Vamsy and Chakri after delivering a musical comedy hit Avunu Valliddaru Istapaddaru (AVI), team up again for Dongaramudu and Party to recreate the same magic. Srikanth and Laya are the lead pair in this movie produced by ML Kumar Choudhary. If Vamsy made Kalyani a star in AVI, one expects the same to happen to Laya with this movie who very well deserves it.

Chakri's melodious music for this album surpasses the melodies he composed for AVI. With such a good soundtrack, Chakri's combination with Vamsy shows immense promise of being compared with Vamsy - Ilayaraja combination that gave us numerous melodies to hum and harp on. Just when we were enjoying the enchanting breeze of melodies that Chakri delivered for Oka Raju Oka Rani, he comes up with another wonderful album here.

As many as four lyricists - Peddada Murthy, Tanikella Shankar, Sai Sriharsha, Bommakanti - write lyrics for six songs in this album and all of them do a good job. After a long time, SPB is seen singing almost all the songs in an album except one song which is sung by Srinivas. Sujatha also gets to sing 5 songs while Sunitha sings one song. It's really a pleasure to listen to singers who just sing the songs and not sink them. This album scores heavily in this aspect and why not? especially when SPB is singing most of the songs.

1. Sirisiri Mallena (Listen)
This song is about the hero, who is a thief, falling in love. A beautiful number sung soothingly by SPB and Sujatha. Peddada Murthy's lyrics, where the guy puts forth his novel and never-experienced-before feelings and the girl elaborates them and helps him translate those mushy feelings as love, are good. Chakri's usage of Sujatha's humming [aaha] both in a sub-dued and in a normal manner in the pallavi adds a good effect to the song.

2. Preme panchami vennela i (Listen)
This one's an instant winner from Chakri. Though the orchestration sounds typical of Vamsy movie songs, this song has a winning tune to its credit. Lyrics by Peddada Murthy talking about prema are sweet. SPB and Sujatha, with their sweet rendition, add enough saccharine to this number. The way Peddada defines love as - leni poni oohalanni premale suma - is sweet too.

3. Chalirathiri Vastavani (Listen)
Another melodious number by Chakri which has Srinivas and Sujatha spreading their singing charm. While the pallavi and charanams are slow paced, the music in the interludes is at a faster pace comparatively. Tanikella Shankar's lyrics are a delight that make this song sound different from the usual love duets.

4. Edo edo teeyani daaham (Listen)
This one's a sweet dulcet. Sai Sriharsha, who has written wonderful lyrics for Vamsy's AVI, again shows his prowess in this song talking about teeraleni taapam. While Chakri uses good orchestration to create fitting mood for the song, SPB and Sunitha, with their heavenly rendition add life to the song. The humming by a male voice that adds to the mood of the song, used in the pallavi of the song is not credited for. (Is it Chakri's voice?)

5. Kallallone Nuvvu (Listen)
The way this song starts off and the chorus used in the song gives a feeling that this is a typical Vamsy film song. But as the song progresses, that familiarity feeling recedes. With a slightly faster pace and beats compared to the other songs in this album, this song serves to be a dance number. Lyrics by Bommakanti are easy on ears and SPB and Sujatha sing this one well. Though this one's an average number compared to the other songs in this album, it is catchy.

6. Vannelunna Naari (Listen)
Though this song reminds of some old songs, it nevertheless is impressive. This is the only song in this album that has certain Hindi and English words in the lyrics. But their usage does not come across as forced. Tanikella Shankar's lyrics which are in a lighter vein talk about the hero's motives behind robbery and his explanations for the same. Again, SPB and Sujatha sound good together.

Over all, the album has melody written all over it. All the songs are melodious just varying in the degree of melody. While most of them are instantly likeable, the remaining ones grow on you in the second hearing itself. Good lyrics, soothing music, appropriate choice of singers, which are typical of Vamsy's movies, are the striking streaks of this album too making it a winner all the way. Splendid job by Chakri who gives us the best album so far this year.

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