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Home > Audio Reviews > Ankith, Pallavi And Friends APF Music Review - Youthful Album, Promising Debut APK | May 27, 2008 User comments Rating: ***.25 (***** Very Good, **** Good, *** Fair, ** Average, * Bad) Click here to listen to the songs Premani Premani Karunya and Gayathri render this breezy track with lines by Vanamali. A nice start to the album, Premani has good playback, usage of instrumental that shifts between modern yet warm Telugu sound and cool country guitar strumming, and that is the first thing you notice in Vinu's music. ***1/2 Dosth He Dosth This song is heavily influenced by western beats, with rhythmic drums and the electric guitar dominating the music. Ranjith, Geeta Madhuri and Balu Thankachan sing to Vanamali's friendship song. An indo-western interlude makes the song interesting, along with the Telugu lyrics which has very little Hindi in it (or English)-Dosth He Dosth. This song gets your feet tapping, with very interesting instrumental used with the meaningful lyrics. ***1/2  Leletha Puvvale This sounds like a number right out of the Choir, and Vinu gives it that authentic touch. The good thing here is the different set of sounds we get to hear with new talent on the field, and people can crib about western influences and all that, but while a portion of the listeners tend to resist change, the young lot likes to welcome the new kids on the block happily. A baby's gurgling laugh is used in this song, wonder if it's situational? A pleasant number with an English chorus-'for a better new world', courtesy Vanamali and decent playback by Karthik. It reminds you of 'Heal The World', theme and presentation-wise. ***.25Tell Me Em Kavalo The same trio as Dosth He Dosth at the playback for Ramajogayya Sastry's lines. Techno beats in this disco number make you think of a dance floor. It is fast paced, with the mandatory rapper chipping in and try as you might not to, it still will remind you of 'Ye Cheekati' from Happy Days, although tune wise there is no resemblance. This is a totally different composition though, and a good one at that. *** Alagake Allari Vayasa A lilting duet by Pranavi and Balu Thankachan, this is one of those soft, feathery light numbers that spell delicate romance and a tiff just as delicate. Vanamali's lyrics and Vinu's music makes for an enjoyable hear, and the song makes a really sweet situational number. ***.25 Neelo Medilina Deepu renders this solo straight from the heart, which is sort of in the same league as the previous number in terms of mood, tone and pace. Vanamali's 'Varama..Vishama..Prema' concludes the album quite well, and Vinu chooses not to overtax the song with too many instruments and keeps it simple. ***.25  Aranavvulenduko Deepu and Gayathri render this song with lines by Ramajogayya Sastry. This also has English chorus and Vinu uses rock/jazz beats the moment he gets a chance. Since he knows how to use it well, it works out well. There is a lack of freshness in this number, though it is still okay. ***Last Word The similarity with Happy Days is the slight western influence with a youthful aura to it and in the Rehman-Ilayaraja-Jayaraj school of music. After Mickey J. Meyer, a debut in the same college/friendship theme with similar use of instruments and a show of versatility. Luckily, Happy Days worked out for Mickey, movie-wise and the music rocked the charts for the longest time. As for Vinu, his music is good, it's an extremely promising debut and as long as he just gets better (and experiments a little), there will be no dearth of admirers for his kind of music. Discreetly getting inspired by a riff here and a strum there also seems to be his specialty. The present album is a nice compilation and has a song to suit most tastes, except the lack of the item/mass number. Youthful and lilting. |