Arya 2 ! (2009) Music Review
Cast :: Allu Arjun,Kajal Agarwal,Navadeep
Music :: Devi Sri prasad
Director :: Sukumar
Producer :: Aditya babu
Remember the last time when this combination of Sukumar,Devi Sriprasad,Allu Arjun came together....well,they created a magic in the form of a movie called Arya.That movie was an eye opener for all such directors who believed in the standard formula of love stories.The music of Arya was exception in the sense that it was fresh,peppy and all the more had very meaningful lyrics.I personally loved Arya songs and so did my family members.We still cant forget what magic DSP and KK delivered in the form of "Feel My Love" song.Moving to 2009,the trio is again back to give us a sequel of Arya in the name of Arya 2.The audio of this movie created big hype and was arriving with a huge expectations ,with initially three songs of the movie getting leaked online and secondly the audio rights being brought by the famous audio brand "SONY BMG" who are known for distritbuting quality music.Lets see how did the audio fare.. (PS: Though producer Mr.Aditya Babu says that Arya 2 has a different story to Arya,but i found uncanny resemblences of the songs in this album to its prequel Arya..)
1.Mr.Perfect - Baba Sehgel,Rita - ***
Would some one ever thought that someday everybody would be listening to a HIP HOP song in telugu.Here it is,ARYA 2 album starts off with a HIP HOP number from DSP.The song starts with our very own tabla beats and it continues almost till the song is done to maintain the HIP HOP touch.The song is all about what are qualities of the hero is and how different he is from others.This song is sung by baba sehgel and written by new lyricist Kedar.Songs like these are cake walk to somebody like baba sehgel who has taken indian rap to a next level.I Somehow feel that baba sehgel does a lot of homework when ever he sings telugu songs and we really dont find any mistakes in the way he sings.The way he says "tando" in the end of each word in the song is very nice and unique.DSP is again at his best in the way he sings those RAP words in the middle of the song.I felt the song would have been more crispy and more better if the lyrics were written with much more sense than saying the hero Mr.Perfect by talking about how bad he is!!!.On the whole very catchy tune and baba sehgel scores with his awesome singing.
2.Uppenantha - KK - *****
When Arya 2 album was getting released,some of my friends told that some of the arya 2 songs are already leaked online and they were not having interest in hearing to the music on the first day.Though i did not hear the songs initially which were leaked online i was wondering how were the audio makers (SONY BMG in this case) were confident about the audio sales.When i heard this song,i thought YES,this was the reason why they were so confident about the audio inspite some of the other songs getting leaked.The song talks about a guy describing how much he love a girl.This is the best song in this album and KK is at his best again.The song starts with a guitar melody and the lyrics written by a new comer kedar is just wonderful.Lines like..
"Chilakale nee paluku..Thirigi palikaayi ante...tholakare lekunda paatheyana...."
i think its been a while for us that we heard words like "tholakari" in telugu songs and kedar should be applauded for using pure and meaningful lyrics for this song.The song is absolutely placed well in terms of music and chorus and singer and i just hope the picturization makes it even more wenderful.DSP should make more of these songs and he should use more of singers like KK who can pronounce the words with utmost ease to make his music better.
3.Baby he Loves you - DSP,Chandrabose - ***
This is the third song in the album and it has DSP and the "arya" touch written all over it.The song talks about a guy explaining how much the other guy loves his girl friend which is something we dont hear in telugu songs and i think thats what makes Arya different from other movies.I somehow feel that chandrabose doesn't write proper lyrics but in this song he does a good job.The way he writes those unique comparisons like "Ghantaasala paata loni bhaavam antha" to describe the extent of love is wonderful and this is just one of those tens of comparisons in the song.Though i kept on hearing the song,i felt there is something that can be improved in this song and i finally consoled myself that the singer is the problem.DSP sings the songs very well but i think songs like these need more passionate voice and a soft voice somebody like karthik,Ranjith or for that matter of fact a budding singer like deepu would have done a good justice to the song.DSP's voice is too husky for songs like these and i think he should realize this atleast in future.
4.Ringa Ringa - Priya Hemesh - **
Remember the Aa ante amalapuram song from Arya.Though i felt that song was not good from the musical sense,that song turned out be an instant hit when the movie got released.That would have provoked the makers to include a smilar song even in Arya 2.Though rajamouli said that this song would become the biggest hit of 2009 in audio function,i somehow personally feel that this song can only just attract the masses to a class movie like Arya 2.This song is a complete mass song and the lyrics are pathetic and vulgur.I should applaud a singer like priya hemesh who is a kannada singer by profession for singing a song with worst lyrics that she cannot understand.This song might become a hit but songs like these doesnt interest me.No Comments beyond that.
5.Karige Lona - Kunal Ganjawala,Meghad - ****
Remember the time when DSP produced music albums like anandam,Sontham,Kalusukovalani.All the songs in these movies had a pattern and they were instant hits.When i first heard this song,I thought DSP just followed that pattern.It starts with that authentic DSP "waves" sound and a ragam that tells what the mood of song is.The music that starts next will make you remember songs like "Chaiyya chaiyya" and "ghuzarish" songs.This song was sung by Kunal Ganjawala and a new female singer called Meghad who was an indian idol 4 contestant last year.I felt kunal's voice was little shaky in this song and the music was dominating his voice and may be they would have done that change to suit to the mood of the song which should have been avoided.The song really picks very well once the female voice comes into the song and the lines sung by Meghad are really good.We really want meghad who is a wonderful singer to sing more and more telugu songs.Overall a good song but with minor glitches.
6.My Love is gone - Ranjith - ***
Days are gone when movies used to have pathetic and slow songs for describing the situation when the hero looses his love.When it comes to Arya,everything is different and so it is,here comes a rock number to express that hero has lost his love.I somehow liked this song and here are my reasons.I liked the way how DSP included those disco beats before the start of the song.Lyrics are OK and neat and the way ranjith renders them is nice.When ever i hear to songs of Ranjith,i feel he doesnt take much pain to sing a song.The way he sings telugu words like "Vayassu,Manishshi,Sarassu,Sogassu" which needs the required stress when they are pronounced is something to appreciate.The songs music is completely modern and it is completely a disco based song,very smilar to the You rock my world song from Arya.
7.Karige Loga (D-Plugged) - Sagar - *****
We always hear various versions of the same song in Hindi music albums and albums of pritam are a good example to that.To my knowledge this is the first time,something new is happening in out Telugu music as we have got a Unplugged (D-Plugged in this case as it played by DSP) in terms of this song.To make it clear,unplugged songs are songs which gives the human voice the respect that it is due and unplugged music is always performed by acoustic instruments mostlly like guitar,flute,mandolin,banjos or drums which doesnt need any electric sound to it.This song needed an unplugged version and i was glad to hear in the voice of sagar who is very clear in the way he pronounces telugu words.Lyrics by vanamali are very meaningful.Some words like
Parugulu theesthu alasina oo nadi nenu,iru theerallo deniki cheruva kaanu.
Wonderful music in the form of guitar played by DSP lead guitarist Amalraj and awesome music arrangement and over all one of my best songs in the album.
Overall,Arya 2 is a very good album with some very meaningful songs and a mass number.I found this album pretty much in terms of its prequel as the nature of songs were similar to the Arya.Though DSP sounds all the more same even with this album,he maintains the required freshness in each song.My picks in this album are uppenantha,karige Loga (both versions),My love is gone.This album is not just meant to listen online,but this is something to hear in a orginal CD and treasure it for future hearing.
See you soon- Sudheer
Cast :: Allu Arjun,Kajal Agarwal,Navadeep
Music :: Devi Sri prasad
Director :: Sukumar
Producer :: Aditya babu
Remember the last time when this combination of Sukumar,Devi Sriprasad,Allu Arjun came together....well,they created a magic in the form of a movie called Arya.That movie was an eye opener for all such directors who believed in the standard formula of love stories.The music of Arya was exception in the sense that it was fresh,peppy and all the more had very meaningful lyrics.I personally loved Arya songs and so did my family members.We still cant forget what magic DSP and KK delivered in the form of "Feel My Love" song.Moving to 2009,the trio is again back to give us a sequel of Arya in the name of Arya 2.The audio of this movie created big hype and was arriving with a huge expectations ,with initially three songs of the movie getting leaked online and secondly the audio rights being brought by the famous audio brand "SONY BMG" who are known for distritbuting quality music.Lets see how did the audio fare.. (PS: Though producer Mr.Aditya Babu says that Arya 2 has a different story to Arya,but i found uncanny resemblences of the songs in this album to its prequel Arya..)
1.Mr.Perfect - Baba Sehgel,Rita - ***
Would some one ever thought that someday everybody would be listening to a HIP HOP song in telugu.Here it is,ARYA 2 album starts off with a HIP HOP number from DSP.The song starts with our very own tabla beats and it continues almost till the song is done to maintain the HIP HOP touch.The song is all about what are qualities of the hero is and how different he is from others.This song is sung by baba sehgel and written by new lyricist Kedar.Songs like these are cake walk to somebody like baba sehgel who has taken indian rap to a next level.I Somehow feel that baba sehgel does a lot of homework when ever he sings telugu songs and we really dont find any mistakes in the way he sings.The way he says "tando" in the end of each word in the song is very nice and unique.DSP is again at his best in the way he sings those RAP words in the middle of the song.I felt the song would have been more crispy and more better if the lyrics were written with much more sense than saying the hero Mr.Perfect by talking about how bad he is!!!.On the whole very catchy tune and baba sehgel scores with his awesome singing.
2.Uppenantha - KK - *****
When Arya 2 album was getting released,some of my friends told that some of the arya 2 songs are already leaked online and they were not having interest in hearing to the music on the first day.Though i did not hear the songs initially which were leaked online i was wondering how were the audio makers (SONY BMG in this case) were confident about the audio sales.When i heard this song,i thought YES,this was the reason why they were so confident about the audio inspite some of the other songs getting leaked.The song talks about a guy describing how much he love a girl.This is the best song in this album and KK is at his best again.The song starts with a guitar melody and the lyrics written by a new comer kedar is just wonderful.Lines like..
"Chilakale nee paluku..Thirigi palikaayi ante...tholakare lekunda paatheyana...."
i think its been a while for us that we heard words like "tholakari" in telugu songs and kedar should be applauded for using pure and meaningful lyrics for this song.The song is absolutely placed well in terms of music and chorus and singer and i just hope the picturization makes it even more wenderful.DSP should make more of these songs and he should use more of singers like KK who can pronounce the words with utmost ease to make his music better.
3.Baby he Loves you - DSP,Chandrabose - ***
This is the third song in the album and it has DSP and the "arya" touch written all over it.The song talks about a guy explaining how much the other guy loves his girl friend which is something we dont hear in telugu songs and i think thats what makes Arya different from other movies.I somehow feel that chandrabose doesn't write proper lyrics but in this song he does a good job.The way he writes those unique comparisons like "Ghantaasala paata loni bhaavam antha" to describe the extent of love is wonderful and this is just one of those tens of comparisons in the song.Though i kept on hearing the song,i felt there is something that can be improved in this song and i finally consoled myself that the singer is the problem.DSP sings the songs very well but i think songs like these need more passionate voice and a soft voice somebody like karthik,Ranjith or for that matter of fact a budding singer like deepu would have done a good justice to the song.DSP's voice is too husky for songs like these and i think he should realize this atleast in future.
4.Ringa Ringa - Priya Hemesh - **
Remember the Aa ante amalapuram song from Arya.Though i felt that song was not good from the musical sense,that song turned out be an instant hit when the movie got released.That would have provoked the makers to include a smilar song even in Arya 2.Though rajamouli said that this song would become the biggest hit of 2009 in audio function,i somehow personally feel that this song can only just attract the masses to a class movie like Arya 2.This song is a complete mass song and the lyrics are pathetic and vulgur.I should applaud a singer like priya hemesh who is a kannada singer by profession for singing a song with worst lyrics that she cannot understand.This song might become a hit but songs like these doesnt interest me.No Comments beyond that.
5.Karige Lona - Kunal Ganjawala,Meghad - ****
Remember the time when DSP produced music albums like anandam,Sontham,Kalusukovalani.All the songs in these movies had a pattern and they were instant hits.When i first heard this song,I thought DSP just followed that pattern.It starts with that authentic DSP "waves" sound and a ragam that tells what the mood of song is.The music that starts next will make you remember songs like "Chaiyya chaiyya" and "ghuzarish" songs.This song was sung by Kunal Ganjawala and a new female singer called Meghad who was an indian idol 4 contestant last year.I felt kunal's voice was little shaky in this song and the music was dominating his voice and may be they would have done that change to suit to the mood of the song which should have been avoided.The song really picks very well once the female voice comes into the song and the lines sung by Meghad are really good.We really want meghad who is a wonderful singer to sing more and more telugu songs.Overall a good song but with minor glitches.
6.My Love is gone - Ranjith - ***
Days are gone when movies used to have pathetic and slow songs for describing the situation when the hero looses his love.When it comes to Arya,everything is different and so it is,here comes a rock number to express that hero has lost his love.I somehow liked this song and here are my reasons.I liked the way how DSP included those disco beats before the start of the song.Lyrics are OK and neat and the way ranjith renders them is nice.When ever i hear to songs of Ranjith,i feel he doesnt take much pain to sing a song.The way he sings telugu words like "Vayassu,Manishshi,Sarassu,Sogassu" which needs the required stress when they are pronounced is something to appreciate.The songs music is completely modern and it is completely a disco based song,very smilar to the You rock my world song from Arya.
7.Karige Loga (D-Plugged) - Sagar - *****
We always hear various versions of the same song in Hindi music albums and albums of pritam are a good example to that.To my knowledge this is the first time,something new is happening in out Telugu music as we have got a Unplugged (D-Plugged in this case as it played by DSP) in terms of this song.To make it clear,unplugged songs are songs which gives the human voice the respect that it is due and unplugged music is always performed by acoustic instruments mostlly like guitar,flute,mandolin,banjos or drums which doesnt need any electric sound to it.This song needed an unplugged version and i was glad to hear in the voice of sagar who is very clear in the way he pronounces telugu words.Lyrics by vanamali are very meaningful.Some words like
Parugulu theesthu alasina oo nadi nenu,iru theerallo deniki cheruva kaanu.
Wonderful music in the form of guitar played by DSP lead guitarist Amalraj and awesome music arrangement and over all one of my best songs in the album.
Overall,Arya 2 is a very good album with some very meaningful songs and a mass number.I found this album pretty much in terms of its prequel as the nature of songs were similar to the Arya.Though DSP sounds all the more same even with this album,he maintains the required freshness in each song.My picks in this album are uppenantha,karige Loga (both versions),My love is gone.This album is not just meant to listen online,but this is something to hear in a orginal CD and treasure it for future hearing.
See you soon- Sudheer
