"Thuli Thuli" is a song from the 2010 Tamil feature film Paiyaa, composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. The song, with lyrics by Na. Muthukumar and performed by Haricharan and Tanvi Shah, was released as part of the soundtrack album of the film on 12 February 2010.[1]

"Thuli Thuli"
Song by Yuvan Shankar Raja (composer) and Haricharan, Tanvi Shah (performer)
from the album Paiyaa (soundtrack)
LanguageTamil
Released12 February 2010
Recorded2009
StudioKalasa Studios, Chennai
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length4:29
LabelThink Music
Songwriter(s)Yuvan Shankar Raja (music), Na. Muthukumar (lyrics)
Producer(s)Yuvan Shankar Raja

Lyrically, the song tells the feelings of a young man who saw and fell in love with a young, attractive girl at first sight. The song, along with its entire soundtrack album, has received highly positive reviews from music critics, achieving commercial success, staying for over 8 months in the charts.[2][3][4] The song has become the first Tamil song to be featured in an all India index of the Top 20 songs on radio for the month of April 2010, indicating this song was played on all Indian FM radio stations more often than any other song in the history of Tamil film music ever.[4]

Inspiration and development

edit

Composer Yuvan Shankar Raja said, that the tune of this song came "immediately to his mind", when director N. Linguswamy was explaining the situation about the film's protagonist falling in love at first sight. He further more, revealed that he had developed this tune even some years earlier, when he saw a "beautiful girl", while driving in rain. However, he was too shy to express his feelings and instead developed a tune in his mind, which he and Linguswamy decided to reuse for this song.[4]

Accolades

edit
Award Category Name Outcome
Best Male Singer (Jury) Haricharan for "Thuli Thuli" Nominated
Popular Song of the Year 2010 "Thuli Thuli" Nominated
Popular Melody of the Year 2010 "Thuli Thuli" Nominated
Popular Male Singer of the Year 2010 Haricharan for "Thuli Thuli" Nominated
Mirchi Listener's Choice of the Year 2010 Yuvan Shankar Raja & Haricharan for "Thuli Thuli"
(also for Rahul Nambiar for "Adada Mazhaida")
Won

Other versions

edit

The song was reused in the Kannada remake Ajith (2014) as "Hani Hani".[6]

References

edit
  1. ^ "10 years for Suriya, 2 for Karthi". www.behindwoods.com. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Happy and happening: Haricharan". The Times of India. 14 May 2010. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012.
  3. ^ "Paiyaa - Top Ten Songs". www.behindwoods.com. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  4. ^ a b c Pillai, Sreedhar (1 June 2010). "Yuvan's musical magic!". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
  5. ^ "Rhythmic ripples of 'Mellisai' mark function". The Hindu. Chennai, India: thehindu.com. 12 May 2011. Archived from the original on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  6. ^ "Yuvan Shankar Raja's music for Paiyaa remake". The Times of India. 27 January 2013. Archived from the original on 17 June 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2013.