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Home > Audio Reviews > Brahmastram Talented Trio, Forgettable Album APK | June 12, 2006 Rating: *** (***** Very Good, **** Good, *** Fair, ** Average, * Bad)  Music director trio Vaibhava-Ananth, Balu and Vedanth deliver music for this album, and dish out all kinds of numbers-the soft melody, the conversational duet, a disco song, a passionate title track tailor-made for Jagapathi Babu, a cute little piece and finally, the unavoidable item number. Their use of instruments and the quality of music lacks nothing, except finesse. With time, they will get that too. They show some potential for a debut. After the successful musical 'Satyam' (and the not-so-successful 'Dhana 51') director Suryakiran banks on 'Brahmastram'.Nuvvu Avunantava The first song in the album greets you with casual guitar strumming which sets the listener at ease. This is a fun song, more of a conversation made in a sing-song manner. The use of instruments in this song is delightful. A sweet and simple romantic number. *** Om Hare Rama This song takes you to the world of disco and dope. A foot-tapping number to dance to, instead of paying attention to the lyrics-which really don't make too much sense unless you pay attention-it's all about living life in the fast lane. It's a fast number, in contrast to the first song. *** Brahmastram This is the intense and captivating title track-captivating when heard for the first time. This is one of those songs which don't grow on you. It impresses the first time, and will definitely add to the lead's heroic presence, especially with all those Sanskrit slokas and Vedic chants. The music director trio Vaibhava belt out this number, and does a good job of it. ***1/2  Adugu Adugu This song reminds of one of those soft and melodious numbers of the 90s, a number with the emphasis on the lyrics and a simple tune to go with it. Again, it's a Q&A conversational song. ***Jack & Jill Okay, so let's take a wild guess at the story. There is an illiterate hero, and a heroine who is a teacher. That might be wrong, but that will at least explain this song, where the female voice (Sujatha) is rendering rhymes and the male voice (Suryakiran) repeats it, stammering and gets it all wrong. A situational song, this bores you after the second time you listen to it. Even then, it's a cute number. *** Machilipatnam Quiz Question: Name three movies in the recent past without an item song. Answer: .....????? Well, that's the state of Telugu films and its music. But nobody's complaining and all's well. And our favorite Miss. Item song voice is back-Anuradha Sriram accompanying the gutsy voice of Tippu. How good is it? It will definitely feature in the top ten item songs of all the music albums released in June. *** And the verdict is.. Fair. Nothing exceptional, but not bad.. no, not bad at all. The trio definitely is here to stay; they have not one ear, but three pairs of ears for music. They delivered the goods obviously as per the director's wishes, and according to the situations of the movie. Not bad, but all too forgettable. The music might not be a 'Brahmastram' (the ultimate weapon) for Brahmastram. |