Baahubali: The Beginning (soundtrack)

Baahubali: The Beginning is the soundtrack of the 2014 Indian Telugu-language film of the same name. The soundtrack album was composed by M. M. Keeravani.

Baahubali: The Beginning
Telugu album cover
Soundtrack album by M. M. Keeravani
Released	2014
Recorded	2014
Genre	Feature Film Soundtrack
Length	27:08
Language	Telugu Tamil
Label	Lahari Music T-Series
Producer	M. M. Keeravani
M. M. Keeravani chronology
Baby (2015) Baahubali: The Beginning (2014) Size Zero (2015)

Production

Rajamouli's cousin and his norm composer M. M. Keeravani composed the music for this film. After the break taken by the film's team after completion of war schedule on 5 February 2014, an official statement from the film's team stated that Keeravani is recording two songs from the film right now.^[1] Madhan Karky was selected as the lyricist for the Tamil version of the soundtrack.^[2] On 2 July 2014, the film's official website published that Keeravani is recording a song at Prasad Studios in Hyderabad which is sung by Deepu.^[3] On 28 October 2014, Keeravani told Deccan Chronicle that the writers are working on the lyrics of the songs and he would start working on them in a week's time.^[4] During the film's shoot in Bulgaria, the film's soundtrack was expected to be unveiled in February 2015.^[5] Lahari Music acquired the audio rights in early May 2015 for an amount of ₹30 million and the audio is accessible from YouTube.^[6][7] The team of Baahubali announced that the audio launch of the movie will take place in Sri Venkateswara University grounds, Tirupati on the official page of the movie on Twitter.^[8][9] The album also released in Hindi and Malayalam languages.

The film has eight tracks composed by M. M. Keeravani. The music was launched on 31 May 2015. Lyrics for the three songs were penned by Inaganti Sundar and Ananta Sriram, Ramajogayya Sastry, K Shiva Shakti Datta and Chaitanya Prasad were written one each while Aditya and Noel Sean wrote the lyrics for the last song. The music rights for the Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam versions of the soundtrack were acquired by T-Series, Lahari Music and Manorama Music while Zee Music Company bought the audio rights of the Hindi version of soundtrack.^[10][11]

Track listing

Telugu

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Mamatala Talli[12]"	K Shiva Shakti Datta	Satya Yamini, Chorus	4:04
2.	"Jeeva Nadhi[13]"	Inaganti Sundar	Geetha Madhuri	1:55
3.	"Dhivara[14]"	Ramajogayya Sastry	Ramya Behara, Deepu	5:43
4.	"Sivuni Aana[15]"	Inaganti Sundar	M. M. Keeravani, Mounima	3:32
5.	"Pacha Bottasi[16]"	Ananta Sriram	Karthik, Damini Bhatla	4:33
6.	"Manohari[17]"	Chaitanya Prasad	Mohana Bhogaraju, LV Revanth	3:52
7.	"Nippulaa Swasa Ga[18]"	Inaganti Sundar	M. M. Keeravani	3:26
8.	"Dhivara[19]" (English version)	Aditya, Noel Sean	Ramya Behara, Aditya	3:26
Total length:				27:08

All tracks are written by Madhan Karky.

Tamil

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Pachchai Thee"	Karthik, Damini Bhatla	4:33
2.	"Jeeva Nadhi"	Geetha Madhuri	1:55
3.	"Deerane"	Ramya Behara, Deepu	5:43
4.	"Irul Konda Vaanil"	Deepika	4:04
5.	"Moochile Theeyumaay"	Kailash Kher	3:26
6.	"Manogari"	Haricharan, Mohana Bhogaraju	3:52
7.	"Siva Sivaya Potri"	M. M. Keeravani, Vaikom Vijayalakshmi	3:32
8.	"Theerane" (English version)	Ramya Behara, Aditya	3:26
Total length:			27:08

All tracks are written by Mankombu Gopalakrishnan.

Malayalam

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Aarivan Aarivan"	Vaikom Vijayalakshmi, M M Keeravani	3:48
2.	"Irul Thingum Vaanil"	Yamini	1:55
3.	"Manohari"	Sayanora, Vijay Yesudas	3:52
4.	"Njan Chendena"	Swetha Mohan, Vijay Yesudas	5:31
5.	"Pacha Theeyanu Nee"	Swetha Mohan, Vijay Yesudas	3:17
6.	"Punnara Kanavine"	Geetha Madhuri, Chorus	4:19
7.	"Theekanal Swasamayi"	Sachin Warrier	5:32
Total length:			25:31

All tracks are written by Manoj Muntashir.

Hindi

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Mamta Se Bhari"	Bombay Jayashree, chorus	3:49
2.	"Jal Rahin Hain"	Kailash Kher	3:20
3.	"Swapn Sunehere"	Bombay Jayashree, Swetha Raj	1:40
4.	"Khoya Hain"	Kaala Bhairava, Neeti Mohan	5:31
5.	"Kaun Hain Voh"	Kailash Kher, Mounima	3:17
6.	"Panchhi Bole"	M. M. Keeravani, Palak Muchhal	4:19
7.	"Manohari"	Divya Kumar, Neeti Mohan	3:36
Total length:			25:37

Critical reception

123Telugu gave a positive review saying, "All the songs are situational and will impress you even more after you watch S S Rajamouli's stunning visuals on screen".^[20] Indiaglitz rated the album 3.25 out of 5 stating, "A variety of genres keep you engaged. Keeravani marshalls his traditionalism as well as his knack for the zeitgeist in bringing out the most unlikely chorusus, among others". Baahubali songs album rated positively by Filmievents.com visitors by giving 4 out of 5 rating.^[21] The Times of India rated the album 4 out of 5 stating, "The album relies heavily on classical instrumentation and is highly impressive".^[22]