- Sreya Sunil

The super hit team of Sravanti Ravikishore - Trivikiram - Koti - Sirivennela after having given us successful movies like Nuvve Kavali, Nuvvu Naaku Nachhav, is now back with Nuvve Nuvve. Trivikram, who has proved himself as one of the most successful story-cum-dialogue writers in the recent times with his 'girl-gets-engaged-falls-in-love-with-another-guy' kind of stories and witty dialogues that lift those clichéd themes to an endearing level, debuts as a director with this movie. Tarun and Shriya enact the lead roles in this tender love story, which also has Prakash Raj, donning a very important role of that of heroine's father.

Koti's music for Nuvve Kavali and Nuvvu Naaku Nachhav picked up mainly after the movies released and I think that would be the case with the music of Nuvve Nuvve too. Of course, at least two songs make you grope for the rewind button before you proceed to the next song. But in a movie titled Nuvve Nuvve (Just 'U'), those are melodies, just a few.

Sirivennela, who pens all the lyrics, dishes out lyrics ranging from exemplary to ordinary. Another noteworthy point in this album is that none of the singers are repeated and different singers sing each song.

1. Computersu Artsu (Listen)
Devan and Anuradha Sriram who sang Ammammalu Taatayyalu song in Nuvve Kavali come together again to sing this teasing song which has some cool, crisp and catchy lyrics by Sirivennela and which starts off with Koti and Trivikram singing two opening lines. The song, while branding subjects like Computers, Arts, Science, Maths, Commerce as nuisance talks about some important subjects like 'Campus Manners' and 'Campus Rules' where the guys try to lecture the girls about dresses, debates and diet. The girls pay back in the same coin talking about guys' bondam like bodies, bouquets and brickbats. That's the way… aha aha … I like it … aha aha!

2. Naa Manasukemayyindi (Listen)
Folks, lets play 'Who wants to be a good guesser?'. Somebody said 'Try, Try and Try and You will succeed'. No, I am not going to ask you who quoted that. But the question here is - Who took that seriously?

A) Mohan Babu, who of late has been delivering consistent and continuous flops
B) Vijaya Santhi, a hero(ine) who seems to have forgotten three letters of English alphabet - i, n, e.
C) Dasari, who doesn't seem to be aware of something called retirement and is possibly eyeing another Guinness record
D) Udit Narayan.

The answer unanimously is D (at least until the other choices succeed). Yes, it's Udit Narayan, who took that food for thought seriously and whoa he surprises you in this song with a near perfect pronunciation and a pleasant rendition accompanied appreciably by Nitya Santoshini. Sirivennela's lyrics in this love song are clichéd. It's the haunting tune and the good rendition that are the life of this melodious song.

3. Nuvve Nuvve Kavalantundi (Listen)
Most of us, at some point in life, face a conflict of love - where our love for a person comes in the way of our love for another person. The former might be showering his love and affection on us. But what if he doesn't realize that his love and affection are a hindrance for the love we have for another equally important person? Sirivennela captures these feelings beautifully in his lyrics and yet again shows that when it comes to writing about 'feelings' none is better, none is more sensible and none is more poetic. The paternal references about 'megham & chinuku', 'theega and poovu' and the character's helpless cry about asserting (or being unable to assert) her own individuality give away some hints about the story. Koti, though sets up a decent tune to this song, makes you wish the tune were more melodious like the tune of Kallaloki Kallupetti (Nuvve Kavali). Chitra, as always, does a splendid job of bringing to life the pain and the conflict the character is going through. At a couple of places the quiver in her voice couldn't have been better.

4. I am very sorry (Listen)
Koti adapts Shakira's [a popular Latino diva] 'Wherever, Whenever' tune and orchestration into this song sung by KK. Though this is a song where the guy offers apologies to his girl for having troubled her, the reasons he gives for causing those sweet little troubles are bound to make her all the more angry. Lyrics by Sirivennela are funny. Some beats in the interludes of the song remind us of Premikudu's Mukkaala Muqabala song.

5. Niddurapothunna (Listen)
An ordinary song sung by Shankar Mahadevan that talks about a guy in search of his lover who deserts him because of a squabble. He also wishes she somehow appear in front of him avoiding him the trouble of carrying out his painful enquiry process. Given the lyrics in this song, it reminds us of a similar song Nelanadiga from Tarun's earlier hit Priyamaina Neeku, which incidentally was written by Sirivennela.

6. Ammayi Nachhesindi (Listen)
An average routine love duet sung by Rajesh and Kousalya filled with mandatory clichés and ordinary lyrics by Sirivennela. Koti seems to be confused while composing this song not knowing whether to make it a medium paced beat based song or a soft melodious number.

Tarun, who has been tasting alternating failures and successes, is banking heavily on this movie to give him the much-needed push in the cutthroat race for stardom among his contemporaries. Also, going by his failure-success theory, Tarun seems to be having a winner up his sleeve with this movie considering the fact that his last movie Adrustam was a dud at the box-office. Shriya, one of the most sought after heroines today after her bubbly role in the runaway hit Santosham, is certainly a crowd puller. Sravanti Ravikishore and Trivikram are already brand names in the industry today and a movie from them is now awaited with heightened curiosity. Just for the record, their last two movies had just one nuvve/u in the title and their latest movie has two nuvve's in its title. So, going by the inexplicable sentiments of the industry, doesn't that call for double celebrations - rewards and couple of awards may be.

Will the movie meet its expectations? Will Trivikiram carry his success saga into his new passion of direction too? Will the chemistry of Tarun and Shriya click? Too many questions, is it? Lets entertain one more haunting question -- naa manasu kemayyindi?

Sreya's Picks: Naa Manasukemayyindi, Nuvve Nuvve Kavalantundi.

Special thanks to Buzz and Rav (buddies from idlebrain.com chat) for their inputs for songs 3 and 4 respectively.

Click here to read the other articles by Sreya Sunil

Other audio reviews by Sreya Sunil
Gemini
Chenna Kesava Reddy
Okato Number Kurraadu
Sontham
Baba
Holi
Avunu Valliddaru Ista Paddaru
Allari Ramudu
Indra
Jayam
Sreeram
Kanulu Moosina Neevaye
Vasu
Santosham

.