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Engeyum Kadhal
Soundtrack album by
Harris Jayaraj
Released8 November 2010
Recorded2009–2010
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length35:13
LanguageTamil
LabelSony Music
ProducerHarris Jayaraj
Harris Jayaraj chronology
Orange
(2010) 		Engeyum Kadhal
(2010) 		Ko
(2010)

Engeyum Kadhal is the soundtrack album to the 2010 film of the same name directed by Prabhu Deva starring Ravi Mohan and Hansika Motwani. The film's music is composed by Harris Jayaraj, with the soundtrack featuring eight songs written by Thamarai, Vaali, Na. Muthukumar, Madhan Karky, Emcee Jesz, Lady Kash and Jayaraj himself. The album was released under the Sony Music label on 8 November 2010 to positive reviews from critics.

Development

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For the film's music and score, Jayaraj travelled to Sydney on 19 December 2009 to work on the film's compositions.[1] He located a coastal place near the suburbs on Sydney for the musicians and composed all the tracks there.[1] Speaking to The Times of India, Jayaraj claimed that he shared a great rapport with Prabhu Deva and complimented the visuals which were in sync with the romantic theme of the film.[2] The song "Nangaai" is inspired by Michael Jackson's "The Way You Make Me Feel".[3] It is a fusion of world and Indian music and Jayaraj used South Indian instruments.[2]

The song "Dhimu Dhimu" was the first song he composed.[1] It was reused as "Chilipiga" in the Telugu film Orange (2010), which released before.[4] While working on the film score, Jayaraj thought of an additional song which was required; this resulted in Jayaraj writing lyrics for a song "Kulu Kulu Ven Pani Pola" which he came across a crucial scene which was shot in Paris.[5] He added "This is the scene in which the hero is introduced to the audiences and the heroine meets him for the first time. Earlier, we had an instrumental piece but when I watched the scene, I thought a song would be more enriching. It was 3 AM at that time and I could definitely not wake up any of my lyric writers! So, I decided to pen it myself."[5] It was his first stint as a lyricist.[5] Jayaraj introduced New York-based singer-songwriter Arjun Menon to record the song.[6]

Release

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The audio rights were acquired by Sony Music.[7] Initially, the film's music was set to be released during the first week of October 2010.[7] The album had a soft launch on 8 November 2010 at the office of AGS Entertainment with the cast and crew members in attendance.[8][9] Prior to its release, the songs were aired on all radio stations since Diwali (5 November).[8][10]

Track listing

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Tamil

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No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Engeyum Kadhal"ThamaraiAalap Raju, Devan Ekambaram, Ranina Reddy5:31
2."Thee Illai"VaaliNaresh Iyer, Mukesh, Gopal Rao, Mahathi, Ranina Reddy5:27
3."Nangaai"VaaliRichard, Rahul Nambiar, Naveen Madhav4:36
4."Lolita"ThamaraiKarthik, Prashanthini5:09
5."Bathing at Cannes"Emcee Jesz, Lady KashEmcee Jesz, Lady Kash and Krissy, Ranina Reddy2:53
6."Nenjil Nenjil"Madhan KarkyHarish Raghavendra, Chinmayi5:14
7."Dhimu Dhimu"Na. MuthukumarKarthik5:29
8."Kulu Kulu Venpani Pola"Harris JeyarajArjun Menon1:34
Total length:35:13

Telugu

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No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Ennallugano"VanamaliAalap Raju, Devan Ekambaram, Ranina Reddy5:35
2."Segaledhu Pogaledhu"VanamaliNaresh Iyer, Mukesh, Gopal Rao, Mahathi, Ranina Reddy5:30
3."Vallive"VanamaliRichard, Rahul Nambiar, Naveen Madhav4:35
4."Lolita"VanamaliKarthik, Prashanthini5:32
5."Bathing at Cannes"Emcee Jesz, Lady KashEmcee Jesz, Lady Kash and Krissy, Ranina Reddy2:55
6."Ninne Ninne Varincheno"VanamaliHarish Raghavendra, Chinmayi5:32
7."Rimujimu Rimjim"VanamaliKarthik5:34
8."Mila Mila"VanamaliArjun Menon1:34
Total length:35:13

Reception

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"Engeyum Kaadhal music is turning out to be a chartbuster worldwide. Harris is at his best as the music is soothing and youthful. The audio sales opening is the best for the year so far."

— Ashok Parwani, Sony Music India managing director[11]

Pavithra Srinivasan of Rediff.com gave a 3/5 rating and said "Engeyum Kadhal might sound, at times, like it's a mishmash of Harris Jeyaraj's previous works, but it does have its melodious moments, and those make the album worth a listen."[3] Karthik Srinivasan of Milliblog wrote " Engeyum Kaadhal is quite 'safe' like Orange, but as a package, this one works significantly better and wonderfully well".[12] S. R. Ashok Kumar of The Hindu described Jayaraj's music as "enchanting" and "make quite an impact".[13] Sify called the music "outstanding".[14] In contrast, The New Indian Express critic summarized "Harris Jayaraj's songs too barely register (like Ko)."[15]

Accolades

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Award[a] Date of ceremony[b] Category Recipient(s) and Nominee(s) Result Ref.
Big FM Tamil Melody Awards 30 June 2012 Best Music Director Harris Jayaraj Won [16]
Best Album of the Year Engeyum Kadhal Won
Filmfare Awards South 7 July 2012 Best Lyricist – Tamil Thamarai – ("Engeyum Kadhal") Nominated [17]
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Best Male Playback Singer – Tamil Richard – ("Nangaai") Nominated
Vijay Awards 16 June 2012 Best Music Director Harris Jayaraj Nominated [20]
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Best Male Playback Singer Karthik – ("Dhimu Dhimu") Nominated

Notes

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  1. ^ Awards, festivals and organisations are in alphabetical order.
  2. ^ Date is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Pillai, Sreedhar (17 December 2009). "Harris Jayaraj, the man of momemt [sic]". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Harris' albums hit the stands". The Times of India. 15 November 2010. Archived from the original on 2 September 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
  3. ^ a b Srinivasan, Pavithra (16 November 2010). "Engeyum Kaadhal music has its moments". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 17 November 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  4. ^ Srinivasan, Pavithra (16 November 2010). "Engeyum Kaadhal music has its moments". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 17 November 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  5. ^ a b c Pillai, Sreedhar (29 March 2011). "Harris turns lyricist!". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 12 December 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
  6. ^ "Harris turns lyric writer with EK". Sify. 29 March 2011. Archived from the original on 1 April 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
  7. ^ a b "Harris's music rocks: Hansika". The Times of India. 22 September 2010. Archived from the original on 29 March 2025. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
  8. ^ a b "Engeyum Kaadhal-Soft launch on Nov 8". Sify. 6 November 2010. Archived from the original on 9 November 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
  9. ^ "Jayam Ravi & Hansika off to New Zealand". Sify. 9 November 2010. Archived from the original on 12 November 2010. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
  10. ^ "Engeyum Kadhal audio launched". Sify. 8 November 2010. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  11. ^ "Engeyum Kaadhal audio rocks big time". Sify. 12 November 2010. Archived from the original on 15 November 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
  12. ^ Srinivasan, Karthik (9 November 2010). "Engeyum Kaadhal (Music review), Tamil – Harris Jayaraj". Milliblog. Archived from the original on 25 February 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
  13. ^ Kumar, S. R. Ashok (27 December 2010). "Enchanting melodies". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 29 March 2025. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
  14. ^ "Engeyum Kaadhal". Sify. 6 May 2011. Archived from the original on 22 August 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  15. ^ "Engeyum Kadhal". The New Indian Express. 9 May 2011. Archived from the original on 29 March 2025. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
  16. ^ S, Venkadesan (30 June 2012). "Big Tamil Melody Awards: Big stars great melodies". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 29 March 2025. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
  17. ^ "59th Filmfare Awards South". Filmfare Awards South. 7 July 2012. Sun TV Network.
  18. ^ "59th Idea Filmfare Awards South (Winners list)". Filmfare. 9 July 2012. Archived from the original on 11 August 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  19. ^ "The 59th Idea Filmfare Awards 2011(South)". The Times of India. 8 July 2012. Archived from the original on 11 August 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  20. ^ "6th Annual Vijay Awards: Complete list of winners". IBNLive. 19 June 2012. Archived from the original on 11 August 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  21. ^ "6th Vijay Awards". Vijay Awards. Chennai. 30 June 2012. Star Vijay.
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