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''Baadshah'' is the feature film soundtrack of the 2013 Telugu film of the same name starring
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and
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in the lead roles directed by
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. The soundtrack consists of 6 Tracks all composed by
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with
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penning 3 of them and
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, Viswa, Bhaskarabhatla Ravikumar penning each. The Soundtrack Album was released by
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on 27 February 2013 which coincided with a heavy yet catastrophic promotional event held at
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which is located at
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of
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on the same day. The audio received positive response from the critics.


Production

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was roped in as the Music Director of the film which marks his second collaboration with
Jr. NTR Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao Jr. (born 20 May 1983), popularly known as NTR Jr, is an Indian actor, producer, and television presenter who primarily works in Telugu cinema. He is one of the highest-paid actors in Indian cinema and has been featur ...
after '' Brindavanam'' and with
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after ''
Dookudu ''Dookudu'' () is a 2011 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by Srinu Vaitla and written by Vaitla, Kona Venkat, and Gopimohan. It is produced by Ram Achanta, Gopi Achanta, and Anil Sunkara under the banner 14 Reels Entertain ...
''. Music Sitting Discussions were held at Ooty in May 2012. By June 2012, Thaman reported that he completed 3 songs and is working hard early mornings for fast & better results. In the same month, reports emerged that the film's lead actress
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would make her debut as a Playback singer by singing a song in this film as per Thaman's request. In July 2012, Popular R&B singer
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was said to be roped in to sing a song in this film. Added to this, speculations arose that Akon and Kajal would croon together for a peppy song in the album. However Kajal dismissed the rumors that she was going to sing in this or any other film further adding that he was totally baffled after hearing this news. The makers dropped the idea of roping in Akon due to his non-availability due to busy schedules and remuneration which was near to . In August 2012, Thaman went to Bangkok to record the Theme song of the film. He joined hands with the famous Bangkok philharmonic orchestra. Singers
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,
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and
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who accompanied him to Bangkok provided the additional vocals and all of them returned to Chennai later. In September 2012, the scratch version of the song "Sairo Sairo" was leaked into the Internet. The song received enormously positive response almost turning a chartbuster with many praising Thaman's work as different from his old tunes. In February 2013, It was revealed that Tamil actor Simbu sang the song "Diamond Girl", which marks his first song in Telugu. Along with this, another song was crooned by
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. Coincidentally, both songs were penned by
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. However, speculations arose that Simbu replaced Akon for this project later, which were left unanswered.


Release

The audio was launched at
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located at
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in
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through
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label on 27 February 2013.
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,
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,
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,
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,
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, Simbu,
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,
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,
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and others graced the function.
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, who was busy shooting for ''
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'' couldn't make it to the audio launch as she missed her Spicejet flight from
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to
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. However, she spoke to the media and audience through a video message. The audio launch turned a catastrophic incident as Rajendra Prasad aka Raju, a diehard fan of Jr. NTR died in a stampede unfortunately which made Jr. NTR and the unit to conclude the audio launch then and there fastly. Bandla Ganesh made an announcement that he would be paying 0.5 million rupees as exgratia to Raju's family and Jr. NTR promised to extend his support to the deceased's family. This made the film unit celebrate the success of the audio on 9 March 2013 by a Hexa Platinum Disc Function held at
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in Hyderabad in a silent and simple manner.


Track list


Reception

The audio got positive response from critics. ''123telugu'' gave a review stating "Thaman has come up with a very peppy and entertaining music album for ''Baadshah''. ''Baadshah'' is gearing up to be a treat for fans and the music album is no different." ''Apherald'' gave a review stating "The entire album sounds like Thaman has patched up all best tunes he composed till date and put up a sweet coated layer of Baadshah on them." ''Musicperk'' gave a positive review terming the album a "Mass Package". ''Gulte'' gave a review stating "On a whole, the album of ''Baadshah'' scored by SS Thaman looks enthralling for the kind of new-wave music and is impressive. However, like all those Thaman's past movies, this album will keep ringing everywhere when the movie hits marquee." ''Cinema65'' gave a review stating "Finally Thaman given a Good album to NTR, Taking Dookudu As a Inspiration will makes something like a Duplicate but repeated hearing of song will rock shake your audio systems, A power packed song by Thaman which give a great chance to show the NTR Dancing performances in music." ''Cinecorn'' gave a review stating "SS Thaman delivers for Young Tiger NTR once again after Brindavanam. Despite the expected 'routine beats' criticism the album might get, it’s a winner from word go. Young Tiger NTR should dance his way to a hit with an album like this" and rated the album 3.5/5. ''Milliblog'' gave a review stating "Usual, likeable mass’y music from Thaman." ''143Cinema'' gave a review stating "Overall its a Good album for NTR fans, other it will be an OK, with the hype around this movie everyone expected a lot from this combo especially after Brindavanam" and rated the album 7/10. ''way2movies'' gave a review stating "Undoubtedly, Thaman delivered a pretty entertaining album with Baadshah that give ample scope for NTR’s dances. The songs are high on energy and have the potential to woo masses and fans. The choice of the singers added the attraction to the album. Well, let’s wait to watch the visuals and NTR’s dances on 5 April. Listen to the 'Massy yet Entertaining' Baadshah album." ''Cineoutlook'' gave a review stating "Overall Baadashah Audio is a combination of Class and Mass Masala songs" and rated the album 4/5.


References

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