By August 2013, Yuvan was reported to have composed the first song, a "beautiful romantic song" written by Na. Muthukumar.[4] The "introductory song" was written by Madhan Karky and sung by Ranjith.[5] In January 2014, the composer worked on the remaining songs with Lingusamy and lyricist Na. Muthukumar in Singapore.[6] In June 2014, director Lingusamy stated that Suriya would be singing one song as well,[7][8] which was eventually recorded in early July at A. R. Rahman's studio within two hours.[9] The song, which marked Suriya's playback singing debut, was described as a "breezy, peppy number" and the last to be recorded after which work on the soundtrack was completed.[10] The Telugu version of the song was sung by composer Raghu Kunche. Vennelakanti, Ramajogayya Sastry, Chandrabose and Bhuvanachandra wrote the songs for the dubbed Telugu version.[11]
Release
The audio rights were purchased by Sony Music India for ₹75 lakh (US$89,000), including its Tamil and Telugu versions.[12] Producer G. Dhananjayan of UTV Motion Pictures, which distributed the film had tweeted that the audio launch of the film will take place on 17 July 2014, in a grand manner.[13][14] However, the audio release was rescheduled to 22 July 2014 with the team considered Chennai Trade Centre as the venue for the album release.[15] The tracklist of the Tamil album was released on 14 July 2014.[16]
On 17 July, the makers announced that the planned audio launch has been cancelled,[17] due to security reasons[18][19] and instead, the audio was supposedly released in the stores and online platforms directly on 23 July 2014, coinciding Suriya's birthday.[20][21] A launch event was held on the same day at Sathyam Cinemas in a simple manner,[22] with the film's cast and other celebrities being present.[23] Videos of two songs "Bang Bang Bang" and "Ek Do Teen" and a theatrical trailer for the film were screened for selected fans.[24]
The soundtrack received mixed reviews from critics. Indiaglitz stated "the album sounds quite innovative from Yuvan's regular style. Yuvan hit the first six after his 100+ albums".[29] Akilan Nagarajan of Moviecrow gave 3.25 out of 5 and concluded, "On the whole, Anjaan may not be a Paiyya, but is definitely Yuvan back to his energetic times. He plays safe as he includes a track or two that are meant to be purely for commercial reasons and not to be taken very seriously, but nevertheless entertaining".[30] K. Siddharth of Sify gave 3.25 out of 5 and wrote, "On the whole, Anjaan is a complete package catering to the fans of all genres consisting of a melody, rock, item number & a folkish number. Yuvan Shankar Raja makes sure he blends his experimentation along with the mass expectations. The 'Lingusamy-Yuvan Shankar Raja' track record is intact!".[31]
In contrast, Behindwoods stated "Yuvan gives some of these familiar templates a fresh overhaul" and rated the album 2.75 out of 5.[32]
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