He insisted on re-recording it with a singer who could impart more emotions with an earthy voice to the song and eventually opted for Yuvan Shankar Raja. Rahman but he felt his voice did not suit the track. The track "Kadal Raasa Naan" was initially sung by A. On composing for "Naetru Aval", Rahman stated that he revisited the retro zones to add a ghazal feel to the contemporary music based track. For both the songs, "Innum Konjam Neram" and "Naetru Aval" the composer and the respective song lyricists maintained simple and flowing poetry. The song reflects love, separation, struggle, survival and finally, arising. Neither of them wanted words that we have all already heard." She added that the composer aims positive message to young viewers. If the song needed two verses, I wrote eight, and Rahman was able to pick the lines that would work. Rahman) were very clear that it should be a meaningful song. She said, "Both of them (Bharat Bala & A. Poet Kutti Revathi collaborated two and a half years ago with the film director for the song "Nenje Ezhu". Rahman had finished composing two songs which were filmed in Africa. Rahman was also nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Tamil but he won the same award for his compositions to Kadal.īy early May 2012, composer A. The soundtrack was nominated at the 2014 Edison Awards and Vijay Awards for both best music direction and best background score. Rahman won the Norway Tamil Film Festival Best Music Director award and the SIIMA Award for Best Music Director in 2014. The soundtrack album was adjudged as "Tamil Album of Year" in iTunes’ Best of 2013. Further, for the remaining months of 2013, it maintained its position in the top 10 music album charts. It also topped the iTunes India charts for the month of May and June 2013. The music received extremely positive critical reception and overwhelming audience response after its release. The album was released under the label Sony Music on. The film that is produced under the banner Aascar Films, stars Dhanush and Parvathy in the lead roles. Rahman for the 2013 Tamil film of the same name directed by Bharatbala. Maryan ( The Immortal) is the soundtrack album, composed by A.