Kumari 21F (soundtrack)

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Kumari 21F
Soundtrack album by
Devi Sri Prasad
Released30 October 2015 (2015-10-30)
Recorded2015
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length20:13
Language Telugu
Label Aditya Music
Producer Devi Sri Prasad
Devi Sri Prasad chronology
Shivam
(2015)		Kumari 21F
(2015)		 Nenu Sailaja
(2016)

Kumari 21F is the soundtrack to the 2015 romantic drama film of the same name directed by Palnati Surya Pratap, written and produced by Sukumar, starring Raj Tarun and Hebah Patel. The film's musical score is composed by Devi Sri Prasad and featured lyrics written by Prasad, Ramanjaneyulu, Krishna Kanth and Chandrabose, Sri Mani and Anantha Sreeram. The soundtrack was released under the Aditya Music label on 30 October 2015 to positive reviews from critics.

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Development

Sukumar's norm collaborator Devi Sri Prasad signed in as the film's composer during October 2014. [1] After reading the script, Prasad agreed to score the film without charging any renumeration. [2] [3] All the songs were unconventional and fresh to the theme and storyline. [4]

Besides composing, Prasad wrote the lyrics for the song "Bang Bang Bangkok", which he sang with Ranina Reddy and Rita, and also handled choreography. [5] [6] Prasad composed a few signature steps during the composition of the song which Sukumar and cinematographer R. Rathnavelu liked and insisted him to choreograph the entire song. [5] [7] Ramanjaneyulu wrote the lyrics for the song "Love Cheyyala Vadda" which insists the thoughts of love from a boy's point of view and is sung by Narendra. The song "Baby U Gonna Miss Me" featured lyrics written by Krishna Kanth and sung by Prasad's brother Sagar. The song "Break Up Patch Up" featured lyrics written by Chandrabose, who previously did the same for the albums in Sukumar–Prasad combination and is sung by M. M. Manasi. [4]

For "Meghaalu Lekunna", which was sung by Yazin Nizar, Sri Mani wrote the pallavi and Anantha Sreeram wrote the charanams. [4] "Meghaalu Lekunna" was recorded using a live orchestra, which Nizar found "rare these days". [8]

Release

The soundtrack album was released on 30 October 2015 at Shilpakala Vedika, Hyderabad, with actor Allu Arjun attending the event as the guest of honour. [9] Aditya Music marketed the film's soundtrack album through digital and physical formats. [10]

Reception

Karthik Srinivasan of The Hindu said the song "Meghaalu Lekunna", "sounds at best like the Telugu version of a song by the Hindi pop band Euphoria", that the tune is "similarly lush and folkish", and that Prasad does "some interesting things in the interludes—the use of violins and solo-violin in the first and second interludes, to be specific". [11] In his review for Milliblog , he further described the album as a "strictly ho-hum material from Devi Sri Prasad". [12]

Madhavi Tata of Outlook India called Prasad's music, particularly "Love Cheyyala Vadda" ("To love or not to"), a "winner". [13] The Times of India gave the soundtrack 2 stars out of 5 and said the album "falls desperately short" of the standards expected from Prasad. The reviewer called "Meghaalu Lekunna" a "beautiful and melodious track, courtesy the tantalising acoustic guitar, violin and flute sounds", and praised Nisar's rendition of it. [14] A reviewer from The Hans India described the film's music and background score to be "impressive". [15]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsArtist(s)Length
1."Bang Bang Bangkok" Devi Sri Prasad Devi Sri Prasad, Ranina Reddy, Rita 03:30
2."Meghaalu Lekunna" Sri Mani, Ananta Sriram Yazin Nizar 04:59
3."Love Cheyyala Vadda"RamanjaneyuluNarendra03:23
4."Baby U Gonna Miss Me"Krishna KanthSagar04:02
5."Break Up Patch Up" Chandrabose M. M. Manasi 04:19
Total length:20:13

Accolades

Award [lower-alpha 1] Date of ceremony [lower-alpha 2] CategoryRecipient(s)ResultRef.
CineMAA Awards 12 June 2016Best Music Director Devi Sri Prasad Won [lower-alpha 3] [16]
Filmfare Awards South 18 June 2016 Best Lyricist – Telugu Anantha Sriram – ("Meghaalu Lekunna")Won [17]
[18]
Best Male Playback Singer – Telugu Yazin Nizar – ("Meghaalu Lekunna")Nominated
Mirchi Music Awards South 27 July 2016Album of the YearKumari 21F – Devi Sri Prasad Nominated [19]
[20]
Listeners Choice – Album of the YearNominated
Song of the Year"Bang Bang Bangkok"Nominated
"Meghaalu Lekunna"Nominated
Listeners Choice – Song of the YearNominated
Music Composer of the Year Devi Sri Prasad – (Meghaalu Lekunna")Nominated
Lyricist of the Year Anantha Sriram – ("Meghaalu Lekunna")Nominated
Male Vocalist of the Year Yazin Nizar – ("Meghaalu Lekunna")Won
Female Vocalist of the Year Ranina Reddy – ("Bang Bang Bangkok")Nominated
M. M. Manasi – ("Break Up Patch Up")Nominated
Santosham Film Awards 14 August 2016 Best Music Director Devi Sri Prasad Won [lower-alpha 4] [21]

Notes

  1. ↑ Awards are in Alphabetical order.
  2. ↑ Date is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.
  3. ↑ Also for Srimanthudu and S/O Satyamurthy
  4. ↑ Also for Srimanthudu

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