Nanban (soundtrack)

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Nanban
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Soundtrack album by
Harris Jayaraj
Released23 December 2011
Recorded2011
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length26:58
Language Tamil
Label Gemini Audio
Producer Harris Jayaraj
Harris Jayaraj chronology
7 Aum Arivu
(2011)		Nanban
(2011)		 Oru Kal Oru Kannadi
(2012)

Nanban is the soundtrack to the 2012 Tamil-language coming-of-age comedy-drama film of the same name directed by S. Shankar, starring Vijay, Jiiva, and Srikanth. Produced by Gemini Film Circuit, the film as an adaptation of Rajkumar Hirani's 3 Idiots (2009). [1] [2] The soundtrack to the film, features six tracks composed by Harris Jayaraj and lyrics written by Pa. Vijay, Viveka, Na. Muthukumar and Madhan Karky. The film's soundtrack was launched on 23 December 2011 through the company's subsidiary Gemini Audio. For the Telugu-dubbed version, Snehitudu, the album features six tracks written by Sirivennela Sitaramasastri, Vanamali, Ramajogayya Sastry. The soundtrack was also released on 19 January 2012.

Contents

Development

Harris Jayaraj and Yuvan Shankar Raja were initially approached to compose the film's music, while Shankar chose the former, whom he had worked in Anniyan (2005). [3] This film also marks Jayaraj's first collaboration with Vijay. [3] Jayaraj started working on the film's music and completed it by late-2010. [4] By February 2011, Jayaraj went to London to compose the tunes. [4] Albeit being a remake, Jayaraj and Shankar did not want to reuse any tracks from the original film, [5] and had composed six tunes in the process intended to fulfill fan's expectations. [6]

Karky penned two songs for the film "Asku Laska" and "Enthan Kan Munne", the former is his 25th song as a lyricist. [7] To experiment with the lyrics, he penned the first stanza in more than 16 different languages, expressing the word 'love'. [8] [9] The track "Heartile Battery" penned by Na. Muthukumar is a folk song set in Shuddha Dhanyasi raga. The film's teaser featured the song "En Frienda Pola" which received appreciation from audiences. [10] The song is a montage number, which is based on friendship and the track also featured couple of English lyrics penned by Viveka, after the internet phenomenon of "Why This Kolaveri Di". [11]

Release

Initially, the film's soundtrack was scheduled to be launched at a grand event held on 15 December 2011 at the Chennai Trade Centre. [12] However, the film's music launch was held on 23 December 2011. coinciding with the Harris: On The Edge concert tour held at the Hindusthan College of Arts and Science in Coimbatore. [13] [14] Preceded by the cast and crew and other celebrities, the event was attended by around 19,000 fans. [15] The soundtrack to Snehithudu was launched at another event on 20 January 2012 in Hyderabad. It saw the attendance of the cast and crew, along with Ram Charan Teja and Dil Raju (the film's distributor). Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Sharman Joshi, who were part of the original film 3 Idiots , were also present at the event. [16]

Track listing

Tamil

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."En Frienda Pola" Viveka Krish, Suchith Suresan 3:57
2."Heartile Battery" Na. Muthukumar Hemachandra, Mukesh Mohamed 5:35
3."Asku Laska" Madhan Karky Vijay Prakash, Chinmayi, SuVi 6:21
4."Enthan Kan Munne"Madhan Karky Aalap Raju 2:10
5."Irukana" Pa. Vijay Vijay Prakash, Javed Ali, Sunidhi Chauhan 5:10
6."Nalla Nanban"Na. Muthukumar Ramakrishnan Murthy 4:25
Total length:26:58

Telugu

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Mana Friendalle" Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry Krish, Suchith Suresan 3:35
2."Heartu lo Battery" Vanamali Hemachandra, Mukesh5:35
3."Asku Laska" Ramajogayya Sastry Vijay Prakash, Chinmayi, SuVi 6:21
4."Toli Adugaina Padalede"Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry Aalap Raju 2:10
5."Ileana Chitti Belliana"Ramajogayya SastryVijay Prakash, Javed Ali, Sayanora Philip 5:10
6."Ne Vupiri Ne Sonthama"Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry Ramakrishnan Murthy 4:25
Total length:26:36

Reception

Vipin Nair of Music Aloud called it as a "commendable job" from the composer. [17] Karthik Srinivasan of Milliblog said that, "Harris, with help from Shankar, redeems himself after the 7aum Arivu debacle." [18] On the contrary, Pavithra Srinivasan from Rediff said that Harris Jayaraj had "obviously taken the safe route, sticking to his usual template for most of the songs in this album". [19] Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu said that "all of Harris' songs in Nanban are catchy"; [20] she also complimented the song "Asku Laska" and Karky's lyric writing on having 16 languages in it, adding "scintillatingly tuned (Harris Jeyaraj) and lavishly filmed, the sequence should be a sell-out." [20] Anupama Subramanian of Deccan Chronicle noted that "Harris Jayaraj music is peppy." [21] Venkateswaran Narayanan of The Times of India wrote "All is well with Harris Jayaraj too and he comes up two hummable numbers in "Yen frienda pole" and "Asku laska." [22] Reviewer based at IBNLive also wrote, "Harris Jayaraj’s songs are a disappointment though". [23]

Accolades

AwardDate of ceremony [a] CategoryRecipient(s) and Nominee(s)ResultRef.
The Chennai Times Film Awards 4 November 2013Best Lyricist Madhan Karky for "Asku Laska"Nominated [24]
[25]
Best Singer – Male Vijay Prakash for "Asku Laska"Won
Best Singer – Female Chinmayi for "Asku Laska"Nominated
Filmfare Awards South 20 July 2013 Best Female Playback Singer – Tamil Chinmayi for "Asku Laska"Nominated [26]
[27]
[28]
South Indian International Movie Awards 12–13 September 2013 Best Lyricist – Tamil Madhan Karky for "Asku Laska"Nominated [29]
[30]
Vijay Awards 11 May 2013 Best Music Director Harris Jayaraj Won [31]
[32]
Best Male Playback Singer Vijay Prakash for "Asku Laska"Nominated

Notes

  1. ↑ Date is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.

References

  1. ↑ "Nanban: A remake of 3 Idiots". Indiatoday. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
  2. ↑ TNN (4 December 2010). "Tamil 3 Idiots' actors do style test". The Times of India . Archived from the original on 13 October 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
  3. 1 2 "The HUMAN Touch". The Indian Express. 1 October 2010. Archived from the original on 4 October 2010. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  4. 1 2 "Shankar and Harris go to London". Sify . 12 February 2011. Archived from the original on 15 February 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
  5. ↑ "Success doesn't affect me: Jayaraj". The Times of India. 14 January 2017. ISSN   0971-8257. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  6. ↑ Ramanujam, Srinivasa (28 December 2018). "If you instantly recognise a Harris song, that is my success: Harris Jayaraj". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X. Archived from the original on 7 November 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  7. ↑ "Karky's experimental song for Nanban". The Times of India. 23 October 2011. ISSN   0971-8257. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  8. ↑ "A bouquet of love for Madhan Karky". The Times of India. 29 December 2011. ISSN   0971-8257. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  9. ↑ "Carry on Karky". The Hindu. 5 May 2011. ISSN   0971-751X. Archived from the original on 25 March 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  10. ↑ "Krish on a musical note". The Times of India. 30 November 2011. ISSN   0971-8257. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  11. ↑ "Harris Jayaraj's special friendship song for Nanban". The Times of India. 6 December 2011. ISSN   0971-8257. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  12. ↑ "Nanban's catchy number". Sify . 6 December 2011. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
  13. ↑ "Nanban audio CD released in the city". The Hindu. 24 December 2011. ISSN   0971-751X. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  14. ↑ "Nanban audio to be launched at Harris concert?". Sify . 13 December 2011. Archived from the original on 8 January 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
  15. ↑ "The audio launch of Nanban". NDTV.com. Archived from the original on 27 April 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  16. ↑ "Snehitudu music launch". Idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 15 February 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
  17. ↑ Nair, Vipin (24 December 2011). "Nanban – Music Review (Tamil Movie Soundtrack)". Music Aloud. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  18. ↑ Srinivasan, Karthik (23 December 2011). "Nanban (Music review), Tamil – Harris Jayaraj". Milliblog . Archived from the original on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
  19. ↑ "Review: Nothing new about the music in Nanban – Rediff.com". Rediff.com . 27 December 2011. Archived from the original on 8 January 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
  20. 1 2 Rangarajan, Malathi (14 January 2012). "Nanban: Celebrating friendship". The Hindu . ISSN   0971-751X. Archived from the original on 15 August 2025. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
  21. ↑ Subramanian, Anupama (16 January 2012). "Nanban review: Vijay gets that Shankar makeover". Deccan Chronicle . Archived from the original on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
  22. ↑ Narayanan, Venkateswaran (15 January 2012). "Nanban". The Times of India . Archived from the original on 16 January 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
  23. ↑ "Tamil Review: 'Nanban' is sweet and satisfying". IBN Live. Archived from the original on 18 January 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
  24. ↑ "Chennai Times Film Awards 2012 nominations". The Times of India. 6 July 2013. Archived from the original on 5 July 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  25. ↑ "The Chennai Times Film Awards 2012 goes to..." The Times of India. 4 November 2013. Archived from the original on 5 July 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  26. ↑ "Filmfare Awards 2013 (South): Complete List of Nominees". International Business Times. 6 July 2013. Archived from the original on 5 July 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  27. ↑ "60th Idea Filmfare Awards 2013 (South) Nominations". Filmfare . 4 July 2013. Archived from the original on 5 July 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  28. ↑ "List of Winners at the 60th Idea Filmfare Awards (South)". Filmfare. 21 July 2013. Archived from the original on 5 July 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  29. ↑ "Winners List – 2013". South Indian International Movie Awards. Archived from the original on 5 July 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  30. ↑ Seshagiri, Sangeetha (15 September 2013). "SIIMA 2013 Winners List: Dhanush, Pawan Kalyan, Mohanlal, Shivarajkumar Bag Awards". International Business Times. Archived from the original on 5 July 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  31. ↑ "Stars, big and small". The Hindu . 14 May 2013. Archived from the original on 7 March 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  32. ↑ "Thuppakki sweeps Vijay Awards!". The Times of India . 13 May 2013. Archived from the original on 13 May 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
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