Naa Peru Surya Audio Review

Movie:            Naa Peru Surya Naa Illu India ( నా పేరు సూర్య నా ఇల్లు ఇండియా )
Producer(s):  Sirisha Lagadapati,Sridhar Lagadapati,Bunny Vasu,Sushil Choudhary,K. Nagendra Babu 

Cast:                 Allu Arjun, Anu Emmanuel, Arjun Sarja, R. Sarathkumar
Direction:         Vakkantham Vamsi
Music:              Vishal-Shekhar

1. SAINIKA

Singer(s) : Vishal Dadlani

Lyrics : Ramajogayya Sastry

Seems to be designed as a powerful song. Obviously about the hero. However just shouting will not make a song powerful. These kind of songs needs Shankar Mahadevan kind of singers who can emote very well. Vishal Dadlani misses that power of singing. Vishal Shekhar are known for many hits, but they probably didn't understand the importance of Telugu songs and their difference of making. This song starts powerful, but the singing there after doesn't match the start. The reference of Illu, Dillu, and so on are just for rhyming, thats again a turnoff. Lyricists should stop this unnecessary efforts on praasa, should give importance to tell the theme in a better way. The beats are power packed. The importance of soldier is unmatched and anything said about them will be short. And if lyricists just tells it short, then doesn't appeal much. As lately the songs having same problems, this song too lacks good singing and powerful lyrics. The focus was elsewhere, for a song that had to be an instant hit. This song fares somewhere between.

2. LOVER ALSO FIGHTER ALSO

Singer(s) : Shekhar Ravjiani 

Lyrics : Ramajogayya Sastry

I am lover also, fighter also, this what movie is all about probably. A fighter who has a side of love angle. Also was said differently and emotes funny side. Shekhar himself sang, not sure why. He sings ok except for the Also part. The beats are reused probably. Again lyricist puts effort on praasa, "chinna godave, sanna godave sallabadave". The funny side is RJS always uses household items in his lyrics. Like Talagada, Pattakara, now lighter. He wants to be close to people to remind these items which are part of life I guess. To remove darkness, get lighter. His creativity is always different in writing lyrics. So close to this generation. Vishal-Shekhar goes fine with tune, but he should have avoided singing. There are so many singers out there, who would have done better job. 

3. BEAUTIFUL LOVE

Singer(s)  : Armaan Malik, Chaitra Ambadipudi

Lyrics : Sirivennela Seetarama Sastry

Taking detour, this song is made as a soft melody. Armaan Malik and Chaitra brings the emotion to listeners. Not sure the music makers got the meaning, that they made this song different to the rest? This is where lyricists have to take a cue కనుబొమ్మ విల్లు తో విసిరేవు ఏవిటో  సూటి గా నాటు గా సుమ శరం ("kanubomma villu to, visirevu evito, sooti gaa naatu gaa suma saram"), Listeners want to listen these kind of phrases more and more, so that they get a feeling to listening to a real song. Not the lighters and household items. Lyricists bring this kind of great feeling of what magic words can do, All in simple words. Thats why Sirivennela garu remains as someone whom current generation of lyricists can never dream of coming close to. The song leaves a nice romantic feeling both singers were able to do justice to song and also it appeared Vishal-Shekhar got the flavor of the song. A song that is well made, written and sung and instantly haunts the listener.

4. SONG : MAYA SONG

Singer(s) : Arijit Singh, Ramya Behara 

Lyrics : Ramajogayya Sastry

Arijit Singh needs no introduction. The magic in his voice is known to everyone. Ramya Behara with her beautiful voice adds the required flavor to the song. She brings the native feeling what Arijit couldn't. Good thing is Arijit gets to start the song, but his Telugu was not that good, so he gets to sing in Hindi/Telugu mix. Jara Dekhlo and then the folkish tune gels very well. It will be a surprise that Vishal-Shekhar could pull this off being non-native. Of course music has no barriers. Arijit's Maaya sounding was deviated from rest of the flow of song, but rest quickly catches up. This song mixes two different flavors very well. How singers can make the difference can be seen clearly in this song. As a Telugu Listener, I will have problems with non-Telugu Singers, but here its that Arijit sings mostly Jara Dekhlo and in those lines so this song should go very well with audience. 

5. YENNIYELLO YENNIYELLO

Singer(s) :  Malavika 

Lyrics : Ramajogayya Sastry

A fighter who goes to border, when he comes back to family, it should obviously a festive time. Seems like this is same scenario. A short song made to celebrate the hero's home coming. This song is again very well made. Krishna is universal and the tune is just made around Krishna and yasodha. Malavika did very well and this song probably makes people sentimental. Short and sweet song. 

6. IRAGA IRAGA

Singer(s) : Rahul Sipligunj, Mohana Bhogaraju

Lyrics : Ramajogayya Sastry

The album closes with probable item song. Rahul and Mohana does the needful. The "iraga" beats indicates in all. The pace of saying iraga iraga, and there after for sure should be treat to Allu Arjun fans as it gives a great scope to showcase his dancing talents. This song should be in lines of the earlier movies. but this has much higher pace than earlier songs. Hope the fans will enjoy this song on screen than offscreen. Vishal-Shekhar just gave the hero and fans what they want. For sure this will be a treat. 

Pick(s) of the album: Beautiful Love, Maya, Yenniyello

Vishal-Shekar combo has been successful combination, they made many hit movies won many awards. This is their second film in Telugu after Chintakayala Ravi. Even though its a surprise to rope them, they did justice to the movie by providing the required music and offering good music to the movie. 3 songs and an high paced item song would be more than to ask. The other two songs could have been better made, but they should also be working well with fans. Overall they for sure have offered the fans a different album and music lovers couple of songs that keep them haunting. They might get more continuity going forward. The only complain might be the title song could have been made better to make it a complete album. Anyways all the best for Allu Arjun's team. Music wise they are good.