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Naan Mahaan Alla
Naan Mahaan Alla
Soundtrack album by Yuvan Shankar Raja
Released	24 July 2010
Recorded	2009–2010
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	24:21
Language	Tamil
Label	Think Music
Producer	Yuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan Shankar Raja chronology
Singles from Naan Mahaan Alla
	"Iragai Pole"; Released: 24 July 2010;

Naan Mahaan Alla is the soundtrack album to the 2010 film Naan Mahaan Alla directed by Suseenthiran and produced by Studio Green, starring Karthi, Kajal Aggarwal, Jayaprakash and Soori. The soundtrack album featured five songs composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja and lyrics written by Na. Muthukumar and Yugabharathi, and was released through the Think Music label on 24 July 2010.

Background

While Suseenthiran earlier worked with V. Selvaganesh for his previous film Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu (2009), he opted for Yuvan Shankar Raja to compose music for Naan Mahaan Alla;^[1] he found the background music was crucial in the film's second half, which was the reason for Yuvan's involvement. The film would mark Yuvan's third collaboration with Karthi after Paruthiveeran (2007) and Paiyaa (2010).^[1]

The film's soundtrack featured five songs, while only three of them were used in the film in their entirety. The track "Oru Maalai Neram" was excluded from the film; the song was performed by Javed Ali and Shilpa Rao, the latter in her Tamil playback debut.^[2] The song "Va Va Nilava Pudichi" is repeated at the end of the album, with singer Rahul Nambiar credited for both.^[3] Nambiar, however, stated on his Facebook site that two versions were recorded featuring his and Haricharan's voice, respectively, but that both songs in the album were rendered by Haricharan only and his own version wasn't included at all.^{[citation needed]}

Before the film's music release, Yuvan claimed on Twitter that the song "Iragai Pole" was one of his favorites, on which he had worked for days.^[4] After watching the film, he remixed and reworked that song and altered the orchestration to match the visuals.^[5] According to Karthi, Yuvan had worked for 12 days for the score of the second half, which has "hardly any dialogues", adding that he was the one "who narrates the story in the second half through his music".^[5]

Release

The soundtrack album was released on 24 July 2010 at Sathyam Cinemas in Chennai.^[6] Besides the film's cast and crew, the event saw the attendance of directors Hari, N. Lingusamy, Vetrimaaran, Vishnuvardhan, Ezhil, music composer Devi Sri Prasad, producers Dayanidhi Azhagiri and Abhirami Ramanathan. The audio CD was unveiled by Hari and received by Lingusamy.^[7]

Reception

The album received extremely positive reviews, with "Iragai Pole" in particular, becoming hugely popular, topping the charts for several weeks.^[8] It has been ranked as one of the popular songs of 2010.^[8]^[9]^[10]

Critical response

Pavithra Srinivasan, in his review for Rediff.com, wrote that "there are many moments when Yuvan slips into "template" mode, when he simply flips out an older tune to suit newer purposes. But there are also moments when he shows his creative side, and those make the entire song light up – Iragai Pole is an example" and called the album as "worth a listen".^[11] Malathy Sundaram of Behindwoods rated three out of five and wrote "Softly expressive music, very pertinent lyrics, controlled beats, yes; this album has quite a few plus points."^[12] Indiaglitz wrote "The beats, the harmony and Yuvan's vocals himself, `Naan Mahaan Alla' is an output of pure musical brilliance by Yuvan."^[13] Karthik Srinivasan of Milliblog wrote "Two super hit soundtrack, in essence".^[14]

A reviewer from Sify wrote "Yuvan Shankar Raja's music (Irgai Pole is the pick) and background score is spellbinding."^[15] Renju Joseph of News18 wrote "The music by Yuvan Shankar Raja has a feel-good flavour."^[16] Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu wrote "Just four songs—and Yuvan mesmerises! Mostly shot as montages, the numbers keep the tempo intact."^[17]

Track listing

*Naan Mahaan Alla (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)* track listing
No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Va Va Nilava Pudichi"	Na. Muthukumar	Haricharan	4:47
2.	"Iragai Pole"	Yugabharathi	Yuvan Shankar Raja, Tanvi Shah	5:19
3.	"Oru Maalai Neram"	Na. Muthukumar	Javed Ali, Shilpa Rao	4:46
4.	"Theivam Illai"	Yugabharathi	Madhu Balakrishnan	4:41
5.	"Va Va Nilava Pudichi II"	Na. Muthukumar	Haricharan	4:47
Total length:				24:21

Accolades

Accolades for *Naan Mahaan Alla (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)*
Award	Date of ceremony^[a]	Category	Recipient(s) and Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
Vijay Music Awards	11 May 2011	Best Song Sung by a Music Director (Jury)	Yuvan Shankar Raja for "Iragai Pole"	Nominated	^[18]
Filmfare Awards South	2 July 2011	Best Music Director	Yuvan Shankar Raja	Nominated	^[19] ^[20]
Filmfare Awards South	2 July 2011	Best Male Playback	Yuvan Shankar Raja for "Iragai Pole"	Nominated	^[19] ^[20]
Vijay Awards	25 June 2011	Favourite Song	"Iragai Pole"	Nominated	^[21]

Notes

^ Date is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.

References

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^ Darshan, Navein (10 July 2023). "Originally, Rajini sir was not to be a part of Kaavalaa". Cinema Express. Archived from the original on 22 August 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023. Singer Shilpa Rao, who returns to Tamil after a decade (her last song was 'Oru Maalai Neram' from Naan Mahaan Alla)...
^ "Rahul Nambiar, the singer who likes happy songs". The New Indian Express. 11 September 2010. Archived from the original on 18 October 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
^ "I have sung one of my favourites in NMA: Yuvan - Tamil Movie News". IndiaGlitz. 7 July 2010. Archived from the original on 9 July 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
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^ ^a ^b "Top 10 songs of 2010". Sify. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
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^ Srinivasan, Pavithra (28 July 2010). "Naan Mahaan Alla's music is worth a listen". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 1 October 2010. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
^ Sundaram, Malathy (24 July 2010). "Naan Mahaan Alla Music Review". Behindwoods.com. Archived from the original on 13 August 2010. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
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^ "Movie Review: Naan Mahaan Alla". Sify. 21 August 2010. Archived from the original on 23 August 2010. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
^ Joseph, Renju (23 August 2010). "Tamil Review: 'Naan Mahaan Alla' a realistic thriller". News18. Archived from the original on 18 October 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
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^ "Rhythmic ripples of 'Mellisai' mark function". The Hindu. 12 May 2011. Archived from the original on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
^ "58th Idea Filmfare Awards South winners – pages 21, 22, 23 27, 28, 30". NDTV. Archived from the original on 22 January 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
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