Velaiilla Pattadhari (soundtrack)

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Velaiilla Pattadhari
Velaiilla Pattadhari Soundtrack.jpg
Album cover
Soundtrack album by
Anirudh Ravichander
Released14 February 2014
Recorded2013–2014
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length25:20
Language Tamil
Label Wunderbar Studios
Divo
Producer Anirudh Ravichander
Dhanush
Anirudh Ravichander chronology
Vanakkam Chennai
(2013)		Velaiilla Pattadhari
(2014)		 Maan Karate
(2014)

Velaiilla Pattadhari popularly referred to as VIP, is the soundtrack album, composed by Anirudh Ravichander of the 2014 Tamil film of the same name starring Dhanush. This film marks the second collaboration of Anirudh with Dhanush, after his debut film 3 (2012). The film's soundtrack was launched on 14 February 2014 to positive response from critics and audiences. [1]

Contents

Production

Anirudh Ravichander's inclusion was confirmed during mid-July 2013 and by August, he had completed recording for two of the tracks. [2] The soundtrack album featured eight songs, and lyrics for all the tracks were written by Dhanush. Both Anirudh and Dhanush had crooned the vocals for all of the tracks. Veteran playback singer S. Janaki recorded for "Amma Amma" along with Dhanush. [3] In 2017, at the annual cultural festival Saarang held in IIT Madras, Anirudh who participated in the event had said about the composition of "Udhungada Sangu", saying that when he met his former girlfriend at a bar, he went home straight and had composed the track. [4]

Marketing and release

The soundtrack album was initially scheduled to be released on 3 January 2014, [5] [6] but was postponed to February, as Anirudh needed to work on two more songs in the album. [7] The audio rights were acquired by Dhanush's newly formed music label Wunderbar Studios, a subsidiary of the production company Wunderbar Films, along with Divo, a newly formed digital streaming portal which is their first venture. [8]

The tracklist was unveiled on 10 February 2014, in a form of a video teaser with the film's title theme song through YouTube. [9] [10] The complete album was launched on 14 February 2014 (Valentine's Day), [11] at the Suryan FM 93.5 Radio Station, Chennai with Dhanush, Amala Paul and Anirudh Ravichander in attendance. [12] Upon release, the album eventually topped the iTunes charts, becoming his fourth consecutive album, since 3 (2012), Ethir Neechal and Vanakkam Chennai (2013). [13] Anirudh promoted the album on Sun Music on 11 July 2014, a week before the film's release. [14] The songs "Velaiilla Pattadhari", "Poo Indru Neeyaga", "What a Karuvad" and "Udhungada Sangu" topped the Radio Mirchi South charts for 31 weeks. [15] [ failed verification ]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Dhanush

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Velaiilla Pattadhari" Anirudh Ravichander 3:56
2."Amma Amma" Dhanush, S. Janaki 5:04
3."Po Indru Neeyaga"Dhanush, Anirudh Ravichander3:43
4."What a Karavad"Dhanush, Anirudh Ravichander4:27
5."Ey Inga Paaru"Anirudh Ravichander1:56
6."Udhungada Sangu"Anirudh Ravichander3:29
7."Sunrise Theme"Instrumental1:07
8."Smiling with the Pain Theme"Instrumental1:28
Total length:25:20

Critical reception

Srinivasa Ramanujam of The Times of India gave the album 3 out of 5 stars, saying that some of the songs sounded similar to Anirudh's previous compositions. He criticised the use of only two male singers (Dhanush and Anirudh), stating that "other voices might have provided a fresher musical perspective to some of the tunes". [16] Behindwoods rated the album 3.5 out of 5, stating that "Velaiyilla Pattathari is a solid album from the Anirudh Ravichander- Dhanush combination". [17] Moviecrow rated the album 7.5/10, stating that "Anirudh's consistency is mind boggling so far with 4 out of 4 chartbuster hit albums. Anirudh is proving that he is truly a prodigy, at least so far. What's amazing is all his 4 movies are for new directors and 2 out of 4 movies for emerging heroes such as Sivakarthikeyan and Siva. Just imagine what this young talent could do as he starts working with accomplished directors and actors in 2014." [18] Indiaglitz rated 3.25 out of 5 stating "The effort that went into the album's creation is evident and the success is the proof. Kudos to the entire team of VIP for a promising album." [19] Karthik Srinivasan of Milliblog called it as a "Fun musical outing by Anirudh and Dhanush". [20] Siddharth Srinivas of Only Kollywood gave 3.5 out of 5 stars saying "Though the tunes are resembling a bit with Anirudh's earlier ones, this is an yet another sensational album for him to kick start this year!" [21] Kaushik LM called the album as "a chartbuster treat" but felt that few songs missed the mark. [22]

Awards and nominations
AwardDate of ceremony [lower-alpha 1] CategoryRecipient(s)/Nominee(s)ResultRef(s)
Filmfare Awards South 26 June 2015 Best Music Director – TamilBest ActorAnirudh Ravichander

Dhanush

Won [23]
[24]
South Indian International Movie Awards 6–7 August 2015 Best Lyricist – Tamil Dhanush for "Amma Amma"Won [25]
[26]
Best Playback Singer (Male) – Tamil Dhanush for "Amma Amma"Nominated
Most Streamed Song – TamilVela Illa PattadhaariWon
Vijay Awards 25 April 2015 Best Music Director Anirudh Ravichander Won [27]
[28]
Favourite Song "Amma Amma"Won

Album credits

Credits adapted from CD liner notes [29]

Producer

Anirudh Ravichander

Songwriters

Performers

Anirudh Ravichander, Dhanush, S. Janaki

Musicians

Additional Vocals

Veena Murali, Deepthi Suresh, Sowmya, Deepak Blue, Aravind Srinivas, Maalavika Sundar, Niranjana Ramanan, Narayanan, Keba Jeremiah, Lavita Lobo, Inno Genga, Sajith Satya, Vinay Sridhar, Nadisha Thomas, Kavitha Thomas, Sanjana Rajnarayan, Shenbagaraj

Beatbox - Hardee Bee

Orchestral Programming - Ishaan Chhabra

Vocal Arrangement - Arjun Chandy

Sound Engineers

Production

Notes

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

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