Sura - Music review

“It is time for the sms to flow. Vijay’s Sura songs are out”. That was the online status of one of my friends. Vijay, who has been the Prince of Telugu remakes, has been under consistent target from the moviegoers. He has been criticized for his lack of creativity and relying on scenes from Telugu movies. Though the entire movie may not be a remake, atleast a part of the movie turned out to be remade from a hit Telugu movie. For example, the scene in Kuruvi, where he gets angry when the young kid gets hurt is a scene from the Telugu blockbuster ‘Chathrapathi’. 

Sura is not out of the question. It has already let out the Telugu flavor with all the songs been lifted from hit (and some old) Telugu movies. Thanks to the music composer Mani Sharma who gave those hit songs in Telugu and wanted to taste the same success in Tamil as well. Here Vijay is not to be blamed until we see the movie. It is worth mentioning that two of the songs from the movie were lifted from the remake of the Ajith blockbuster ‘Billa’. Those two songs named ‘Bommaali’ and ‘My name is Billa’, from that movie which is also titled Billa starring Prabhas and Anushka, were chartbusters. These songs (named ‘Thanjavoor Jilla’ and ‘Naan nadanthal’ respectively) can be expected to top the charts for a while in Tamil as well.

The other songs, having been lifted from various other Telugu movies, should also be a hit. Mani Sharma, who is a famous Telugu music composer didn’t want to experiment with Vijay’s movie as all the songs in Vijay movies become a hit. We need not forget Devi Sri Prasad who delivered hit songs in Villu which also happened to be remakes from Telugu movies. Will Vijay lose the Telugu flavor or has the flavor dissolved deep into his blood? The songs, so far, says he has not lost it. Let us wait for the movie release.