"Chuttamalle" is an Indian

Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of South India ** Telugu literature, is the body of works written in the Telugu language. * Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Tel ...

-language song composed by

Anirudh Ravichander Anirudh Ravichander (born 16 October 1990), also credited mononymously as Anirudh, is an Indian composer and playback singer who works primarily in Tamil cinema, in addition to Telugu and Hindi films. He has won two Filmfare Awards South, ten ...

, with lyrics by

Ramajogayya Sastry Darivemula Ramajogayya Sastry (born 24 August 1970) is an Indian film lyricist, known for his works in Telugu cinema and music. Early life Ramajogayya Sastry was born in Arepalli Muppalla, Ipuru Mandal near Narasaraopet of Palnadu distric ...

, and recorded by

Shilpa Rao Shilpa Rao (born Apeksha Rao; 11 April 1984) is an Indian singer who primarily records songs in Hindi, Telugu language, Telugu and Tamil language, Tamil languages. During her college days, composer Mithoon offered her to record the song "Javeda ...

, for the

soundtrack album A soundtrack album is any album that incorporates music directly recorded from the soundtrack of a particular feature film or television show. The first such album to be commercially released was Walt Disney's ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ( ...

of the 2024 film '' Devara: Part 1''. It was released on 5 August 2024 (released on

YouTube YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim who were three former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in ...

as a lyrical video song) as the second single from the album, through

T-Series T series or T-Series may refer to: Technology * Apple T series, a family of processors * Canon T series, a line of single lens reflex cameras * Juniper T series, a core router * Sony Ericsson T series, a series of cell phones * SPARC T series, ...

. The full video song, featuring scenes directly from the film, was released on 26 October 2024 on

. "Chuttamalle" experienced large amounts of commercial and critical success due to the vocals by Shilpa Rao, music composition by Anirudh Ravichander and the dance steps choreographed by

Bosco Martis Bosco may refer to: People Given name Bosco * Bosco Lin Chi-nan (born 1943), Taiwanese bishop * Bosco Frontán (born 1984), Uruguayan soccer player * Bosco Hogan (born 1949), Irish actor * Bosco Lowe (born 1943), American car race driver * Bos ...

. The song was also released in

Hindi Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...

Tamil Tamil may refer to: People, culture and language * Tamils, an ethno-linguistic group native to India, Sri Lanka, and some other parts of Asia **Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka ** Myanmar or Burmese Tamils, Tamil people of Ind ...

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...

and

Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...

languages with the title "Dheere Dheere", "Paththavaikkum", "Kanninathan Kamanottam" and "Swaathimutthe Sikkangaithe" respectively, and was included in the respective dubbed versions of the film. The Hindi and Tamil versions were also successful along with the original version.

Production, lyrics and recording

has collaborated with

for the third time after "

Chaleya "Chaleya" is an Indian Hindi-language song, composed by Anirudh Ravichander with lyrics written by Kumaar and sung by Arijit Singh and Shilpa Rao, for the soundtrack album of the 2023 Indian film '' Jawan''. It was released on 14 August 2023 as ...

" (from Hindi film ''Jawan'') and "

Kaavaalaa "Kaavaalaa" () is an Indian Tamil-language song composed by Anirudh Ravichander, written by Arunraja Kamaraj and performed by Shilpa Rao, for the soundtrack album of the 2023 film '' Jailer'', starring Rajinikanth and written and directed by Nel ...

" (from Tamil film ''Jailer''). She has recorded the song in Hindi, Malayalam and Kannada languages along with the original Telugu version.

Deepthi Suresh Deepthi Suresh is an Indian Playback singer Concert, live performer. She has been nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer in 2024. She works primarily in Tamil songs, Tamil, in addition to few Hindi songs, Hindi. She is know ...

has recorded the song in Tamil language. Unlike the other songs from the soundtrack, "Chuttamalle" is a romantic melody that is presented from the perspective of the female lead (Janhvi Kapoor). The song was compared with the Sri Lankan song " Manike Mage Hithe" for the similar instrumental arrangements and compositions. Anirudh received significant criticism over the music plagiarism. Acknowledging the issue, original composer, Chamath Sangeeth, has responded through social media and wrote: "Always been an admirer of Anirudh’s work. I’m happy to see my song ‘Manike Mage Hithe’ has inspired him to create something similar". Anirudh Ravichander, Ramajogayya Sastry and Shilpa Rao have not responded to the controversy.

Critical reception

Calling it a "glamourous number",

Telugucinema.com ''Telugucinema.com'' is an entertainment website focused on the Telugu film industry. Founded in 1997 by Prasad V. Potluri in Pittsburgh, United States, it is recognised as the first website exclusively dedicated to Telugu cinema. The site i ...

praised Anirudh's work with a particular praise for Shilpa Rao's vocals. ''

India Today ''India Today'' is a weekly Indian English-language news magazine published by Living Media, Living Media India Limited. It is the most widely circulated magazine in India, with a readership of close to 8 million. In 2014, ''India Today'' laun ...

'' appreciated Shilpa Rao's vocals and the dance sequences writing that "The choreography, crafted by Bosco Martis, enhances the song's appeal, featuring dance moves that perfectly complement the song's sensual vibe", while also praising the performance of the lead cast in the music video. Pratyusha Sista of ''

Telangana Today ''Telangana Today'' is a registered English-language Indian daily newspaper headquartered in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. The publication focuses mainly on politics and developments in the state of Telangana. The newspaper is published by Telanga ...

'' wrote in her review that the song "composed by Anirudh Ravichander, with lyrics penned by Ramajogayya Sastry and vocals by Shilpa Rao, promises to be a chartbuster". ''

Cinema Express ''Cinema Express'' was an Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language entertainment fortnightly magazine published from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It was a part of The New Indian Express, The New Indian Express Group, which also publishes ''Samakalika Mal ...

'' called it a "sultry yet playful love song".

Music video

Background and production

As part of the film's production, the scenes involved in the music video of the song were shot in

Krabi Krabi (, ) is the capital of and main town in Krabi Province (''thesaban mueang''), on the west coast of southern Thailand, where the Krabi River flows into Phang Nga Bay. The town lies south of Bangkok, and as of 2020, has a population of 32, ...

Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...

. The scenes were shot in June 2024 after completing a schedule in

Goa Goa (; ; ) is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is bound by the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north, and Karnataka to the ...

has choreographed the dance sequences.

Synopsis

The music video is a direct clip from the scenes in '' Devara: Part 1''. The scenes feature N. T. Rama Rao Jr and

Janhvi Kapoor Janhvi Kapoor (born 6 March 1997) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi and Telugu language, Telugu films. Born to film actress Sridevi and producer Boney Kapoor, she made her acting debut in 2018 with the romantic drama ''Dhadak'', which w ...

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from

. *

composer, keyboard, synth and rhythm *

lyrics *

vocals * Bosco Martis choreography * Keba Jeremiah electric & acoustic guitar and charango * Ananthakrrishnan solo violin and music advisor * Shashank Vijay rhythm producer * Karthik Vamsi additional rhythm and percussions programmer * Arish additional keyboard programmer * Beven additional keyboard programmer * Narendar S additional keyboard programmer * Sajith Satya creative consultant * Srinivasan M engineer and mix engineer * Shivakiran S engineer * Vinay Sridhar mix engineer * Luca Pretolesi mastering engineer * Alistair assistant mastering engineer * Velavan B music coordinator

Charts

References

External links

* * {{Anirudh Ravichander 2024 songs Songs written for Telugu films Filmi songs Indian songs Songs with music by Anirudh Ravichander Shilpa Rao songs Soft rock songs Dance-pop songs Dance music songs Electronic dance music songs Songs involved in plagiarism controversies