Yennai Arindhaal (soundtrack)

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Yennai Arindhaal
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Soundtrack album cover
Soundtrack album by
Harris Jayaraj
Released1 January 2015
Recorded2014-2015
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length33:57
Language Tamil
Label Sony Music India
Producer Harris Jayaraj
Harris Jayaraj chronology
Yaan
(2014)		Yennai Arindhaal
(2015)		 Anegan
(2015)
Singles from Yennai Arindhaal
  1. "Adhaaru Adhaaru"
    Released: 11 December 2014

Yennai Arindhaal is the soundtrack album for the 2015 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film of the same name, co-written and directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon, starring Ajith Kumar. The soundtrack album composed by Harris Jayaraj, consists of seven tracks, with six tracks written by Thamarai and one song written by Vignesh Shivan. This marks the first time Harris Jayaraj is composing for an Ajith Kumar-starrer film. The audio rights of the soundtrack album were marketed and purchased by Sony Music India. Prior to the soundtrack release, a single track titled "Adhaaru Adhaaru" from the film was released on 11 December 2014. The complete soundtrack album was released on 1 January 2015, coinciding with New Year's Day. It was met with a positive critical reception, with critics and music listeners praising Harris Jayaraj's musicianship and the composition for an Ajith-starrer film, as well as its contribution to Gautham's reunion after Vaaranam Aayiram (2008).

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Development

The film's soundtrack album and background score were composed by Harris Jayaraj, the first time for a film starring Ajith Kumar. The soundtrack album consists of seven tracks. [1] where six tracks written by Thamarai, and one song was written by Vignesh Shivan. In July 2014, Harris recorded a romantic song sung by Karthik. [2] Harris said that he had recorded a fresh voice from the United Kingdom for the first song in the film, [3] which was planned to be similar to "Karka Karka" from Menon's Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu (2006). [4] In August 2014, Harris started recording the third song for the film. [5] On 18 September 2014, he updated that 3 songs were completed. [6] It was also known that Trisha's character would have a solo song. [7] "Adhaaru Adhaaru" is a mass action dappan-kuthu number, sung by Vijay Prakash and Gana Bala, with lyrics by Vignesh Shivan. Harris Jayaraj confirmed via Twitter that "Adhaaru Adhaaru" was a gangster song and not Ajith's introduction song in the film. [8] Starting with the lively chorus, the song is ruled by powerful singing and peppy beats. The rhythm breakdowns in the interludes are meant to evoke thunderous response. A nice casual gaana. Harris Jayaraj was busy working on the final mix of the OST in early December 2014. [9] It was confirmed that the score and the songs would be done in Dolby Atmos surround sound system. [10]

Release

In response to the request by Ajith's fans, the makers agreed to release a single track prior to the soundtrack release. [8] [11] The song "Adhaaru Adhaaru" which is a mass number, sung by Vijay Prakash and Gana Bala, the only song that did not feature lyrics by Thamarai but Vignesh Shivan, was released as the lead single on 11 December 2014. [12] [13] Within hours of its release the track topped the iTunes Indian songs chart. [14] [15] [16] On YouTube, the single track got over 30 thousand hits in 24 hours and was liked by more than 7 thousand viewers. [17] Initially, it was reported that Eros Music had snapped the audio rights of the film, but the audio rights were purchased by Sony Music. [18] The tracklist of the album was released on 31 December 2014, and the complete soundtrack album was released on 1 January 2015, coinciding with the New Year's Day.

Track listing

The tracklist was unveiled by Sony Music India on 31 December 2014.

All lyrics are written by Thamarai, except where noted

Track list
No.TitleArtist(s)Length
1."Yaen Ennai" Sunitha Sarathy, Kharesma Ravichandran 4:10
2."Mazhai Vara Pogudhae" Karthik, Emcee Jesz5:43
3."Unakkenna Venum Sollu" Benny Dayal, Mahathi 5:08
4."Yennai Arindhaal" Devan Ekambaram, Krishna Iyer, Mark Thomas, Abhishek5:43
5."Adhaaru Adhaaru" (Lyrics written by Vignesh Shivan) Vijay Prakash, Gaana Bala 4:55
6."Maya Bazaar" Krishna Iyer, Aalap Raju, Priya Subramanian, Velmurugan 4:14
7."Idhayathai Yedho Ondru" Chinmayi 3:55
Total length:33:57

Reception

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The album met with positive critical reception from music critics. The Hindu stated that the music repeated the magic of his last collaboration with Gautham Menon, which was Vaaranam Aayiram. [19] Behindwoods rated the album 3.25 out of 5 stars, with a verdict: "With huge expectations, Gautham Menon and Harris Jeyaraj avoid the tried and tested path and deliver an adventurous album. They are back!" [20] Bollywoodlife rated the album 4 out of 5 stars, and reviewed it as "Harris Jayaraj comes up with a musical delight for Thala Ajith fans!" [21] Sify rated the album 3.75 out of 5 stars, with a verdict: "The Gowtham-Harris combo is intact! A terrific album to start the year!" [22] Indiaglitz rated the album 3/5, and reviewed it as "Gautham extracted the best of Harris, but even that hasn't matched the expectations because of their past track record." [23] MusicAloud, rated the album 7.5 out of 10. [24]

Trivia

The film marks Harris Jayaraj's reunion with Gautham Menon after six years. The last time they collaborated was for Vaaranam Aayiram (2008). [25]

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