got all the talent but is finding it hard to strike gold at the box-office. We are used to seeing him in action-orientated movies, but this time he has changed track and coming in the romance genre. Karunakaran who has proved himself as a good director of love stories is back with this one. After the success of the music in Ullasamga Utsahamga , Karunakaran has selected G.V. Prakash again to handle the music. Ananth Sriram wrote all the lyrics. Let's see how the songs have turned out.

01 – Hoshare
Singers: K.K, Leslie
What an enegetic start to the soundtrack! K.K is a specialist when it comes to these kind of songs. This one is little bit like "Paataku Praanam" from Vaasu and "Kadhulu Kadhulu" from the Prabhas-starrer Munna. The whole song is full of energy from the first second to the last. I liked the variations in the singing after the first charanam and the ending when K.K sings the same note for 10 seconds without taking a breath. The lyrics match the mood of the song. Will be liked in the first listening.
Rating: 3.25/5

02 – Inka Eedo
Singers: Suraj, Prashantini
This one is a melody song. The introduction music is catchy, but the first few lines of the singing lacks clarity. It sounds like Tamil, but then after a few lines that it is a Telugu songs. It may be that Tamil singers were used (G.V. Prakash being Tamilian himself). Hence, it sounds a bit like a song dubbed from Tamil. That is the only downfall of this song there isn't lyrical clarity. I am not sure where Prashantini sings, there is some female chorus. Also, at the end of the charanams there is a small flute part that reminded my of O Prema from Ullasamga Uthahamga. But that was a sad song and this is a happy song. Shows what kind of emotions can be shown with orchestrations. Overall, another good number.
Rating: 3/5

03 – Neeve
Singer: G.V. Prakash Kumar
These days all music directors are taking the microphone to render their own songs. Arguably, over the last few months the some of best songs in albums have been sung by the music directors themselves (e.g. DSP in Adurs, Aarya 2). Well, coming to this song, it is the best song in the album. There is a peculiarity about the orchestration. Right from the strumming of the guitar in the beginning to the tune of the song. That's why it sounds very fresh. G.V. Prakash's voice is pretty good, lyrical clarity was missing in some places but he did the song justice. Some parts of the interludes remind us of Prakash's earlier works, but I guess we can call them his signiture tunes.
Rating: 3.5/5

04 – Bulle
Singers: Mallikarjun, Priya Hemesh
If you are waiting for a mass-orientated song, this is probably the closest it gets in this soundtrack. It starts of with Punjabi style music but then the song gets more of a folk-tinge. After a long time we are hearing Mallikarjun's voice and it is good to have a Telugu voice back. Priya also did a nice job. I am guessing this was composed to keep the front benchers happy as the rest of the songs are mainly melody-based. Not a bad number.
Rating: 2.75/5


05 – Pranama
Singers: Rahul Nambiar
This is another peppy, youthful song. But, it resembles "Neeve" and "Inka Edo" a little bit, but falls short of those songs. Rahul Nambiar is pretty good but the song just doesn'y possess anything that stands out like the other numbers. The lyrics sound a little bit clumsy in spaces as the music mostly dominates the lyrics. Overall, it is not harsh on the ears, but probably could have been better.
Rating: 2.75/5

06 – Yeyo
Singers: Benny Dayal, Chorus
This is the music that we heard in the first trailer they released. It was catchy from the first listening itself and I was waiting to listen to the song. The highlight of the song is the chorus of "Gum Gum Yeyo", that is what really brought life to the song. Otherwise, it is just an ordinary number. Again, in some places you feel like you are listening to a dubbed song because the lyrics lack clarity. It is another loud song in terms of music dominating lyrics as well. It is still a good number because of the chorus part.
Rating: 3/5 

Overall Rating: 3/5 (Good)

Last Words:
A good soundtrack mostly targeted at the youth audience. It has mostly peppy tunes and the music does dominate the vocals in most of the numbers. G.V. Prakash has done a good job and I hope to hear a few more of his tunes in Telugu. Coming to Prabhas, this movie is kind of important for his career. Over the last five years, we have see him in only action movies and people may be starting to get bored of that image. Despite his movies not faring well at the box-office he popularity is growing by the day, which shows that he has true talent. This soundtrack is probably better when compared to he recent movies. But, the success of this music will depend largely on the success of the film. I hope this film brings Prabhas a much-needed hit.

My Pick:
Neeve

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