 The song " Pelli Chesukoni " was composed using the Kalyani raga . Ghantasala recorded the songs " Manasa Nenevaro Neeku Thelusa " and " Yedukondalavada Venkataramana " first with Jikki . He was not satisfied and recorded them again with P. Leela ; the soundtrack 's gramophone records featured both versions . The soundtrack was released in December 1952 under the Saregama music label . It was a critical and commercial success , Ashish Rajadhyaksha and Paul Willemen , in their book Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema , termed the songs " Amma Nopule " and " Pelli Chesukoni " as " especially popular " . 
