Baahubali 2 -The Conclusion Music Review: Routine, And Just For The Film

When the music of Baahubali - The Beginning released in 2015, the music wasn't instantly popular. At least in Hindi, it couldn't really pick up and even after the release, all it did was basically provide peripheral support. Now that the music of the sequel, Baahubali 2 - The Conclusion, is arriving with M.M.Kreem as the composer and Manoj Muntashir as the lyricist, one waits to hear if the soundtrack goes beyond being transactional.

When you have Daler Mehndi as your lead singer for the opening track Jiyo Re Bahubali, you know that his voice has to be heard right at the beginning. Yet again, as is expected from a song rendered by him, there is certain boisterous appeal to the entire affair as the sound of Baahubali is heard loud and clear. He is joined soon enough by Ramya Behara and Sanjeev Chimmalgi and while former brings certain coolness to the affair, latter fills in the song with the glory and praises for Baahubali. A situational track that is put together to showcase the might of Baahubali, it just about passes muster.

The song that arrives next, Veeron Ke Veer Aa, actually makes for a good hear even though it is straight out of the sound of 90s that was prevalent when Hindi dubbed soundtracks from South were released aplenty. This one has been sung well though by Aditi Paul and there is certain mix of love-n-seduction in her voice that carries certain appeal that goes with the song of this genre. Deepu is her accompanying male partner and while he does his job reasonably well, the song primarily belongs to Aditi. A good exciting picturisation should help the song get further popular.

A song about 'Kanha', 'Yashoda' and 'Gopiyan' comes next in the form of Soja Zara. Yet another number which has an old fashioned appeal to it and is seeped in Indian classical music, this one is rendered by Madhushree and is about 'Gopiyan' complaining about 'Kanha' and his naughty antics. Situational all over again, one waits to see how it is integrated in the film since as a standalone number, it is just about decent.

Once the name Kailash Kher is seen on the credits, one is led to believe that the song in question would have a vociferous appeal. With the title too going as Jay-Jaykara, it becomes all the more obvious. Well, while there are nuggets of that 'big screen' appeal at certain points of the song, somehow one wonders why the musical team has held back on making it really big that would have suited its larger than life set up. The soundtrack concludes with 'Shivam' which is sung by 'Kaala Bhairava' and reminds one of the sound of Baahubali. Yet again, while the thump is there, it could all boil down to the eventual choreography.

The music of Baahubali 2 - The Conclusion is, at best, situational. Though Baahubali still had songs like 'Manohari', 'Panchhi Bole' and 'Kaun Hai Voh' that had some sort of recall value, the sequel doesn't throw any such song at least for now. The scenario may change after the release of the film and one waits for that to happen once the songs unveil on the big screen.

Our picks: Veeron Ke Veer Aa, Jiyo Re Bahubali