Its raining great music this year

I was waiting for my friend at the airport. He is returning home after a hard earned annual vacation spent at home. The flight on which he is supposed to arrive already came an hour back. Not only that, two more flights scheduled after that have also come. The flight crew and the passengers have left. Then the desi passengers started arriving at the exit. Desi passengers take more time at the quarantine and the customs giving a tough time to them with their spices, pickles, medicines and lots of home-made stuff posing a challenge to the careers of the officials there. My friend finally appeared on the exit after an hour and half. The thing is he is able to successfully smuggle home- made pickle after an argument that went on for more than half-an-hour. In this time, I was able to sample the songs of the new albums that have released over the past few weeks. Expecting that there would be delay, I uploaded the songs on IPod and was hearing to them on the way to the airport.

The albums I sampled are Kotha Bangaru Lokam, Yuvatha, Ashta Chemma, Ankit Pallavi and Friends and Souryam. So, what they have in store for you?

Kotha Bangaru Lokam is the most beautiful album of all. Mickey J Meyer who gave okay kind of music to Hare Ram is back on track with this movie. It is absolute delight listening to the songs Nenani Neevani, Okay Anesa and Nijanga Nenena. Try playing them on some nice speakers with good bass and you will never want to stop it. Without any doubt Kotha Bangaru Lokam is the best album of the year till now.

Yuvatha is a movie starring Nikhil of Happy Days fame. Music is by Mani Sharma. The pics of the album are Yevarunnarani Naakaina and Maa Vooremo Cinna. Yevarunnarani Naakaina is a very good melody from Mani Sharma after a very long time, which can be compared with Chiguraku Chatu Chiluka of Gudumba Shankar. The song Maa Vooremo Cinna is vintage Mani Sharma folk Telugu song. It has the right mass orientation and folk beats that will drive you to dance in few hearings itself. Kotikokatila Ammayi is also good. Eelesi Nuvvu song tune is used from Mani Sharma’s super hit song in the Tamil pokiri.

Ashta Chemma is one better album of the year. Adinchindi Ashta Chemma and Tidathara Kodathara are the ones that will work for you in one or two hearings.

Ankit Pallavi and Friends album is a close second to Kotha Bangaru Lokam. Vinu Thomas arrived on the Tollywood charts with this album. Alagake Allari Vayasa is a very beautiful composition that is on par with Nenani Neevani (Kotha Bangaru Lokam) and Rama Chakkani Seethaki (Godavari). Leletha Puvvule and Aranavvulenduko are two more beautiful compositions. Dost Hey Dost is the pic for the ones who love fast beats. I was very disappointed when greatandhra.com wrote in the review of the movie that the music of the movie is not at all good. Did the guy who wrote the review have an ear for music at all?

Souryam is one more music album by Mani Sharma. It has all the right mass beats and yucky lyrics required for a movie starred by a mass hero. Some of the songs are good, though I do not exactly remember the track names.

One more album we have to watch out for in the next few weeks is Chintakayala Ravi, the movie starring Victory Venkatesh and Anushka. Music is by Vishal Sekhar who earlier gave music to the block-buster Sharukh Khan starrer Om Shanti Om.

The song I am hearing over and over these days is Om Namaste from Ready. I simply love the voice of Divya in the song. I just keep rewinding and hear her voice singing “Trendy Trendy Trendy......” and fall in love with it again.