

Ilayaraja brilliantly took the Mohana raagam and Raja Shri impressively wrote the song as ' Ninnu kori varnam, Sari sari kalisene nayanam'. This song is composed in ‘Mohana’ Raaga and it is inspired from the famous varnam 'Ninnu kori' which is originally in Mohana raaga. This is one of Chithra's best solo songs to sing. This is one of the special songs where every word has a ‘Gamaka’ to sing and also a very rare combination of having the lower & higher musical notes in a single song. This song starts off with a haunting music followed by the voice of Chinna Kuyil Chithra singing 'Ninnu kori varnam'. This song will be in list of such Maestro compositions.

Ilayaraja has changed the trend in filmy music by introducing the westernized instruments for a semi-classical song which was later taken as reference by many upcoming music directors at that time.

Till today, this song is expected to be one of the opening songs of K.S.Chithra in any of her world tour shows. And, Chithra was almost referred to as ‘Ninnu Kori’ Chithra. What can I say about this evergreen song? This is considered as one of the best compositions of Ilayaraja. Hats off to the all the musicians who were involved in creating this soulful song.'Ninnu Kori Varnam’ from Gharshana (old) movie, composed by Ilayaraja, written by Raja Shri, sung by K.S.Chithra. This is the beauty of cute melodies, they stick with you for a long time and bring a smile to your face every single time you listen to them. I am pretty sure many of you have hummed this song to your loved one already. This song turned out to be one of biggest hit numbers of 2004 and people were very excited to see what the pair had to offer next. These singers are considered as the next generation of S.P.Balasubrahmanyam and K.S.Chithra. This was the first time where Karthik and Shreya ghoshal paired up for a duet song and the result is an evergreen modern melody. Urumu venaka chinuku tadigaa karagava kanikaaramgaĪnd, the way Shreya Ghoshal and Karthik has given the expressions for these lines are mind blowing. O kassumani khaaram ga kasirinadi chaalinka Very simple and easy going lyrics which can be hummed by every individual. To add to this, Seetharama Sastry has exclusively enhanced the song with the lyrics. This is one of the songs that comes into this category. In the new telugu filmy songs era, conversation-based songs between the hero and heroine are very rare. There were occasions when I listened to this song in repeat mode just for this bit. If I re-call the very first back ground music (BGM) after the first section & chorus portion of the song, a string instrument (I guess, it is Mandolin kind of Guitar) is followed by Veena/Flute, chorus and then the stanza. Apart from Flute/Veena, he has also used the basic electric pads, drums, Keyboard and other instruments to bring the impact of the song. When comes to orchestration, I feel like DSP is one of the experts to use Flute, Veena at his best in certain music bits and you can listen to these instruments in this song. The perfect combo of composition, orchestration, singers and lyric writer. Seems to be easy and simple to sing but there is a lot of depth in the style that DSP has come up with the song. This is Devi Sri Prasad's one of the best compositions. What eloquent use of raga Hindolam by DSP! I find it difficult to describe the sharpness in transitions that makes this song such high calibre, just as a poem is best described only by the poem itself. This song starts off with a beautiful foot tapping beat followed by catchy tune/lyrics 'Kopama na paina' sung by Shreya Ghoshal and Karthik. But, Varsham has taken Devi Sri Prasad to the elite list of telugu music directors list. By the time Varsham music album was released, DSP has done pretty good films as music director viz. Devi Sri Prasad (DSP) is regarded as one of the best music directors in South Indian film industry. Kopama Na Paina’ from Varsham movie, composed by Devi Sri Prasad, written by Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry, sung by Karthik and Shreya Ghoshal.
