Billa(Telugu,Mani Sharma)

Ranjith and Naveen's My Name is Billa is thumping and very catchy but the overall sound is clearly aped from Yuvan's re-imagining of the same track in Ajith's Billa(But it works big time!).Bommali too is immensely addictive and bouncy and has a neat rhythm flowing throughout the song.Harilo Ranga Hari has a very amateur'ish tune but is done by kick-ass backgrounds and superb singing by Ranjith,Mano and Kannan and the classical bit that is juxtaposed in the middle is absolutely cheesy!..Ne Patasu is a disappointment-The song is simply a lame rehash of the composer's Rathraina Naaku from Athithi.Yellora Silpanni is a predictable but has the typical Mani Sharma's sound that we've come to love him for.Finally,the theme falls massively short when compared to Yuvan's theme music in Tamil but is all the same cool and hep.Lets see,Mani Sharma's success ratio was always sporadic,but he comes up with an absolutely groovy soundtrack in Billa!..