Kirik Party is the soundtrack album composed by B. Ajaneesh Loknath, for the 2016 Kannada film of the same name. The film has ten tracks, out of which only six were included in the soundtrack album which initially released on 26 November 2016.[1] The makers later released the remaining tracks as an extended album on 24 December 2016.[2] The soundtrack had lyrics written by Rakshit Shetty, Dhananjay Ranjan, Kiran Kaverappa and Veeresh Shivamurthy. Deciding to not tie up with any music label, the producers released the album online under their own banner Paramvah Music, a subsidiary of Paramvah Studios and the digital partner Divo.[3] The tracks received viral response from audiences.[2]
| Kirik Party | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by | ||||
| Released | 26 November 2016 | |||
| Recorded | 2016 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 22:14 | |||
| Language | Kannada | |||
| Label | Paramvah Music Divo | |||
| Producer | B. Ajaneesh Loknath | |||
| B. Ajaneesh Loknath chronology | ||||
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Reception
editOn 4 November 2016, the video for the track "Belageddu", sung by Vijay Prakash, was released, and became chart topper for almost one year and also until date. "Belageddu" went on to become the most viewed Kannada song, achieving more than 94 million views on YouTube,[4] until its record was beaten by "Karabuu" (from Pogaru). It crossed 100 million views in December 2020, thus becoming the second Kannada song to get 100 million views.[5][6]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Lyrics | Artist(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Katheyonda Helide" | Rakshit Shetty | Varun Ramachandra | 3:53 |
| 2. | "Thirboki Jeevana" | Rakshit Shetty | B. Ajaneesh Loknath | 3:15 |
| 3. | "Hey Who Are You" | Dhananjay Ranjan | Indu Nagaraj, Bharath B. J. | 4:54 |
| 4. | "Neenire Saniha" | Kiran Kaverappa | Shreya Ghoshal | 3:38 |
| 5. | "Last Benchina Party" | Veeresh Shivamurthy | Chintan Vikas, Varun Ramachandra, Chandan Achar, B. Ajaneesh Loknath | 2:57 |
| 6. | "Belageddu" | Dhananjay Ranjan | Vijay Prakash, Shruthi Prashanth | 3:37 |
| Total length: | 22:14 | |||
Extended soundtrack
editThough the movie had a few additional tracks, they were not released as a part of the official soundtrack initially. Post the release of the movie, many fans requested the team to release other songs as well.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Artist(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Thoogu Manchadalli Koothu" | H. S. Venkateshamurthy | Sangeetha Ravindranath | 2:19 |
| 2. | "Neecha Sullu Sutto Naalige" | Dhananjay Ranjan | Vasishta N. Simha | 3:31 |
| 3. | "Kaagadada Doniyalli" | Jayanth Kaikini | Vasuki Vaibhav | 5:08 |
| 4. | "Katheyoda Helide (Farewell Version)" | Rakshit Shetty | B. Ajaneesh Loknath | 5:26 |
| Total length: | 13:07 | |||
Controversy
editThe track "Hey Who Are You", which had the music allegedly similar to the track,[7] "Madhyarathrili" of the 1991 Kannada film Shanti Kranti, had to be deleted from the film, after Lahari Music had the release of the film stayed after it approached the court accusing the makers of violation of copyrights that it held.[8][9] Eventually court gave permissions to feature the song in the movie as it was stated to be inspired but not allegedly made to be similar. The matter has been amicably resolved after the producer Vijay Kirgandur got the trio Lahari Velu, director of Lahari Music, Rakshith Shetty and Ajaneesh Lokanath to share their perspectives.[10]
References
edit- ^ "Kirik Party (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - EP". iTunes. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
- ^ a b Desai, Dhwani (22 December 2016). "Meet the man behind the viral Thirboki Jeevana song from Kirik Party". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
- ^ "Rakshit shetty will take Kirik Party's audio online". The New Indian Express. 14 November 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
- ^ "Belageddu from Kirik Party gets over 1 crore hits online". The Times of India. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
- ^ "100 Million views for Belageddu song: All you need to know about the hit track from Kirik Party". www.zoomtventertainment.com. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
- ^ "'Belageddu' song bags 100M+ views on YouTube, entire team of 'Kirik Party' rejoices the feat". The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
- ^ Prasad, Shyam S. (December 29, 2016). "'Kirik Party' in trouble". Bangalore Mirror. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
- ^ "Legal trouble for Kirik Party". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
- ^ "Big Trouble for Kirik Party". chitraloka.com. Archived from the original on 22 January 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
- ^ "Rakshit Shetty, Velu end war over song". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 24 July 2021.