ROCKSTAR..!!

Devi Sri Prasad or nickname ‘DSP’ by fans is an ace music director, playback singer and lyricist known for his works in Telugu and Tamil films. Initially, he was a disciple of the renowned mandolinist U. Srinivas and he learnt Carnatic music from him. His father; G.Satya Murty is a talented script writer, but he didn’t provide a chance for DSP to step into cinema world.

He started his music career in Devi (Telugu-Tamil bilingual). He made a breakthrough in his 4^th film, Anandam (Telugu) and it was humongously popular and game changing album of his life. This film was later in 2003 dubbed in Tamil as Inidhu Inidhu Kadhal Inidhu. His 1^st high profile venture was Manmadhudu, Nagajurna starrer was exceptionally popular. Then Varsham drove his career to a high level, as all the songs are Chartbusters. He soon began working with “Melody Brahma” Mani Sharma. Then explored his talent and ventured into different subjects through Kalusukovalani, Khadgam, Venky, Arya, Megastar Chiranjeevi’s Shankar Dada MBBS and Mass which set the audio on fire! He built his own path and created his identity. These above albums are the proofs of it.

It took about 4-5 years for him to garner recognition and great appreciation from the fans and making DSP one of the most wanted and prominent composers in the Telugu industry. In 2006, he composed Prabhu Deva’s directorial periodic drama Pournami. The album had been in the top of the charts for a long time. Pawan Star Pawan Kalyan’s Jalsa consolidated DSP’s position as a noted musician in the industry with his ever-present youthful element to the music. In fact, he was branded as “Rockstar” for his contributions to music in Tollywood.

Kamal Haasan roped in DSP for background score in Dasavathaaram. The legendary actor called him ‘The Showman” for his ability to compose, sing, write lyrics and perform in live concerts and this complement enhanced his reputation. Besides, “Ringa Ringa” from Arya 2 created cult status and received nationwide recognition. Adhurs,  Singam 1 & 2, Mr. Perfect, 100% Love, Oosaravelli, Venghai, Gabbar Singh, Julayi, Damarukam, Veeram, Legend and S/O Satyamurthy were very now and very hummable and of course bewitched all class audiences

Sadly, he is not well recognized in Tamil industry. In Tamil, Hari usually will rope in DSP but unfortunately, not for Singam 3. So far, he composed for 15 Tamil films, including Puli and he has done 5 movies with Vijay. Last time DSP-Vijay combo in Sachien was mind blowing. 

After Sachein, DSP again succeeds in convincing Vijay to lend his voice for Yaendi Yaendi together with Shruthi Haasan. This song surprises Vijay fans as his voice sounds refreshingly different in a romantic track compared to ‘Kandaangi’ in Jilla. The track has his stock tune written all over with his guitar take the center stage. This song is charming for its simplicity yet catchy and melodious tone which blends perfectly with the Vairamuthu’s lyrics. The second best track of the album is  “Jingiliyaa”. It’s a typical DSP track that upgrades the age-old tribal song sound into a more pulsating, catchy variant. The remaining tracks depend heavily on Vijay and the visuals to make these passable numbers.

On contrary,  some critics are labeling this album has a strong dejavu feel, maybe, but when I try to reason with the opinion, only 1 question popped in my mind, “when was the last I listened such classy and mass orchestration in Tamil? Yuvan’s Masss! Hmmm.. Not quite a lot isn’t?” I do agree that this album has its own flaws, but we can’t be so particular and expect it to score 101%  as nothing is perfect guys. Overall, largely tedious soundtrack, in true DSP style.

His latest Telugu flick was Mahesh Babu’s Srimanthudu or Selvandhan in Tamil. This movie is already judged by audiences and given the film blockbuster. Even universal hero Kamal Haasan praised Srimanthudu.

This 6 songs are being received well and its numbers topping the chart busters. Rama Rama, Jago Jago and Srimanthuda had a huge impact and it was all colossal hit. Got to say he has a magical power for guitar. The album is a mixed bag which has lifted the spirits of the music lovers as, a devotional song laced with mass tinge, sweet-toned tune mix with pure class, trendy and catchy melody, thunderous beat with a full crescendo in the singer’s voice, ultra-mass, montage song which is emotional and message-oriented are concoction of this cocktail. Concluding it, DSP rocks it!!

1-Nenokkadine  mystical instrument

DSP is one of a kind who knows and extremely utilize instruments. He even experimented in 1 – Nenokkadine. This film is about Integration Disorder. This is really “unrealistic” concept may not be a universally acceptable movie, but will certainly appeal to class movie lovers. Talking about music, there is a musical instrument  have shown in the film’s titles. In a post mortem interview with Sukumar--“We have shot the film in a 500 year old house in Belfast, Ireland. That’s where we found that musical instrument. I too don’t know the name of that instrument. It’s an old instrument that can play 12 tunes. Incidentally the nursery tune composed by DSP is very much closer to one of the 12 tunes.”

(2014, January 18). Retrieved from idlebrain.com: http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/postmortem/1nenokkadine.html

However, there is also a rumor that he is a copycat musician. Please don’t believe those half-baked stories. He did take some small tunes from his very own album. All the music directors did that. Even exceptional AR Rahman is not an exception. That can’t be C-O-P-Y!

          Based on my opinion, the real rockstar is DSP..At the same time everyone's opinion is different.So, there will be polling in 3days time..Please do vote to know who is your favourite rockstar..

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                                                       CLASSY BEAT

              

   

                                            Kanche ▬ The War Hedge 

Kanche is an upcoming Telugu movie directed by Krish and has Varun Tej in the lead role. This is the India's first world war 2 film as never in the history of Tollywood a film which is set during the

world war 2 was attempted. Varun Tej who has made his debut with Mukunda and Kanche is his  2^nd film. Got to say his script choosing is damn good!

This is a fantastic yet truly patriotic treat given by both Krish and Varun Tej on this rolling eve of Independence Day. Kanche teaser crossed 1.31 lakh views in 24 hours!

Yes!  Teaser garnered all the audience as they were in the shock state and surprised for the soul-touching unique film.

The backdrop starts at 1944, a soldier Veerababu starts writing a letter to Seetha garu from his bunker in a war-torn place during the II World War. He says, war is also love and there is no love without war. That sets everything in motion for the flashback story of pre-independent British India., as Varun Tej as a responsible soldier starts to rock.

"Kanche" is a new chapter for South Indian Cinema , an experiment any other commercial hero would have not dared at an early stage in his career.Kanche looks in true Hollywood style and has undoubtedly raised the standards of Telugu film industry.Finaly, this film is slated to hit the theatres on October 2.

No bounds for imagination kudos to Krish and his team.

                           SIMBU'S HEADACHE

IT is confirmed that Vaalu is releasing on August 14, 2015, clashing with Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga (VSOP). We all knew that Vaalu release date is being raped for 3 years. After all the struggles Vaalu deserves solo release. There are conspiracies going on regarding the delay, but financial issue is not the major one. July 17, 2015, was the date prescribed for Vaalu, but then Maari was force booked on the same date with less screen count as total screens in Tamil Nadu was divided to Baahubali, Papanasam and Vaalu. Not only that, Maari was censored with U/A certificate and have a few scenes that need to cut or re-shoot in order to get U certificate. The likelihood of Maari to hit the theater was very slim. Shockingly, Maari got the clean sheet of U certificate with the exemption of entertainment tax of 30% and Vaalu was kicked out from the cinema calendar. Simbu was pushed again to the dilemma and his father T.Rajender was crying to the media about this situation.

But then from all of sudden, Vijay cleared all the financial hurdles faced by Vaalu and get the green signal to hit the screens on August 14, 2015.It is very kind of Vijay to provide his own financial help even though he knew Simbu is a diehard fan of Thala Ajith.Really appreciate it, but why this help was done 2 days before Puli audio launch, when this problem was trending for past 3 years? As I said, financial issue is not the major problem here, it’s the political ploy in Kollywood. Is this a part of marketing strategy or in other words taking advantage of a person’s pain. A wise man once said “generosity is its own form of power”. Let me put this in a different form like, why not Madha Gaja Raja or Boologam? Vishal is a fan of Vijay and Boologam couldn’t release as the career of great producer Aascar Ravichandran is destroyed and now not even a piece of news about him. I do understand that he didn’t do it for publicity but who really needs support here?? Reaching 22 years in cinema, he should have a sense of responsibility to develop this industry but he didn’t.Why? Is someone controlling Vijay?

On the other hand, Thala Ajith is a popular icon in Tamil Nadu even Simbu is a hardcore fan of him. Thala Ajith is a humble person who is not involved in political affairs and he is the person to call TR and tell Simbu will over this hurdles.Is that enough from Thala?If a powerful icon didn’t show his support and backing off, then other actors surely will feel jeopardized. Above all, from the film industry till the public most people admire Ajith as their role model. If Ajith never stands up for his people, then who will? Let's say, what will happen if youngsters are starting to follow and exemplify his idea of not to stand up for the right thing and just avoid getting into trouble not matter how worse his/her people suffers?! On the contrary, where are legendary actors, legendary director and also influential producers in finding a solution to this problem because Vaalu is not the only film facing this situation, even Boologam and Madha Gaja Raja have the same issue!

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However, 4 days ago, Vaalu release trouble re-started, this time the issue was lack of screens, Udhay Stalin, who is distributing Arya's 25th film ‪VSOP has blocked plenty of screens in Tamil Nadu for the Independence Day weekend .With Vaalu being delayed for almost 3 years now, theater owners feel the audience would have lost interest in the film, even if Vaalu can release this Friday, it will get only limited screens. Now this delay-trouble game came to an end as August 14, 2015 is locked for Vaalu irrespective of screen counts and financial issue.

Simbu was once categorized as an overrated actor, but currently he is the underrated actor in the Kollywood. If he gets the right path, he will be a youth stylish icon of Tamil cinema and successful like Allu Arjun. Not to mention Simbu has a name for great singer too. One more thing I want to say, I really admire his courage and determination to release the film in the sea of troubles. 

ALL THE BEST FOR SIMBU AND VAALU TEAM

                                                   ROCKSTAR..!!

Hip Pop Tamizha just did 3 film albums but one word for his album; F-R-E-S-H!! Yes it is really fresh as orange and youth oriented club mix with catchy tune and lyrics which are perfectly incorporated into his songs. His 1^st album was Ambala under Sunder C. direction. This album was a breath of fresh air amidst the current fast beat and maddening mass numbers. Hip Pop Tamizha’s 3^rd album, Thani Oruvan has very pleasant and soothing tunes. There are no mass chart busters. But then, that is not the aim of this album. Give this album some time and the songs will grow on you.

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Before we proceeds, let me take you to a very brief of his early growth and development milestone in music era. Hip Pop Tamizha is a duo of independent music directors; Aadhi and Jeeva. Initially underground, they got recognition through the track “Club le Mabbu le”. The song received over 2 million views within a week of its release on YouTube in 2011. The song evidently made a concrete impact to the international brand Remy Martin. Seeing their determination he launched Hip pop Tamizha as an official brand.  

In 2012, Hiphop Tamizha released their debut album Hiphop Tamizhan which is India's first Tamil hip hop album. It was outstanding and celebrated along with commercial success. He draws inspiration from the grandmaster of Tamil poetry Mahakavi Subramania Bharati.

 

His is very firm to rap in Tamil rather than English to avoid it look like other. Primarily, his concept of project is to plant the idea of being proud as Tamilan. He conveys message that Tamil people should respect their native language in the way they do with English. Hip pop Tamizha is also credited to be the pioneers of Tamil hip hop. The India Book of Records later recognized Hiphop Tamizha as the "first artiste to release a Tamil hip hop album from India".

Yet, hip pop is slowly started to fade in his albums. What I’m trying to say is, rap is actually the music of the culture of Hip pop. Today's rap music reflects its origin in the hip-hop culture of young, urban, working-class African-Americans, its roots in the African oral tradition, as its popularity has grown, its commercialization and appropriation by the music industry. It is a culture to have the cocktail of English words, violent words ( Aadhi doesn’t have to go to great extent) and also double-meaning. I do understand that he modified it decently in a basis it doesn’t affect the morality of Tamil culture but his hip pop is in sidetrack of the real hip pop standard.

However, Hip pop Tamizha experiments with various elements of Indian music and fuse them with Hip pop, creating a “fresh sound” of Tamil hip pop in the process. Well we cannot judge his talent in 3 films. 

All the best for his future ventures.

 MY NEXT TOPIC IS ABOUT DSP..

                                                          ROCKSTAR..!!

There are too much happenings in Kollywood recently. Puli audio launch was a grand success. Thani Oruvan album is released. Maari album is a success with the tag of super hit.

Now there is a debate going on                 

                       "Who is the real RockStar? Anirudh  vs  DSP vs  HipPop Tamizha"

 Let’s have a small discussion here.

Young music director Anirudh  is a star in Kollywood. He made his debut as music composer in his cousin Aishwarya R. Dhanush's directorial debut 3 starring Dhanush and Sruthi Haasan. In November 2011,a leaked video song of “WThis Kolaveri Di” from 3 was instantly became viral in online for its ‘Tanglish (portmanteau word of Tamil and English) lyrics. Within a few weeks the song was social networking phenomena across the world. Not to mention even I addicted to the song. The rest of the songs in the album received positive critics from reviewer and public.

He didn’t stop at there, he continued his success and captivates people’s heart .From there on people developed a craze on his sensational albums. Then he expands his venture into singing and lyrics writing which elevated the song a step ahead. Besides that, Anirudh introduced rappers Yo Yo Honey Singh and Hiphop Tamizha Adhi into Tamil film music in Ethir Neechal. Anirudh's work in re-recording of VIP also receiving critical acclaim; Rediff.com stated he "has created magic once again", while Behindwoods.com noted his "BGM lifts all manner of scenes”.

Later his was signed in for Vijay’s Kaththi which was a high profile album in his career. This album reached a new level and eventually labeled him as one of the prominent music maker in Kollywood.

But guys do u realizes that such prominent star started to copy from other album and lost his authenticity. This disappointing moment began from Maan Karate later continued to his highest profile album Kaththi and still going on. His success factor is his quirky Tanglish but it also turned sourish as the music no longer caters just to the ears, now it is for the eyes. There is nothing new in terms of music as Anirudh uses his same old music arrangements for past albums and the results are less than satisfactory. As for Kaakhi Sattai and Maari, it is mostly noise. The best way to describe the music of Anirudh, It is outlandish, loud, packed with incoherent and bizarre lyrics. But for most it was fun! 

In belief, It takes a lot of efforts and sacrifices to attain such a stardom but he achieved it like an ‘instant coffee’ which tasted bitter after it got cold.

MY NEXT TOPIC IS ABOUT HIP POP TAMIZHZA..