Enthiran (soundtrack): Difference between revisions

Enthiran is the soundtrack album to the

"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."^[12]

The most notable song in terms of picturisation, "

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.^[15] 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 August 5.^[16]The soundtrack has topped the Indian charts too. The first five positions was defended by Enthiran songs for more than three months.^[17] The audio is said to have created history and have registered a record breaking sale in the Indian audio market.^[18]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Musicaloud	[19]
Behindwoods	[20]

The soundtrack also received positive critical responses. The Hindu commented on the album that "With its blend of melody, trance and rhythm, Enthiran — The Robot sounds like a winner".^[21] A review by Music Aloud said, "While the soundtrack of Enthiran has enough fodder to delight a connoisseur, it remains to be seen how much its sophistication will appeal to the masses, who are after all Rajinikanth’s primary target."^[19] Behindwoods reviewed the music saying, "Yes, it exasperates you when you listen for the first time. But as you listen again, you realize that though Rahman gives this album a crisp metallic touch in keeping with the theme of the story, he still remains faithful to his Carnatic roots in a touching way. Watch how cleverly he varies the feel of the normal duets and robo-based duets. The lyrics are interesting too. If the listener shakes off his conditioned thinking while listening to this album, he is in for a treat."^[20]

However, the Hindi version received notably mixed responses;

• V. Kumar –
  drums
• T. Raja, Vedachalam, Neelakandan, Lakshminarayanan, Raju -
  percussions
• Keith Peters - bass guitar
• Sanjeev Thomas, George - guitar
• Naveen Kumar - flute
• Thomas - trumpet

Production

• Producers: A. R. Rahman
• Engineers: Deepak P. A., 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, Deepak P. A.
• Mastering: S. Sivakumar
• Programming: T. R. Krishna Chetan, Deepak P. A., Hentry Kuruvilla
• Music coordination: Noell James, Faizuddin T.M.

References