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With
a huge success behind him in the form of Indra,
Chiranjeevi is now all set to storm the theaters
near you as Tagore, which is an adaptation of
a Tamil film Ramana [Vijayakanth, Simran, Ashima].
While Chiru enacts the role of a tough professor who
believes in Gandhian principles and values, Shriya
enacts the role of a girl who has a crush on this professor,
played in Tamil by Ashima [who by the way, was the second
lead in Chiranjeevi's Daddy]. Jyothika
steps into the shoes of Simran, in a cameo as Chiru's
wife. VV Vinayak, the man behind NTR's Aadi,
Bala Krishna's Chenna Kesava Reddy and Nitin's
Dil, is the helmsman for this movie produced
by B Madhu.
The
last time Chiranjeevi entertained us as Indra,
it rained cash and dough at the box-office. Mani
Sharma's music had a big share in the success of
Indra which made the audience sing and swoon
to his tunes. Naturally, Mani Sharma was roped in as
the music director for Tagore too. But all natural
things dont have a nourishing effect on us just like
the music of Tagore. Mani Sharma has nothing
new to offer in this album. He recycles and reuses the
orchestration of most of his earlier songs setting them
to new tunes, thus disappointing us terribly, especially
after having delivered a foot-tapping score for Chiru's
Indra.
None
of VV Vinayak's movies so far had rich musical scores
and inspite of Mani Sharma and Vinayak working together
for the third time after Aadi and Chenna Kesava
Reddy, they dont seem to realize the need for good
songs. VV Vinayak needs to hone his song seeking abilities
for his movies to boast of good music.
1.
Kodithe Kottali  
A typical hero introduction/solo song with a lot of
food for thought written by Chandrabose and sung
by Shankar Mahadevan. There's absolutely nothing
new in terms of music or singing in this song. Chandrabose's
words are penned to send across many messages to Chiru's
fans (listen to the second stanza in particular).
2.
Nenu Saitham 
Borrowing heavily from Mahakavi Srisri's phenomenal
poem 'Nenu Saitham' , Suddala Ashok Teja
pens additonal lyrics, that blend well into Srisri's
fire-spewing words, for this song. This is a thematic
song that might have a good effect on screen than off
screen. The ever dependable SPB sings this one
with gusto.
3.
Manmadha Manmadha
Though the base beat, that runs througout the song,
is foot-tapping, this number has nothing to rave about.
On repeated hearing you might get hooked on to this
one but that wouldn't last long. Neither Veturi's
lyrics nor singers Mahalaxmi Iyer and Mallikharjun
elevate this to enthralling heights.
4.
Vaanochhenante
Shreya Ghoshal and Mani Sharma's indispensable
singer Udit Narayan sing this rain song which
is worded by Bhuvana Chandra. The orchestration
in this song is so typical of Mani Sharma that even
before you know who the music director is, you would
almost blurt out Mani Sharma's name without even having
to strain your gray matter. Listen to it yourself to
know what I am talking about.
5.
Chinnaga Chinnaga
You have to listen to this song to actually believe
that Mani Sharma can also go wrong with slow melodious
numbers, which are almost his forte, atleast in most
of his albums for Chiru's movies. Remember those hummable
Himaseemallo [Annayya], Abbabba Iddo
[Choodalani Vundi], Bangaaram Tecchi [Iddaru
Mitrulu], Sathamaanamannadi [Mrigaraju]?
Well my 'vote' goes to them than to this song, which
has beats that remind you of the beats in Cheppave
Chirugaali [Okkadu]. Chandrabose makes
use of politcal paraphernalia to pen lyrics for this
love duet sung by Hariharan and Chitra.
6.
Gappuchippu Gappuchippu
This racy number has Jyothika matching steps with Chiranjeevi.
Lyrics are by Suddala Ashok Teja and Mano
and Chitra sing this one. Though the orchestration
in this song too reminds you of Mani Sharma's earlier
songs, you end up humming this one as it, sort of, affects
you in the first hearing itself.
Overall,
Mani Sharma comes up with songs that have absolutely
nothing new to offer. The orchestration in the songs
is very typical of Mani Sharma and his tunes aren't
novel either. Some songs might appeal to some of you
on repeated hearing but the life of those songs in your
minds is highly questionable. Agreed that Chiru's movies
dont necessarily have lyrically rich songs, with a few
exceptions. And this album, sadly, is no exception.
Sreya's
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