The most awaited film of the year, Magadheera, has finally had its audio release on June 28th. It has been a while since it has released, but I am writing the review now after I have listened to the songs a few times. So lets see how it turned out. The music director is MM Keeravani.
1. Bangaru Kodipetta
Singers: Ranjit, Shivani
Lyricist: Bhuvanachandra
This is the much talked about and publicised remix of the yesteryear hit song by the same name. While the male voice in original was sung by SP Balasubramanium, Ranjit croons for the remix. To tell you the truth about this song, it is not that much different to the original, with the same lyrics used as well. The interludes are modernised and different singers are used to suit modern tastes. If you are expecting something different from the original you may be disappointed, but I think the real test of this song will be on the screen when Ram Charan steps up to try to challenge his father in dance moves. Overall, it is still a good song and will be probably be a chartbuster just because the original was so trendsetting.
Rating: 3.25/5
2. Dheera Dheera Dheera
Singers: M.M.Keeravani, Nikitha Nigam
Lyricist: Chandrabose
For me this is the best song of the album. It is slow soothing melody that will be liked on the first listening. However, there is one thing that I didn't like about this song and that is the selection of singers. I don't believe that Keeravani's voice will suit Ram Charan, although he did sing it well. A voice like Karthik might also suit this song. But being a music director, Keeravani probably knows more about which voices suit which songs. The two things I liked about this song are the soothing lyrics and the overall orchestration. The second interlude is especially good to hear and picks up a beat which gives the song a more majestic feel. This song will probably come in the much talked about flashback in the movie.
Rating: 3.5/5
3. Panchadhara Bomma
Singers: Anooj Guruwara, Reeta
Lyricist: Chandrabose
This song starts off well with a good instrumental introduction. But the thing I didn't like about this song is that the musical interludes and the tune of the singing don't have great synergy. Paataki musicki sambhandam ledu. The music suggests that it will be a slow melody, but it isn't completely. The singers did a decent job within their limitations. The lyrics are ok. Overall, a better number may be expected.
Rating: 2.75/5
4. Jorsey
Singers: Daler Mahendi, Geetha Madhuri
Lyricist: Chandrabose
Once again Daler Mahendi is singing a Telugu song after the hit song in Yamadonga, "Rubberu Gajulu". Does the combination of Keeravani and Daler Mahendi repeat the same magic? Unfortunately, the answer is no. This song lacks the catchiness that "Rubberu Gajalu" had. Daler Mahendi's lyrical clarity isn't great, which we all know. Remember in "Rubberu Gajalu" how he said "Nuvvante Paadi, Paadi" instead of "Nuvvante Padi, Padi". Well that turned into an attraction for that song, but for this song his mispronounciation hinders the quality rather than enhance it. Geeta Madhuri is a really versitile singer and has a great future. As I said before the lyrics aren't catchy. Overall a disappointing number, but we will have to see how the public will repond to this one.
Rating: 2.25/5
5. Nakosam Nuvu
Singers: Deepu, Geetha Madhuri
Lyricist: MM Keeravani
This is also a run of the mill song. We have heard these kind of songs before. The lyrics are simple in the pallavi, maybe a bit too simple. However, the upside to this song is the rendering by the two singers. Deepu and Geeta Madhuri both being young upcoming Telugu singers, did full justice to this song from their side. It is Keeravani that disappointed a bit from both the lyrical and musical side. It is not an unbearable song, but in a big movie that is coming out with huge expectations we have to expect the best.
Rating: 2.25/5
6. Rolling Title Music
Singer: Jassie Gift
Lyricist: MM Keeravani
For the titles we would expect powerful and majestic music especially for a movie like this that has a flashback with a Royal flashback. However this sounds like title music for a comedy movie. Keeravani said that he included a song that will ward off evil eyes (dishte teese paata). Well, maybe this song will serve that purpose. We will have to see how the titles will be shown on screen to see the complete impact of this number. From a purely audio perspective, it is not a great number.
Rating: 2/5
Last Words:
I think the comments and ratings that I gave above should some up how I feel about this album. It is not the kind of album that you expect from a mangum opus. However, if you see the other movies that came in the combination of MM Keeravani and Rajamouli such as Chatrapathi, Vikramarkudu, Sye etc they all didn't have great soundtracks either but went on the become hits at the box office. From my point of view, the trailers of the film are really promising and the background score (in the trailers) was pretty good. So we will just have to see how the film turns out and how the songs are picturised.
Overall Rating:
2.67/5 (Average)
My Picks:
Bangaru Kodipetta, Dheera Dheera Dheera
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