Want to go out for a smoke in the hall than these songs provide the perfect
reason. After listening to the numbers, not only you would prefer to forget
them but also you can't even recall the tunes or the lyrics even if you wish
to. That is the quality of these numbers. The musician, Koti and the
lyricists, Veturi, Ashok Teja and Chandra Bose surely knew this while doing
their job. They were only trying to impress Balakrishna's fans and one
can't blame them since producer's commercial interests are of paramount
importance than dishing out some good music.
The numbers are racy and the lyrics are lost in the din of music except in
"Oh Manmadha" that sounds better among the lot. The rest "Siggu Paparo",
"Maisamma", "Mandapeta Lo" and "Guntadu Guntadu" are purely for the
frontbenchers. Of course, that audience decides the fate of the movie and
music has to satisfy them. "Mandapeta Lo" number rendered by Shankar
Mahadevan and Chitra has a bit of folk. Perhaps the picturisation demands
it. But it is hard to understand, why Chandra Bose uses so many English
words. Balakrishna fans can feast on "Guntadu Guntadu" as this one is surely
aimed at making them dance in the halls.
If you have cassettes of Narasimha Naidu and Samarasimha Reddy - the two
musical hits of Balakrishna just don't waste money buying it. It has nothing
worth listening.
