Jonita Gandhi’s top 10 songs

Singer Jonita Gandhi made huge waves in the music industry in recent times with the smash hit Arabic Kuthu, composed by Anirudh Ravichander, for Vijay’s Beast. This song made everyone wonder what all songs Jonita has sung so far in her career, and here’s a list of the top 10 Telugu songs that she has sung so far.

• Nuvve Nuvve – Kick 2

This is Jonita’s first song in Telugu, marking her debut. Composed by Thaman, Jonita’s voice is easily identifiable upon listening to the song. She provides her unique vocals to this beautiful melody.

• Manasuke – 24

In her career so far, Jonita has worked with several music composers, including Oscar winning AR Rahman, with whom she collaborated for the second time, for Manasuke, from 24, starring Suriya and Samantha in the lead roles.

• Hamsaro – Cheliyaa

AR Rahman’s music is evergreen for a reason, and Cheliyaa is one such album consisting of a wide variety of songs. Hamsaro is a peppy and foot tapping number in which Jonita’s vocals are not only fun to listen to but also provide a unique and refreshing touch.

• Yevevo – Hello

The female version of the Yevevo Kalalu Kanna song from Akhil Akkineni’s Hello, composed by Anup Rubens, has been rendered by Jonita, while the male version was sung by Akhil himself. The song is a soulful melody which talks about the feelings of the lead couple toward each other.

• Evo Evo Kalale – Love Story

This electrifying song from Sekhar Kammula’s Love Story garnered all the attention upon the release of the film, with Sai Pallavi’s mesmerising and graceful dance steps. It also happens that Jonita Gandhi made the vocals of the song sound just as equally magical, especially when put together with Pallavi’s steps.

• OMG Pilla – Sarkar

In yet another collaboration with Rahman, Jonita sang this unique number from Sarkar, which has a mixture of music, making it sound western but also having predominantly Indian music to it. The video song is highly stylised, with wonderful set pieces and simple yet sophisticated choreography.

• Mental Madilo – OK Bangaram

This very famous song marked the first collaboration between Jonita and Rahman, and the beautiful visuals, paired with the amazing song, turned out to be an instant hit with the audience, and the song remains to be a favourite for all music lovers to date.

• Chellamma (Chittemma) – Doctor

Before Arabic Kuthu was all the rage , Anirudh Ravichander and Jonita produced another blockbuster song that began trending everywhere, in the form of Chellamma (Chittemma in Telugu) from Siva Karthikeyan’s Doctor. The song continues to be a fan favourite to date.

• Halamathi Habibo (Arabic Kuthu) – Beast

Then, of course, there’s Arabic Kuthu, whose popularity spread throughout the country. The song became so famous that every famous celebrity started grooving to the song, and Jonita became incredibly popular because of the lyric video, in which she can be seen alongside Anirudh.

• Ma Ma Mahesha – Sarkaru Vaari Paata

Most recently, Jonita rendered Ma Ma Mahesha from Superstar Mahesh Babu’s recently released film Sarkaru Vaari Paata. The song became an instant hit, and the video song has been receiving a great response in the theatres. The song also marks the second collaboration between Thaman and Jonita after Kick 2.