10 Best Soundtracks from Telugu and Malayalam Cinema

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Hridayam (2022)

A Malayalam a coming-of-age romantic drama with music by Hesham Abdul Wahab, Hridayam's music brought back audio cassettes and vinyl records. With 15 tracks, and music with a touch of middle-eastern influence, Hesham Wahab won the Best Music Director Kerala State Award for his album.

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Premam( 2015)

A Malayalm romance film starring Nivin Pauly, Sai Pallavi, Premam's music was composed by Rajesh Murugesan. The films songs also went viral even before release and Apple Music selected Premam as the best Malayalam album of 2015.

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Bangalore Days( 2014)

A comedy drama starring Dulquer Salmaan, Nivin Pauly, Fahadh Faasil, this acclaimed film which won several awards, and now happens to be a cult film, was also appreciated for its soundtrack. Composed by Gopi Sunder, and despite being criticised for bearing similarities to several international hits won quite many awards.

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Aavesham (2024)

A Malayalam action comedy led by Fahadh Faasil became a sleeper hit and much thanks to its soundtrack for the kind of response the film received. Composed by Sushin Shyam with 9 songs by independent artists, the film's music was very well received.

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Devadoothan (2000)

This Malayalam musical horror film starring Mohanlal had a soundtrack composed by Vidyasagar. The response for the soundtrack was quite immense, earning Vidyasagar the Best Music Director Kerala State Film Award.

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Orange( 2010)

Orange is a comedy drama starring Ram Charan, Genelia D'Souza. While a box office failure at the time of release, the film's music was appreciated even at the time of release. Over the years, the film has achieved cult status, and its audio has acquired a special place in Telugu cinema music.

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Arjun Reddy (2017)

Arjun Reddy besides being known as a Sandeep Reddy Vanga sleeper hit with Vijay Deverakonda's breakthrough performance, was also known for its music. The film's soundtrack broke chartbuster records & was appreciated for its semi-classical and jazzy touches.

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Nannaku Prematho ( 2016)

Nannaku Prematho is an action thriller starring NT Rama Tao & Rakul Preet Singh. The film's music was composed by Devi Sri Prasad, and was appreciated and was appreciated for being quite differend from Devi's previous albums.

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1: Nenokkadine (2014)

This Mahesh Babu, Kriti Sanon action thriller 's music was also composed by Devi Sri Prasad. The soundtrack was known for its intense and playful songs, ear-friendly music and was considered fair, compared to Prasad's earlier works.

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Ye Maaya Chesave( 2010)

This Telugu romantic drama starring Samantha and Naga Chaitanya was a critical and commercial hit. The film's soundtrack by AR Rahman is still considered one of his bests for Telugu cinema. Rahman also won his first Filmfare Award in Telugu for this album.

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