Enthiran (soundtrack)

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Enthiran
Feature film soundtrack
Length34:35
LanguageTamil
LabelThink Music
ProducerA. R. Rahman
A. R. Rahman chronology
Raavanan
(2010) 		Enthiran
(2010) 		Puli
(2010)

Enthiran is the soundtrack album to the 2010

Aishwarya Rai. The soundtrack album includes seven tracks composed by A. R. Rahman and was released on 31 July 2010 by Think Music.[1] The release coincided with a promotional event held at the Putrajaya International Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpur
, Malaysia.

The album also was dubbed and released in Telugu as Robo on 6 August 2010, while its dubbed

Hindi version, Robot, was released on 14 August 2010. The former was released on Think Music itself, but the latter was released by Venus.[2]

Release

The soundtrack album's release rights in

Suryan FM
on 30 July, a day before the soundtrack release.

The Tamil album was officially released on 31 July 2010, which coincided with a promotional event held at the

Sangeetha Arvind. Furthermore, Silambarasan, Vijayalakshmi, and Poorna
were part of stage performances.

The release event of the Telugu version, titled Robo, was held in

Hindi version, titled Robot, was released by Venus[2] on 14 August 2010, in a function held in Mumbai. The event was attended by Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan, along with the crew of the film.[7][8]

Music videos

The songs were choreographed by

Bharata Natyam trained assistant Ajeesh dancing for the robot.[9] "Kadhal Anukkal", again choreographed by Prabhu Deva, is a love song picturised on Vaseegaran and Sana (played by Aishwarya Rai). The song was completely shot from Lençóis Maranhenses National Park in northeastern Brazil.[10][11] "Irumbile Oru Irudhaiyam", which marked the singing debut of Lady Kash and Krissy in Tamil cinema,[12][13] was choreographed by Remo D'Souza and was picturised as a club dance number between Chitti and Sana.[9]
"Chitti Dance Showcase", a short and mostly instrumental song was choreographed by Shobi and was picturised on Vaseegaran, Chitti and Sana.

"Arima Arima" was set in Ramoji Rao Film City,

Hyderabad and was choreographed by Prabhu Deva. It was picturised on Chitti, his robot army and Sana. According to the director S. Shankar, art director Sabu Cyril and cinematographer R. Rathnavelu, picturising this song was the most challenging part of the whole film. The song also features two robotic lions, the creation of which, according to Sabu Cyril, is a professional secret. In an interview, Ratnavelu said, "This film has been a big challenge right from the start till the patchwork. But the most challenging part for me was shooting the climax song, Arima Arima, which will be the USP of the film. The song was shot in a set in Hyderabad in 2008. I had to perceive in 2008 what would be in vogue now. So, that was a real challenge and that has come out really well."[14]

The most notable song in terms of picturisation, "Kilimanjaro", is picturised on Rajinikanth and Aishwarya Rai singing a duet with a host of tribal dancers in the background. The song sequence was filmed at Machu Picchu in Peru, making it the first Indian video to be picturised from the protected heritage site.[15] According to official sources, there were interventions from the Indian government to grant permission for the filming, which was denied to many international projects, such as Quantum of Solace (2008).[15][16] It was choreographed by Raju Sundaram.

The last song, "Boom Boom Robo Da", shot from Himachal Pradesh and Chennai, was choreographed by Dinesh and picturised on Vaseegaran, Sana and Chitti.

Reception

The soundtrack has received generally positive reviews and on the second day of release, the album was on top of the US iTunes Top 10 World Albums chart, making it the first Indian album to reach the spot.[17] In the United Kingdom, Enthiran ranked third place on iTunes and by the following day occupied the top spot successfully. In Australia, Enthiran ranked on the top spot by 5 August.[18] The soundtrack has topped the Indian charts too. The first five positions was defended by Enthiran songs for more than three months.[19] "Kadhal Anukkal" topped the charts for more than eight weeks.[20] The Hindi version, "Pagal Anukan", peaked at #4 position in the weekly charts.[21] The audio is said to have created history and have registered a record breaking sale in the Indian audio market.[22]

Critical response

Tamil version

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Behindwoods
Rediff
[26]

The soundtrack received mostly positive critical responses.

Rediff commented that, "Enthiran is, in fact, a perfect superstar album. Where the collection does manage to veer from the usual, Rahman has managed to add his own quirky, creative notes to the songs."[26]

Hindi version

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Rediff
[32]
The Times of India(mixed)[33]

The Hindi version received mixed to negative responses, with most of the reviewers criticising Swanand Kirkire's lyrics.

Rediff rated the Hindi version 2.5 on 5 and commented that Robot is not Rahman's best, to say the least.[32] The Times of India commented that "On the whole, the music of Robot does not appeal. They may suit the script of the sci-film, but the audio is not impressive."[33]

Track listing

Enthiran - Tamil
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Puthiya Manidha"
Chinmayi
5:32
7."Arima Arima"VairamuthuHariharan, Sadhana Sargam5:22
Total length:35:14
Robo - Telugu
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."O Maramanishi"
Chinmayi, Anuj
5:30
7."Harima Harima"VanamaliHariharan, Sadhana Sargam, Benny Dayal, Naresh Iyer5:20
Total length:35:13

All lyrics are written by

Chinmayi5:327."Arima Arima"Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam, Benny Dayal, Naresh Iyer
5:19Total length:35:17

Album credits

Backing vocals

Dr. Narayanan, Raqeeb Alam, R. Vijay Narain, Renu Kannan, Nithin Raj, Shahid, Megha, Madhumitha, Shubiksha, Janani, Nrithya, Senthil, Sridhar Vijay, Kaushik, Arjun, Sharadha, Swetha Mohan, Clinton Cerejo, Dominique Cerejo, Francois Castellino, Newman Pinto, Vivianne Pocha, Bianca Gomes

Instruments

  • Drums - V. Kumar
  • Percussions - T. Raja, Vedachalam, Neelakandan, Lakshminarayanan, Raju
  • Bass Guitar - Keith Peters
  • Guitar - Sanjeev Thomas, George
  • Flute -
    Naveen Kumar
  • Trumpet - Thomas

Production

  • Composer: A. R. Rahman
  • Sound Engineers: P. A. Deepak, T. R. Krishna Chetan, Vivianne Chaix, Suresh Permal, Srinidhi Venkatesh, S. Sivakumar, Kannan Ganpat, Pradeep, Dinesh Ramalingam
  • String Engineer: V. J. Srinivasamurthy
  • Mixing: K. J. Singh, P. A. Deepak
  • Mastering: S. Sivakumar
  • Programming: T. R. Krishna Chetan, P. A. Deepak, Hentry Kuruvilla
  • Music coordination: Noell James, Faizuddin T.M.

References

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