Shadow (Telugu) - Audio Review

Movie: Shadow ( 2013 )
Music:  SS Thaman
Director: Meher Ramesh

Producer: Paruchuri Prasad

Cast: Venkatesh, Tapsee, Srikanth, Madhurima

 

Touted as costliest film of Victory Venkatesh, Shadow, movie comes after super hit SVSC. Venkatesh plays a role of Mafia Don, Tapsee Pannu playing female lead, is directed by Meher Ramesh known for stylish making of movies. Produced by Paruchuri Kireeti under United Movies banner. The audio is launched on 15th March 2013 and is all set to be released.

 

Thaman has a busy week ahead first releasing Shadow and then the other prestigious project "Baadshah". Thaman is know for his standard template Out of the Box music. Each time we hear his music, the expectations is whether he offered different music by disappointing us or by sticking to his template music there by there are no surprises. Lets see. Chandrabose is a single lyricist. We all know how chandrabose writes lyrics. Lets see whether he deviates or stays put. For Venky calibre artists, music doesnt impact the success of the movie anyways.

01 – Shadow

Singers : Baba Sehgal, Naveen
Lyrics : Chandrabose
 

Thaman Scored this title song, the most electrifying way, suprisingly not heavy, loud he used to. The issue is that its his template music. Chandrabose again tried to put in words to the tune whether it rhythms, rhymes or not he doesnt care all finally ends with "He is the Shadow". Rest all some illogical words. Trying to find something is a useless task. These two have re-defined the Telugu song to Telugu words with some noise. Tried hard to find Baba Sehgal in this song.

Ilayaraja in one of the concert said, every song has its own identity, if one song reminds another song then the song is the other song, not this song. There cannot be two same songs. This is the first lesson current crop of Music directors should learn. They might not be tired of making the same music again and again, infact its easy for them, but we cannot hear the same again and again. This is what happens to this song.

This song you can hear, but cant like, you can like but you cant enjoy, you can enjoy but you cant hear, because Oh NO "He(Thaman) is the Shadow" :-)
 

 02 – Gola Gola
Singers : Ranjith, Ramya
Lyrics : Chandrabose
 Chandrabose is trying to compete with Ramajogayya Sastry which is a futile attempt. RJS has made a brand of himself in multi lingual lyrics. The sounds in between was it kissing or Pedavi virupu? As said before any singer when they sing Thaman's song sound exactly the same. It doesnt matter who sings, his tunes maintain the same standards. Finally Thaman only ends this Gola by agreeing it is Gola. :-)

03 – Pilla Manchi Bando Bastu
Singers : Rahul, Suchitra
Lyrics : Chandrabose

The tune and singers broke the words into multi dimension pieces. "Got it" guys. BTW Suchitra has become a permanent singer in Telugu industry. Chandrabose garu, have you tried any time to write without prasa, ఎత్తుకెలత , నిన్ను లేపుకెలత నా చేతికి చిక్కినాదే చుట్టుకొలత. కొల్ల గొడత ఈడు దుళ్ళ గోడత నీ కంటికి నిద్దరింక ఎల్ల గొడత. Then ikkado, ekkado, pakado -and many more. Ravi teja is named Mass Maharaja, but I think you should get one too. What is the big deal any way. Coming to Thaman, cant say anything about his music, its like saying same thing again and again. Singers let down this song big time.

04 – Naughty Girl
Singers : Geetha Madhuri, Haricharan
Lyrics : Chandrabose

Thaman looks like he is experimenting his new instrument he got few months ago. He is trying out all different sounds. Coming to Geetha Madhuri, her voice many times sounds too childish, and when she changes her voice it doesnt sound good at all. Girl or Gaal both are same anyways. Chandrabose, tried to use the Gabbar singh famous dialog, and movie titles just to prove he is upto date on movies as well as Venky's movies. Haricharan, the way he said Naughty girl was so funny. This song can easily skipped one for Geeta Madhuri singing and the experiments Thaman did for the song, both irritates us. Most amaeturish ever song by Thaman.

05 – Aythalaka
Singers : Hemachandra, Simha, Vandana
Lyrics : Chandrabose

Teenmar, not sure how many understand what it is, but lately every one is uses left and right. Now dinka chikka is making rounds. Anyway, what is song about that uses all rhymes and alphabets only chandrabose or Meher Ramesh should know. Tried to imitate Gangham style in between or want to remind this has something in the movie? Mass song that goes so so. Simha I thought was limited to stage shows, but made to movie somehow. Not sure how. Hemachandra lost identity in the crowd. Anyway an energetic song, standing out of the rest of the songs. Only relief in the album.

06 – Revenge of Shadow (Instrumental)

Revenge of Shadow, the label is looking fancy. Why the slow down while signing "Ganesha" something the movie should tell us. Yamudu, Narudu, Sivudu, then Ganesh and the revenge of Shadow ends and is the album.

Pick(s) of the album: Aythalaka and then I would say revenge of the shadow as it was the shortest.

Thaman should have completed winding up composing songs for this movie in a day, there by saving lot of time to Producer and Director. He is exactly where he started his career. He didnt move a single inch and is not getting things right even after doing so many films. But he is the leading music director in Telugu industry, which shows the sad state of Industry and audience eventually loosing to know what good music is all about.

Good luck and God Bless Telugu Films Music !!!