Honestly, the language is barely understandable in most of the songs (except for Nammakame). Pronunciation is flung out of the window. Come to think of it, there is not even a single singer in the album, whose mother tongue is Telugu. So I guess language issues and pronunciation issues are bound to happen. The singers might be talented (Vijay Prakash or Shreya), but unless they have a language coach, they cant get the diction right. The lyrics as such are not comprehend-able. Even when some lines are comprehend-able, they rendition went for a toss. Sample these:
1. Noti Muthyaal Jaarneeyakey - It should have been Noti Muthyaalu Jaaraneeyakey. The way it was sung - Muthyaal or jaarneeyakey or Navvrathnaal (it should have been Navvu ratnaalu).. it sounds totally accentized/anglicized. Anyone who understands Telugu will cringe and it obstructs the enjoyment of the song. 2. Maa Te-Lu-Gu Tha-lli-keee - I was really uncomfortable with the way it was broken. Otherwise, I tried hard to understand the lyrics. Jaaved Ali also seemed like a totally wrong choice for that song. His diction was totally un-telugu. Among all singers, I think only Chitra knows Telugu (though she is from Kerala...), out of experience. Thats quite sad, because it might be an ARR album, but ultimately, it is a Telugu film and One would like to understand what is being sung. To sum up, I wish this album came in Tamil(because I dont understand Tamil). Because It is easy to listen to a language that we cannot understand, than to listen to a language we know and still cant follow or rather cringe at the butchering of the language with accents, robbing the whole nativity that is essential. My 2 cents! Regards Aakarsh --- On Mon, 7/12/10, live for arr Live <[email protected]> wrote: From: live for arr Live <[email protected]> Subject: [arr] Request to Telugu speaking fans... To: [email protected] Date: Monday, July 12, 2010, 10:34 AM Dear telugu speaking fans, Since the Puli audio is out, for the benefit of non-telugu speaking fans, i request you to post the meaning of each song, if not the literal line by line translation. it would really benefit us by knowing what is sung in the song, rather than plainly hearing it. - Your regards
