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Ameerin Aadhi-Bhagavan (soundtrack)

Aadhi Bhagavan is the soundtrack to the 2012 film Ameerin Aadhi-Bhagavan directed by Ameer, starring Jayam Ravi and Neetu Chandra and produced by DMK politician J. Anbazhagan The soundtrack to the film features six songs composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja and lyrics written by Snehan, Arivumathi, Manoj and Rajeev ThaProphecy. Madhushree, Rahul Nambiar, Udit Narayan, Shreya Ghoshal, Sharib Sabri, Sathyan, Manasi Scott and ThaProphecy performed vocals for the songs.

Aadhi Bhagavan
Soundtrack album by
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Released6 October 2012
Recorded2010–2011
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length25:37
LanguageTamil
LabelGemini Audio
ProducerYuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan Shankar Raja chronology
Dhenikaina Ready
(2012) 		Aadhi Bhagavan
(2012) 		Aadhalal Kadhal Seiveer
(2012)

The album was curated for around two years since July 2010. It was launched at an event in Canada on 6 October 2012, the first for a Tamil film, and was met with critical acclaim. Despite the film's title being changed to Ameerin Aadhi-Bhagavan after protests from Hindu religious groups, the soundtrack was released under the title Aadhi Bhagavan instead.

Development edit

Ameer's norm composer Yuvan Shankar Raja was assigned to score music for the film, as did lyricist Snehan who wrote three songs for the album. In July 2010, Ameer, Yuvan and Snehan left to Singapore for music compositions and finalised the tunes by August.[1] One of the songs was reported to be a club number, featuring completely Hindi lyrics; Mohit Chauhan was recruited to lend his voice to this song.[2][3] The song "Oru Thuli Vishamai" was recorded in late November 2010. Yuvan described it as "one of his toughest compositions", as while usually completing his songs within a couple of days, the track took him more than a week to finish after revising it more than 7–8 times.[4]

Aadhi Bhagavan's soundtrack took more than a year to be composed and recorded due to Yuvan's commitments on Avan Ivan, Mankatha and Panjaa (both 2011). In late July 2012, the composer was working on the final sound mixing with Kausikan Sivalingam handling the mixing in Berlin, Germany.[5] He also worked with several German instrumentalists and sound engineers for the album.[5] Tamil Canadian rapper Rajeev ThaProphecy collaborated with Yuvan and performed a rap number titled "Bhagavan Rap Song". A promotional music video featuring ThaProphecy and Ameer, was shot in Canada, and edited with stills from the film, released on January 2013.[6]

Yuvan reused the background score from the Telugu film Panjaa (2011), which was also composed by himself. The score was recorded at A. R. Rahman's AM Studios, in Chennai with 7.1 surround sound and Auro 3D technology.[7]

Release edit

The producers intended to host an event in Canada on 29 September 2012 to launch the film's music, which would mark the first ever Tamil audio launch event held in North America.[8][9] The event was however held on 6 October 2012 at the Powerade Centre in Brampton, Ontario.[10][11] It saw the presence of several noted film personalities, along with the film's cast and crew.[12][13] Besides the live performance of the film's soundtrack as well as popular songs from the director and composer's previous collaborations, the event saw a dance performance by South African dancers.[14]

Track listing edit

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Eisalaamey Eisalaam"SnehanManasi Scott, Rahul Nambiar4:58
2."Kaatriley Nadanthene"ArivumathiUdit Narayan, Shweta Pandit4:55
3."Yaavum Poithaanaa"SnehanMadhushree4:20
4."Oru Thuli Vishamai"SnehanSharib Sabri, Shreya Ghoshal5:36
5."Agadam Bagadam"ManojMohit Chauhan4:22
6."Bhagavan Rap Song"Rajeev ThaProphecyRajeev ThaProphecy, Sathyan3:43

Reception edit

Behindwoods gave the album 3.5 out of 5 and stated, "The album sounds rich and has wide-ranging songs".[6] Moviecrow gave 6.5 out of 10 and stated, "Aadhibhagavan is an album filled with songs from various genres. Yuvan has done a remarkable job in experimenting with sounds and tunes."[15] Indiaglitz gave the album 3 out of 5 describing it as "very different from your everyday Tamil album. It has a lot of new kinds of music to present to you."[16]

References edit

  1. ^ "Is Mamta out of Aadhi Bhagavan?". Sify. 22 July 2010. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Bollywood bug bites Yuvan and Harris". Behindwoods. 1 August 2010. Archived from the original on 6 August 2010. Retrieved 12 August 2010.
  3. ^ "Yuvan's experimental tunes". Indiaglitz. 5 August 2010. Archived from the original on 6 August 2010. Retrieved 12 August 2010.
  4. ^ "Yuvan's Most Difficult Song". Behindwoods. Archived from the original on 21 December 2010. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  5. ^ a b "Yuvan's German link". The Times of India. 25 July 2012. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  6. ^ a b "Aadhi Bhagavan Music Review". Behindwoods. 12 October 2012. Archived from the original on 9 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  7. ^ "'Aadhi Bhagavan' in 7.1". Indiaglitz. 26 June 2012. Archived from the original on 28 June 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
  8. ^ Manigandan, K. R. (5 September 2012). "Audio launch abroad?". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 9 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  9. ^ "'Aadhi Bhagavan' audio launch in Canada?". Sify. Archived from the original on 9 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  10. ^ "Ameer's Aadhi Bhagavan audio launch on October 6". Moviecrow. Archived from the original on 12 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  11. ^ "Aadhi Bhagavan audio in Toronto on October 6". Sify. Archived from the original on 9 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  12. ^ "'Aadhi Bhagavan' trailer set for big launch in Chennai". The New Indian Express. 6 October 2012. Archived from the original on 11 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  13. ^ "Yuvan Shankar Raja's Canadian Date". Behindwoods.com. 27 September 2012. Archived from the original on 24 February 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  14. ^ V Lakshmi, TNN (4 September 2012). "Yuvan to go live in Canada for Ameer!". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  15. ^ S. Kannan, Ramesh. "AadhiBhagavan Music Review". Moviecrow. Archived from the original on 9 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  16. ^ "Ameerin Aadhi Bhagavan Music review songs lyrics". IndiaGlitz.com. Archived from the original on 10 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
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