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Bujjigadu Music Review - Not 'Super'

APK | April 23, 2008

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After two consecutive super hits, Puri Jagannath is back with 'Bujjugadu' starring Prabhas in the lead, along with Mohanbabu and Trisha. Sandeep Chowta, who started his musical career in Telugu with the blockbuster Ninne Pelladatha, is the composer for Bujjigadu. He certainly seemed to have understood the lyrics immediately, although the average listener will take more time. He delivered superhit music for Super (another Puri Jagan movie), although the movie itself fared badly. Bujjigadu's music might not be everyone's cup of tea, but there is some amount of Chowta freshness factor in it and the music grows on you as you keep listening.

Talaiva This is really fast paced number, one of those songs that you to listen to a hundred times before you get the lyrics, and even then you're not sure what it exactly means. Otherwise you don't care. So it's in that catagory where only half the song makes sense. It is fusion with rustic drum beats dominating the number. Mark Lazaro (Phenom band frontman) and Anaida (Hindi pop singer) add their unique touch to the already quirky playback. Comes strictly under the catagory of Telugu rock and those who have a taste for it will love it. ***1/2

Prabhas and Trisha

Sudu Sude Chowta himself lends his voice to this number, with Shruti Patak giving him company. A slower, softer and a more mellow number than it's predecessor. It has very few lines actually, written by Bhaskarabhatla again. The instrumental and the tone holds center stage. You know those beats 'Mustafa Mustafa' begins with (which itself was a clever inspiration), ditto for Sudu Sude. ***

Chitti Aayire With a noisy background, mainly drums, this Hindi-Telugu song has Pradeep Somasundaran and Sonu Kakkar (of Babuji Zara Dheere Chalo) fame. There is also a rap interlude, and some mischievous and some suggestive lines by Bhaskarabhatla. The playback used in all the numbers, apart from Chowta himself, is relatively new to Telugu music. Apart from that, the song itself offers nothing novel. **.75

Love Me With the beats lifted from an international number or two, Chowta at the playback does something strange with his voice and makes it all nasal. It sounds amusing, but not good. Nikita Nigam accompanies him, sounding perfectly normal herself. It is a nice number, and an equally nice copy. Not 'inspiration', just straightforward lifts. But so was Maha from Mantra, that didn't stop it from topping the charts. This might not top charts, but will be regarded as one of the better numbers in the compilation. **.75

Guchchi Guchchi Shruti Patak again, with Chowta (?) in this song-that-sounds-like-a-remix. Kandikonda's lyrics include Hindu wedding mantras. It's hard to believe it's a wedding song, as it's way too modern and gusty. Then again, it's Chowta, isn't it? So there you have it, one more 'Gucchi Gucchi' in his portfolio (after Super). **.75

Dhadak Dhadak Sandeep Chowta and Nikita Nigam render this song, another slow and suave number, obviously fusion-Telugu, Hindi and English all fused together. Still, hummable enough and could be called a nice enough end to an album that doesn't fail to catch your interest at least a few times. ***

Mohanbabu and Prabhas

Bottom-Line Chowta's trademark style, with a lot of Hindi lyrics and sounds that cross the AP borders. Lot of drums domineering the numbers (a little overdone perhaps) and numbers that sound like they could qualify for a stand-alone music video. This will take time to sink in to the common chord, not being as immediately likeable as that of other composers who also dabble in national-international sounds (Rehman, Jayaraj, Meyer, etc.).

In typical Chakri style, Chowta decided to croon for three of the numbers himself. Three of the numbers, including the peculiar Talaiva and Sude Sude make interesting hearing, but otherwise it's not as good as the last musical in the same director-composer combi, Super.