Telugu music composer Devi Sri Prasad is garnering praise for his compositions for Allu Arjun starrer 'Pushpa: The Rise'. The film, which was released in five languages, also released all it's songs in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. Although The film's item track 'Oo Antava', starring actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu became a chartbuster, it also came under fire by a men's organisation, who filed a case in Andhra Pradesh court for showcasing men as 'lustful'. However, Prasad says that he got a positive response from female listeners.
The lyrics of the song, which is sung in Telugu by Indravathi Chauhan, talks about how women are shamed and objectified by men for everything that they do.
Reacting to the complaint and objection raised by people, Prasad tells us, "Nowadays, it has become a usual practice for people to say 'this is not right' just to make noise. Most of the time they get it wrong and don't understand the real flavour (of the song). This is a fun song and we got a lot of calls from ladies and female journalists who really appreciated the song. Not just for the catchiness but lyrical concept where some women said that few men looked at them like that."
He adds, "The song became more like a social message song than an item song. In the meaning of the song, we didn't blame anyone but just said about the current situation. So, if you look at it, a lot of problems also happen in real for women. People who don't want to understand anything will sound wrong to them. So, I can't have any comments. If it was not good, it wouldn't have become such a hit."