Naayak (soundtrack)

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Naayak
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Soundtrack album by
S. Thaman
Released17 December 2012 (2012-12-17)
Recorded2012
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length25:57
Language Telugu
Label Aditya Music
Producer S. Thaman
S. Thaman chronology
Kanna Laddu Thinna Aasaiya
(2012)		Naayak
(2012)		 Settai
(2013)

Naayak is the soundtrack album to the 2013 film of the same name directed by V. V. Vinayak starring Ram Charan. The film's musical score is composed by S. Thaman and featured six songs under the lyrics of Chandrabose, Veturi Sundararama Murthy, Bhaskarabhatla Ravi Kumar and Sahithi. The soundtrack was released under the Aditya Music label on 17 December 2012.

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Development

S. Thaman composed the film's soundtrack and background score, in his first collaboration with both V. V. Vinayak and Ram Charan. [1] In April 2012, it was reported that Thaman was composing the film's songs with a focus on romantic songs featuring the two female leads. [1] The song "Subhalekha Rasukunna", originally composed by Ilaiyaraaja for the soundtrack of the Telugu film Kondaveeti Donga (1990), was remixed for this film in mid-July 2012 without any alterations in the tune and lyrics written by Veturi. [2] The lyrics of the remaining five songs were penned by Chandrabose, Bhaskarabhatla Ravi Kumar and Sahithi. [3]

Release

Aditya Music acquired the audio rights for an undisclosed high price. [4] The audio teasers were unveiled in mid-December 2012, and the official track list featuring six songs was unveiled on 14 December 2012. [5] The film's soundtrack was launched on 17 December 2012, during a promotional event at Ramanaidu Studios. Pawan Kalyan, Allu Arjun and S. S. Rajamouli attended the function as the chief guests along with the film's principal cast and crew. [6]

Reception

Karthik Srinivasan of Milliblog called it as a "solid masala soundtrack from Thaman". [7] A. S. Sashidhar of The Times of India stated that "the music is very peppy and has a dance feel to it." [8] Likewise, a reviewer from Sify complimented four of the six songs and Thaman's background score, [9] while Jeevi of Idlebrain.com considered it to be a plus and praised the picturisation of the songs; he chose "Laila O Laila", "Subhalekha Rasukunna" and "Hey Naayak" as his picks from the album. [10] Mahalakshmi Prabhakaran of Daily News and Analysis added that "the songs are good and the locales extremely beautiful." [11]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsArtist(s)Length
1."Laila O Laila" Chandrabose Shankar Mahadevan, Ranjith, Rahul Nambiar, Naveen Madhav04:35
2."Kathi Lanti Pilla"Chandrabose S. Thaman, Shefali Alvaris 03:53
3."Subhalekha Rasukunna" Veturi Hemachandra, Sravana Bhargavi 04:12
4."Oka Choopuke Padipoya" Bhaskarabhatla Ravi Kumar Vijay Prakash, Bindu Mahima04:46
5."Nellorae"Sahithi Suchitra, Jaspreet Jasz 03:53
6."Hey Naayak"Chandrabose Shreya Ghoshal, Naveen Madhav04:38
Total length:25:57

Credits

Awards and nominations

AwardDate of ceremonyCategoryRecipient(s) and nominee(s)ResultRef.
Filmfare Awards South 12 July 2014 Best Female Playback Singer – Telugu Shreya Ghoshal (for the song "Hey Naayak")Nominated [12]
[13]
South Indian International Movie Awards 12–13 September 2014 Best Music Director – Telugu S. Thaman Nominated [14]
[15]
[16]
Best Female Playback Singer – Telugu Shreya Ghoshal (for the song "Hey Naayak")Nominated

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