Released 1994 Producer A. R. Rahman Movie Kadhalan | Length 34:50 Release date 17 September 1994 Genre Soundtrack | |
Recorded Panchathan Record Inn
Chennai, India Artists S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki Label Venus Worldwide Entertainment Pvt.Ltd. Soundtracks Ekk Deewana Tha, Raavanan, Padayappa, Lekar Hum Deewana Dil, Rang De Basanti | ||
Kadhalan (காதலன்) is the soundtrack to the 1994 Tamil film of the same name, directed by Shankar. The soundtrack, released as Kadhalan: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, features 9 songs composed by A. R. Rahman and lyrics penned by Vairamuthu, Vaali, Shankar and Thirikudarasappa Kavirayar. Owing to the 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.
Contents
- Reception
- Original version Kadhalan
- Hindi version Humse Hai Muqabala
- Telugu version Premikudu
- Songs
- References
The soundtrack of the film by Academy Award winner A. R. Rahman is hailed as a masterpiece.
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.
The song "Muqabla" was plagiarised freely by Bombay's tunesmiths and nearly a dozen versions of the song were churned out, a feat that earned "Muqabla" and Rahman a place in the Limca Book of Records, the Indian equivalent of the Guinness Book of Records.
Following the success of the film in Tamil Nadu, it was subsequently dubbed and released in Hindi with title Humse Hai Muqabala. A soundtrack album was released in Hindi which had lyrics penned by P. K. Mishra. This version of the film could not do well but the soundtrack became a runaway success in North India.
The acclaimed 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 precious National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer.
In 2014, the song "Urvasi" inspired the song "It's My Birthday" by American rapper will.i.am.
Original version (Kadhalan)
The official track listing.
All lyrics written by Vaali, Vairamuthu, Thirikudarasappa Kavirayar, Shankar.
Hindi version (Humse Hai Muqabala)
The official track listing.
All lyrics written by P.K. Mishra.
Telugu version (Premikudu)
The official track listing.
All lyrics written by Rajashri.
Songs
1Muqabla Muqabla (From "Humse Hai Muqabla")Mano5:24
2Gopala Gopala (From "Humse Hai Muqabala")SP Balasubramaniam - A R Rahman & S Janaki5:08
3Urvashi Urvashi (From "Humse Hai Muqabala") (feat Noel James & Shankar Mahadevan)A R Rahman - Shankar Mahadevan - Noel James5:42