Movie: Dagudumuta Dandakor ( దాగుడు మూత దండా కోర్ )
Music: E S Murthy
Director: R.K. Malineni
Producer(s): Ramoji Rao ( Ushakiron Movies ), Krish
Cast: Rajendra Prasad,
This song being first of the album sets the bar of how lyrics are going to be, that is thoughtful, sensitive and depth in content. This explains wondering of the artistic nature of who( GOD ) who so carefully designed everything such as sweet voice to Cuckoo, the colors of sky, evening and comparison of lamp to sky was really good to hear after long time. Then the relations between the human relations naming as sweet bondage. Wondering who and how are these created is so pleasant to hear. We feel that this could go on, but not very long song appears ending soon. Ofcourse of innumerous acts of GOD what can be wondered in a song that has two stanzas? The music director kept everything simple and let the lyrics talk the song. This made this song so pleasant after a long time. I guess last time we heard such lyrics was for Mithunam. However MadhuBalakrishnan as many others faulted in saying Nerparu that sounded a little bit odd. However thats a small glitch compared to the over all song. Just for the beauty of the lyrics, it will be heard again and again. The song had a girl singing but the name was missing in the inlay card. Hope its Uthra sing this song too.
A pathos, ES murthy, composing, writing and singing with such a great compassion is rare to see these days. Uthra gets an excellent feel. A typical grandfather and grand daughter conversation converted naturally to a song that is common scenario when they find issues. Their bonding is well written and sung. The confidence kids get when grandparents are around and the happiness when kids are around for a grandfather cant be explained. This is an attempt of what it is between them. Uthra has a long way to go and hope she sticks to ground and achieve what she is talented of. Once again lyrics are winner than composing and singing for ES Murthy.
During the audio release, Krish said that there was not even a single word of other language used in this album, which itself is such a refreshing to hear. Indeed he is true. Kudos to the team, the number of such thinking persons in film industry is required. Anyways its hard to find such album these days. ES Murthy garu I guess didn't get the break or recognition he is worth of. Ramoji Rao and Krish team brought a good album for all Telugu album craving music listeners. The album gels with the story so easily which is another rarity these days. I guess we need more producers/directors who can promote Telugu which is lost in so called "Youth Music" which is nothing but sound. The commercial lyricists need to take a break from the crap they are writing these days and make at-least an attempt in their life to write meaningful songs else they will never be remembered no matter how many songs they write in their life. The songs, tunes, lyrics might not be outstanding, but indeed will make an impact on every listener and crave for more such songs. Which is definitely a welcome change.
Music: E S Murthy
Director: R.K. Malineni
Producer(s): Ramoji Rao ( Ushakiron Movies ), Krish
Cast: Rajendra Prasad,
The movie title is well known for every Telugu child of yesteryear. Not sure whether this day and age kids heard the song with the title of the movie or say this while playing hide and seek. The title along with names associated to this movie like Ramoji Rao, Ushakiron Banner, Krish, Rajendra Prasad raises the bar very high even though the original of the movie is a Tamil movie named "Saivam". Directed originally by Vijay and acted by Nazar and Sara Arjun. This child artists has walked away with lot of accolades. However the remake of this movie in Telugu was projected as Vision of Krish, who is said to have transformed into Telugu nativity. Adding Rajendraprasad to this movie added a lot of weight.
ES Murthy is a single card lyricist and music director for this movie. ES Murthy aged 65 who originally wanted to be a composer, ended up with also being lyricist and singer. He worked initially for about 8 years with SP Balasubrahmanyam as composing guitarist and then worked as assistant music director to SA Rajakumar. Due to some compelling reasons while working with SA Rajakumar, started writing lyrics and until now wrote about 50-60 songs. Though he worked with famous movie Gamyam, not sure whether he got enough fame when he worked with Krish. His earlier movies as lyricists are likes of Nuvvu Vastavani (komma komma), Vedam, Krishnam vande Jagadgurum, Andala Ramudu(Sunil). Krish's association to this movie probably made him pick as music director along with single card for writing lyrics. Glad to see Krish giving good breaks to this talented composer/singer/lyricist.
The story of the movie revolves around a family, its head, his grand daughter and a rooster called "Naani". Due to ill happenings, the family realizes that they are occurring due to forgotten ritual in the form of sacrificing a rooster. The girl child however didn't want this to happen to the rooster she loves so much. She hides the rooster in the attic of the house and the entire family are behind finding it. The rest of the story is about what happens to the rooster and the family.
The trailers, the songs and the visuals gave a very good Telugu nativity feeling. Rajendraprasad is getting extremely lucky to get these kind of characters and I guess there is no one other than him who fits to the depth of the character like him and suits it to the perfection. The same girl who acted in Tamil acted in Telugu too.
This album has 5 songs including one theme of the movie named as Dagudumutala Jaathara. The song consists of Unnikrishnan's daughter "Uthra Unnikrishnan". She sang a solo in Tamil which was a super hit. However in Telugu she shares the song with ES Murthy, and this is a pathos, instead of a classical song in Tamil. Another surprise of this album is that Sirivennela gets a chance to sing instead of write a song.
With this background, lets see how the songs impress us whether they meet expectations set by the names attached to the movie or leave us with a different impression.
With this background, lets see how the songs impress us whether they meet expectations set by the names attached to the movie or leave us with a different impression.
1. Evaru Nerparu
Singer(s): Madhu Balakrishnan
Lyrics: ES Murthy
This song being first of the album sets the bar of how lyrics are going to be, that is thoughtful, sensitive and depth in content. This explains wondering of the artistic nature of who( GOD ) who so carefully designed everything such as sweet voice to Cuckoo, the colors of sky, evening and comparison of lamp to sky was really good to hear after long time. Then the relations between the human relations naming as sweet bondage. Wondering who and how are these created is so pleasant to hear. We feel that this could go on, but not very long song appears ending soon. Ofcourse of innumerous acts of GOD what can be wondered in a song that has two stanzas? The music director kept everything simple and let the lyrics talk the song. This made this song so pleasant after a long time. I guess last time we heard such lyrics was for Mithunam. However MadhuBalakrishnan as many others faulted in saying Nerparu that sounded a little bit odd. However thats a small glitch compared to the over all song. Just for the beauty of the lyrics, it will be heard again and again. The song had a girl singing but the name was missing in the inlay card. Hope its Uthra sing this song too.
2. Manishi Manishini
Singer(s): Naren, Gayathri, Jayashree, Priya Hemesh
Lyrics: ES Murthy
The preface of this song tells people migrating from villages. Probably a lesson to someone in the movie who want to migrate and tells what is important for some one in life. After the preface, this song reminds of Shankar Mahadevan song, but it ends in comparision with the tune only. However the lyrics once again adds beauty to the song. When a family is all togather and do something without any issues, its a wonder for everyone. That is depicted in form of kabaddi game. Rest of the song goes about what each member of family does. First song wonders about the relations, where as this song explains how sweet the relations if they are maintained. This is one of the best in recent times, where there is some continuity maintained. May be the story or being single lyricists that we could see this connectivity. The beauty of the village is nothing but the people being togather and meet once in a while and celebrate festivals. If that is gone, the beauty of villages are gone probably. These celebrations in the song continue and makes us realize what is missed. Everyone in the song did very well. Well executed song in recent times without much pronunciation issues and other complaints. Trailers shows very good visuals so this song stands as one that can be enjoyed on and offscreen. Hope our imaginations work off screen.
The preface of this song tells people migrating from villages. Probably a lesson to someone in the movie who want to migrate and tells what is important for some one in life. After the preface, this song reminds of Shankar Mahadevan song, but it ends in comparision with the tune only. However the lyrics once again adds beauty to the song. When a family is all togather and do something without any issues, its a wonder for everyone. That is depicted in form of kabaddi game. Rest of the song goes about what each member of family does. First song wonders about the relations, where as this song explains how sweet the relations if they are maintained. This is one of the best in recent times, where there is some continuity maintained. May be the story or being single lyricists that we could see this connectivity. The beauty of the village is nothing but the people being togather and meet once in a while and celebrate festivals. If that is gone, the beauty of villages are gone probably. These celebrations in the song continue and makes us realize what is missed. Everyone in the song did very well. Well executed song in recent times without much pronunciation issues and other complaints. Trailers shows very good visuals so this song stands as one that can be enjoyed on and offscreen. Hope our imaginations work off screen.
3. Naa Illu Naa Vaallu
Singer(s): ES Murthy, Uthra Unnikrishnan
Lyrics: ES Murthy
A pathos, ES murthy, composing, writing and singing with such a great compassion is rare to see these days. Uthra gets an excellent feel. A typical grandfather and grand daughter conversation converted naturally to a song that is common scenario when they find issues. Their bonding is well written and sung. The confidence kids get when grandparents are around and the happiness when kids are around for a grandfather cant be explained. This is an attempt of what it is between them. Uthra has a long way to go and hope she sticks to ground and achieve what she is talented of. Once again lyrics are winner than composing and singing for ES Murthy.
4. Kokko Kokko
Singer(s): Sirivennela, Balaji, Sai Charan, Yogeswar Sharma, Aswini, Sindhuri,, Sisira
Lyrics: ES Murthy
This song gives the feeling of what the trailer shows. Entire family in search of the the rooster "Nanee". Sirivennela sings after 2nd stanza. ES Murthy made sure his voice is heard enough while he is singing instead of getting lost in the crowd, Also supports him so that his voice suits the song very well. Singing is nothing new to Sirivennela garu, but the pace of the song doesn't make it tough for him, thanks to ES Murthy. He brings in different flavor and level to this song. This song instantly hits the listeners. The clever mix of interlude made this song more interesting. Even though the words/tunes in between appear familiar. Dagudu muta danda kor is famous across the Telugu audience so as long as it is said in nice way, it will reach the audience and this song will reach for sure. Kokko and Bobbo are terms never heard in cities these days as many places its very rare to see a rooster. Nice to hear these words again. Situational song in search of the rooster, words matches the scenes and well written without much complication in the lyrics. A well made song so catchy that it might make us go in search of the rooster :) :)
5. Dagudumuthala Jathara
Theme song
Village Jathara Theme. Movie will tell when this theme is used. As the story says the family is associated with a temple so might be during that time.
Pick(s) of the album: Entire Album
Theme song
Village Jathara Theme. Movie will tell when this theme is used. As the story says the family is associated with a temple so might be during that time.
Pick(s) of the album: Entire Album
During the audio release, Krish said that there was not even a single word of other language used in this album, which itself is such a refreshing to hear. Indeed he is true. Kudos to the team, the number of such thinking persons in film industry is required. Anyways its hard to find such album these days. ES Murthy garu I guess didn't get the break or recognition he is worth of. Ramoji Rao and Krish team brought a good album for all Telugu album craving music listeners. The album gels with the story so easily which is another rarity these days. I guess we need more producers/directors who can promote Telugu which is lost in so called "Youth Music" which is nothing but sound. The commercial lyricists need to take a break from the crap they are writing these days and make at-least an attempt in their life to write meaningful songs else they will never be remembered no matter how many songs they write in their life. The songs, tunes, lyrics might not be outstanding, but indeed will make an impact on every listener and crave for more such songs. Which is definitely a welcome change.
