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Srimanthudu
Soundtrack album cover
Soundtrack album by Devi Sri Prasad
Released	18 July 2015 (2015-07-18)
Recorded	2014–2015
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	23:14
Language	Telugu
Label	Aditya Music
Producer	Devi Sri Prasad
Devi Sri Prasad chronology
S/O Satyamurthy (2015) Srimanthudu (2015) Puli (2015)

Srimanthudu is the soundtrack to the 2015 film of the same name directed by Koratala Siva and produced by Mythri Movie Makers and G. Mahesh Babu Entertainment. Starring Mahesh Babu, Shruti Haasan, Jagapati Babu and Rajendra Prasad, with Sampath Raj, Mukesh Rishi, Sukanya and Harish Uthaman in supporting roles, the film featured six songs composed by Devi Sri Prasad with lyrics written by Ramajogayya Sastry and Prasad co-writing the lyrics for the song "Charuseela". Raju Sundaram, Dinesh Kumar and Bosco–Caesar handled the choreography for the song sequences. The soundtrack was released by Aditya Music on 18 July 2015.

Development

Srimanthudu is Prasad's second collaboration with both Babu and Siva, following Mirchi (2013) and 1: Nenokkadine (2014). The soundtrack featured six songs in a variety of genres ranging from folk, melody to uplifting numbers, which Prasad felt that the music strikes a chord from all sections of audience. Babu ensured the lyrics should be clearly heard and each song has a value in it.

During the production in Karaikudi and at Ramoji Film City, Siva explained the situation to Sastry who took inputs from the farmer and developed the song "Jaago". Sastry said that it took him more time to complete the lyrics for "Jaago" in comparison to other songs. Composed in the indie rock genre, the song was performed by Raghu Dixit and Rita Thyagarajan. Haasan revealed that "Charuseela" was based on her character in the film, and the tune was inspired by one of Michael Jackson's compositions. Regarding that song, Prasad described it as a "peppy dance number" with a fusion of Telugu words with English slang and Prasad "incorporated the Michael Jackson rhythm in the song".

Prasad simultaneously re-recorded the soundtrack in Tamil for the film's dubbed version Selvandhan which progressed on late-July and early-August 2015. Aditya Music marketed the film's soundtrack after purchasing the music rights to ₹1 crore (US$120,000).

Release

The film's soundtrack was launched on 18 July 2015 at the Shilpakala Vedika in Hyderabad with the cast and crew in attendance. It was further broadcast live on YouTube channels of the production company and record label, as well as its televised premiere on TV9 Telugu and Zee Telugu and other television channels. It was digitally released on the same date of the launch event. The soundtrack for the film's Tamil version Selvandhan was launched at an event held at Sathyam Cinemas in Chennai on 4 August 2015.

Track listing

Telugu

All lyrics are written by Ramajogayya Sastry, except where noted

Tamil

All lyrics are written by Viveka

Reception

The Times of India gave the soundtrack 3.5 out of 5 stars describing it as a "typical DSP soundtrack". IndiaGlitz gave the soundtrack 3.25 out of 5 stars and stated, "The album caters to the fan base of both DSP and Mahesh Babu. DSP delivers the output in such a way as to give 'Mirchi' feeling, adding an impressive array of tunes." Behindwoods gave the soundtrack 3 out of 5 stars and called it a signature album with Prasad's trademark reflected all over it. Critic based at 123Telugu described the album as "a mixed bag which has something for everyone and surely lives up to its hype". Subramanian Harikumar of Bollywood Life rated 3 out of 5 stars describing it as a "decent album" which emphasizes on "crowd pleasing numbers" Karthik Srinivasan of Milliblog described the album is "just more of what Devi usually — always — produces".

Accolades

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