Kadhalan (soundtrack)


Kadhalan is the soundtrack to the 1994 Tamil film of the same name, directed by Shankar. The soundtrack, features 9 songs composed by A. R. Rahman and lyrics penned by Vairamuthu, Vaali, Shankar and Thirikudarasappa Kavirayar.

Reception

This soundtrack earned A. R. Rahman national acclaim. New styles were experimented with, as in the song "Pettai Rap", a Madras bashai song which was written in a rap-like style, interspersing Tamil with English words. Owing to the success and immense national popularity of the song "Mukkabla", the soundtrack was subsequently dubbed in Hindi as Humse Hai Muqabala and in Telugu as Premikudu. Lyrics for this versions were written by P. K. Mishra and Rajashri respectively. The Hindi version of the soundtrack, Humse Hai Muqabala, sold 2.5 million units in India.
The soundtrack earned Rahman his consecutive third Filmfare Best Music Director Award. P. Unnikrishnan got the break as a playback singer through this film. His rendition of the romantic song Ennavale Adi Ennavale won him the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer.

Track listing

Original version (''Kadhalan'')

Hindi version (''Humse Hai Muqabala'')

Telugu version (''Premikudu'')

Popular culture

In 2014, the song "Urvasi" inspired the song "It's My Birthday" by American rapper will.i.am.In 2016, the song was featured in the film Lion.It was later recreated by Yo Yo Honey Singh. In 2019, the song "Mukkabla" was subsequently remade by Tanishk Bagchi in Hindi for the film Street Dancer 3D.