Srimanthudu Audio Review

Movie: Srimanthudu ( శ్రీమంతుడు )
Cast: Mahesh Babu, Sruti Haasan, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, Jagapati Babu 
Direction: Koratala Siva
Music: Devi Sri Prasad

Producers: Y. Naveen, Y. Ravi Shankar and C. V. Mohan

Appologetic Mahesh Babu's is making another honest attempt to please his fans in the name of "Srimanthudu". His last movie was huge disappointment and created many issues to his director too. This movie was originally supposed to be released in May 2015 however due to various reasons movie got delayed and when the movie was announced to be released on 17th July, it had to be postponed again due to request from Bahubali's producers as that movie released on 10th July. Now the planned release of this movie is 7th August. Not sure if that date is safe enough in the mania that Bahubali has created. However Mahesh's fans are confident enough that their movie will be super hit irrespective of release date. This is backed by the teaser released on Superstar Krishna's birthday. The cycle (bike ) used in this movie was estimated to cost 35 lakhs INR.

Mahesh Babu worked with SS Thaman before Sukumar's 1 nenokkadine. DSP and Sukumar combination won at that time, even though Mahesh/Thaman's combination was working. 1 Nenokkadine even though movie failed, music didn't fail. For Aagadu both failed. Also DSP scored the music for Koratala's last movie Mirchi. Probably thats the reason why DSP got chance to score music for this movie.

Ramajogaiah Sastry has written all lyrics of this movie except one song that was written by DSP himself. Lately DSP is writing lyrics to his songs and they are becoming hits. Guess he might have come with some laudable lyrics this time too. There is a song titled "Dimma Tirige" which is famous punch dialog of Mahesh Babu. Seems like RJS utilized that popular word effectively in  a song which might appeal his fans. 

MLR Karthikeyan who became singer after getting inspired by DSP is getting on and off chances with DSP and other music directors. In this movie he got to sing the title song. DSP sang one song and his brother who mostly sings for him got chance to croon a melody. Rest are his standard singers. No big surprises. Lets see what the "Rocking Start DSP" did for this album.

1."Rama Rama"   

Singer(s): Sooraj Santhosh, Ranina Reddy

Lyrics:    Ramajogaiah Sastry

RJS tried to tell entire story of Ramayana in one song. Though his lyrics were normal the music was modern. The story of Rama however told will be beautiful so is this one. The chorus which says Mara Mara to eventually become Rama sounded good even though it takes to another song. The beats are energetic so is the singing. The words are clear. The repeated words which also sounded good. "Daan Tassadiyya" RJS choose right words, right lines to depict Rama and connect to the character and movie. Some Praasa words sounded silly, but didn't look awkward so they gelled well. Singers were good, song is good, a little bit freshness would have taken it to a better level. But sure an enjoyable song. For sure it will also appear good on the screen due to Mahesh's screen presence. 

2. "Jata Kalise"   

Singer(s): Sagar, Suchitra

Lyrics:    Ramajogaiah Sastry

Sagar and Suchitra got good chance to present a beautiful melody. Suchitra was little feeble probably due to recording song added some effects to the voice. She didn't sound strong. A traditional melody song from DSP from his side there are no issues, some how I feel singers could have done it lot better. due to which this remains a good song, which would have be a lot better.  "చదివేస్తున్న, అచ్చు" type words are not sung properly. Melody written all over. So its for all who like these type. RJS who  write multilingual songs wrote some beautiful words in Telugu this time. A sweet surprise from the lyricist and DSP as usual gave a good melody. This song leaves a good feeling because of these two.

3. "Charuseela"   

Singer(s): Yazin Nizar, Devi Sri Prasad (Rap)

Lyrics:    Devi Sri Prasad

The album suddenly brings in the Rock Star DSP. Lyrics are targeted for youth and since its rock song, its exactly the same. DSP sings the RAP part and Yazin's stylish singing is something to note in this song. Standard routine song from DSP. Have to see if Koratala Siva adds something on screen with some choreographic wonders with Mahesh. This song seems to be aimed at youthful fans and they will like it. For others its their choice : :)

4. "Srimanthuda"   

Singer(s): M. L. R. Karthikeyan

Lyrics:    Ramajogaiah Sastry

This song stands out in the album. Well made song. Singing, lyrics, tune and everything worked out well. RJS has written some sensible couplets.  "సాయం సమాజమే" "నీ గేయం నిరంతరం" "విశ్వమంతా  పేరు పేరునా ప్రేమ పంచే పసితనమా" . The chorus has well supported the lead singer. The mood, feel is clearly visible. The picturization should elevate the lead character and fans should feel it. Hope Koratala did good justice to this song. Unfortunately it longs only  2:03.

5. "Jaago"   

Singer(s): Raghu Dixit, Rita

Lyrics:    Ramajogaiah Sastry

Another song aimed at Youth. Song sounds loud instead of energetic. Raghu's seems to have put more energy than required. Guitar Rocks. Beats are ok. DSP doesn't offer much in this song other than super energy. After so much energy, things take turn when female singer sings in between and before the song gets on its usual track. RJS comes back to his usual stuff. 

6. "Dimmatirigae"   

Singer(s): Simha, Geetha Madhuri

Lyrics:    Ramajogaiah Sastry

Evadu kodite Dimmatirigi potundo is a synonym sentence for Mahesh a punch dialog from his earlier movie. RJS used this for the item song. This song again another routine song. Singers, RJS and DSP has nothing much to offer other than provide a standard routine item song. Simha who got film-fare award for his song last year doesn't sound great so is Geeta Madhuri, But for this type song they are just fine. 

Pick(s) of the album: Srimantudu, Rama Rama, Jata Kalise

DSP provided an album with 3 good songs and 3 routine songs. Its been a while where DSP provided album that competed with each other to say which one is better than the other. In another words that had 6/6 hits. Given this album, this should be decent enough from Mahesh and his fans as it has good number of songs which they can feel happy about. DSP some how managing to provide a decent melody, good title song and a decent duet. However thats standard expectation from any music director, but if has to go to a different league, I guess he should provide more and probably work on not provide template songs. There are many expectations on him and hope he works towards that. For now this is a decent album and should help the movie.