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and

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. Directed by

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, the film's music and background score was composed by

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marking his second collaboration after ''

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'' in 2008. The official soundtrack album consists of six songs composed by Devi Sri Prasad and

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and Devi Sri Prasad himself penning the lyrics. The film's soundtrack album was launched on 6 July 2012 in a grand promotional event at Hitex Exhibition Center in Madhapur,

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label. The audio received positive response from both critics and audience alike.

Production

Trivikram chose

to compose music for this film post the success of the Soundtrack of '' Gabbar Singh'' which would mark his next collaboration with him after ''

'' in 2008 and Devi Sri Prasad's Fourth collaboration with Arjun after ''

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'' and ''

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'' in the past.

, who was well known for his lyrics in the films 100% Love and

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wrote 3 songs in the film. Devi Sri Prasad too penned lyrics for a song to which popular singer

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provided the vocals. Its background music was used in the first teaser which received positive response.

Release

In May 2012,

bagged the audio rights of the film for a whopping amount of 7 million. The audio teaser was released in 26 June 2012 by the production house which raised expectations on the audio further. The soundtrack album was officially launched on 6 July 2012 at Hitex Exhibition Center in Madhapur, Hyderabad.

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attended the function as the chief guest while

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, Sai Dharam Tej,

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, B.V.S.N. Prasad attended the audio function. However Devi Sri Prasad couldn't attend the audio function. In the UK, the

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Asian Network radio station officially play listed the track ''O Madhu'' on 14 July 2012 marking it as the first Telugu song to be play listed there. In mid-July, the promotional music video of the song ''Pakado Pakado'' was released by Devi Sri Prasad in his Twitter, which was canned in Khurshid Jha Devdi College for Women, near

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, Hyderabad. The song featured a dance performance by Allu Arjun and Devi Sri Prasad and the vocals been sung only by Devi Sri Prasad while

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too sang the song in the soundtrack album. The promotional video received terrific response from the audience and was used in the ending credits of the film.

Track listing

No. Title lyrics singer(s)

Awards and nominations

References

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