- Sreya Sunil

1. Chinni Navvu Challipove(Listen)
A melodious number sung by Hariharan and written by Kandikonda. Hariharan sleepwalks through the song with his usual ease. Though it's a melodious song, it still has nice beats unlike the usual umpteen melodious songs, which are typically soft and slow, devoid of beats. This one's an instant winner.

2. Subbalachimi (Listen)
After setting a racy tune to 'Lachimi Lachimi' song in Baachi, Chakri again sets a lively tune to another 'lachimi' song here. This one's sung by Ravi Varma and written by Bhaskarabhatla Ravi Kumar. Ravi Varma, though sounds a lot like Suresh Peters, does a decent job of singing this folk song. This 'lachimi' song has the potential of making people dance in the aisles of theaters like 'Gajuwaka pilla' (of Nuvvu-Nenu) did.

3. Allari Chinuka (Listen)
A breezy rain song penned by Balabadrapatruni Madhu and sung very well by Kousalya. While it describes the amount of fun, heroine and her friends are having getting drenched in the rain, it also talks about the carefree and fun-loving nature of the heroine's character. One of the best rain songs in its cadre, since 'Jallantha Kavvintha' (of Geetanjali). The male voice, which pops up just for a few seconds, imitating Ramana Gogula's voice irks you though.

4. Enduko Enduko (Listen)
After tugging in Telugu words (just because he was supposed to write a Telugu song) amidst mindless Hindi/English words, for songs in Santosham and Adrushtam, Viswa finally gets it right this time with this beautiful title song. No wonder they say - try, try and try until you succeed. Hats off Viswa! for you did succeed with aplomb. Chakri not only sets a pleasant tune to this song but also pleases us with an equally pleasant rendition.

5. Tolakariva (Listen)
Nice tune, good lyrics, riveting rhythm. But wait! Control your excitement for there's already a whole of lot of over excitement attached to this song by an over-enthusiastic crooning of Chakri. Gosh!! Why is he 'howling' in the interludes of the song? Is he trying to ooze passion? If so, a suggestion to Chakri - please exclude such notion 'coz that's not the way to exude passion. Having said all this, I still say it's an enjoyable number written by Kandikonda. Kousalya lends her voice for the heroine.

6. Nilikalla (Listen)
Another beautiful number about a guy crying out for his lover. Kandikonda pens wonderful lyrics and this time Chakri doesn't go overboard. In fact he breathes life into this pathos filled song with a soulful rendition. Good job by Chakri.

7. Aapalanna Aagena (Listen)
Brilliant! This song deserves top marks in all departments - lyrics, music and singing. Sunitha and Jeans Srinivas mesmerize us with their vocals while Sirivennela, needless to say, comes out with beautiful lyrics. I wonder why Sunitha doesn't get to sing many songs in spite of such a sweet voice. This song leaves us with a pleasant feeling thanks to Chakri's easy on ears music. Its a winner all the way.

8. Lavvudoma Kuttinade (Listen)
This song sounds so much like 'Gajuwaka Pilla' (of Nuvvu-Nenu) but comes nowhere near it in terms of lyrics. Nevertheless, it's racy and manages to make you tap your feet on the ground. Aimed at the masses and hence no complains about the lyrics by Kandikonda. Whitehouse, Pantaloons, Medimix, Horlicks, aloo chips! Uff, are these lyrics? But hey! No complains. Let the targeted audience be the judges. Udit Narayan (is he still singing Telugu songs?) and Kousalya deliver what they are expected to, in such a song.

After a so-so music for Baachi, a good score for Itlu Sravani Subramnayam and some mediocre musical scores for Aadhuthu Paadhuthu and Dreams, Chakri comes out with wonderful music for Kanulu Moosina Neevaye. All the songs in this movie are set to lilting tunes talking about various moods of life from gaiety to grief, passion to pleasure and ecstasy to euphoria. This album is definitely worth your money (or should I say worth your 'mouse-clicks'?). Start listening to the songs and I am sure you would say - 'yentha vinna tanivi teeradaye!'

Sreya's Picks: Aapalanna Aagena and Chinni Navvu Challipove.

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