KIKK Music Review - S-E-L Scores A Telugu Point

After Vishal-Shekhar, it's Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy composing for a Telugu movie. They don't unleash their full potential here, but it's still an enjoyable album. The compilation includes every variety of song that's popular nowadays. This Siddharth and Tamanna starrer has already scored music-wise with at least three out of the eight songs that you'll hum long after the music's off. How much more popular it gets depends a whole lot on the movie's performance at the box-office. Heard individually, it's nice-not blockbusterish, just nice and decent stuff.

Egire Egire The start of the album is a youthful peppy number with a cozy foursome at the playback-Clinton Cerejo, Hemachandra, Raman Mahadevan and Shilpa Rao. Chandrabose's lyrics are all about freedom as the title suggests and all that things that signify youth-dreams, independence et al. It's a very energetic song and the playback choices work out pretty well together. The electric guitar stands out in this classic mood song. ***.75

Aanandama A beautiful soft duet rendered by Shreya Ghoshal and Shankar Mahadevan, Aanandama.. has lyrics penned by Seetarama Sastry. The instrumental is lovely as is Ghoshal's vocals and the way the tune mellows down further when she chips in. The santoor in the song is the highlight along with the way the energy level goes from shade to shade seamlessly. So far, so good. ***1/2

Abacha Shilpa Rao and Mahalaxmi Iyer sing this Item-ish number; two girls singing about/for a guy. Erm, definitely heard this before with a few changes. Should make it to the top 100 list of this category. **.75

Konchem Ishtam This is a total fun title track, with Seetarama Sastry's upbeat lyrics and matching happy music. Along with Egire, this is the Pick of the Album. This is super catchy and you find yourself tapping your feet along with the fun beats.The instrumental, the tone of the vocals and the chorus makes for a happy hear. ***1/2

Evade Subrahmanyam The song sounds a little like a Bhajan. Chinni Charan's quirky lyrics, Shankar Mahadevan's vocals and the chorus together makes the song a little tongue-in-cheek. It sounds like a prelude to the title track due to the similarity in temperment. ***

Antha Siddanga Sonu Nigam and Shreya Ghoshal sing to Seetarama Sastry's lines for a number which sounds like it is straight out of the 90s. After the second stanza it picks up a little with a more contemporary touch to it. The vocals and the combination is an asset to the flashback (from the 90s) duet. ***

Enduku Chentaki This could well have been a Hindi number, with it's sufi influence and typical instrumental. The mood is melancholy but not melodramatic. It's sad but subtle. Unnikrishnan does a good job at the vocals singing Seetarama Sastry's lyrics. ***1/2

Panchirey Sadhana Sargam begins the song melodiously after which Kirti Sagathia takes over along with a robust chorus. Rama Jogayya Sastry pens in the lyrics for this double-shaded number. A duet about being in love with a few Hindi lyrics to sign off the compilation by S-E-L. ***.25

Last Word Hummable, catchy and contemporary.

Rating: ***.25 (***** Very Good, **** Good, *** Fair, ** Average, * Bad)

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