24 (soundtrack)

24 (soundtrack)
Soundtrack album by A. R. Rahman
Released	11 April 2016
Recorded	2014–16 Panchathan Record Inn, Chennai A M Studios, Chennai A R Studios, Mumbai Panchathan Hollywood Studios, Los Angeles
Length	25:52
Language	Tamil
Label	Eros
Producer	A. R. Rahman
A. R. Rahman chronology
Muhammad: The Messenger of God (2015) 24 (2016) Pelé: Birth of a Legend (2016)

24 is the soundtrack album, composed by A. R. Rahman with song lyrics by Vairamuthu and Madhan Karky, to the 2016 Tamil film of the same name, produced by Suriya and directed by Vikram Kumar. The film stars Suriya, Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Nithya Menen in lead roles. The album features six tracks, and was released on April 11, 2016 by Eros Music.

Background

In November 2014, A. R. Rahman was announced as the film soundtrack and score composer.^[1] Rahman had a six hour script narration session with Suriya and Vikram Kumar before signing the project.^[2] Recording of the track "Punnagaye" written by lyricist Vairamuthu was completed by February 2015.^[3] In an interview with The Hindu, Suriya told that recording of one more track was completed by September 2015.^[4] According to lyricist Madhan Karky, for the track "Naan Un":^[5] Rahman was trying out a tune on his piano and Karky was writing the lyrics while listening to him. He wrote a line in Tamil, "Undhan Azhagil Iraivanai Kaankiraen" that translates to, "In Your Beauty, I See God." An inspiration before composing tunes, Rahman had read the same line from the Prophetic books before composing that track.^[6] However, the track was initially composed for some other film.^[6] Later, it was reworked to suit the film soundtrack.^[6]

Release

The original and Telugu versions of the album were released at separate events held at Sathyam Cinemas in Chennai^[2] and Shilpkala Vedika in Hyderabad^[2] respectively on April 11, 2016.^[2] At the launch of original version of the album, there were live performances of songs from the film. Singer Benny Dayal sang the track "Kaalam En Kadhali", followed by Chinmayi singing "Naan Un". Shakthisree Gopalan was next with the track "Aararoo" and the Telugu version "Laalijo" was sung by actress Nithya Menen with A. R. Rahman playing the keyboard.^[7]

Track listing

Note–The order of tracks on the digital and physical versions of the album are different. The track listing below is according to the digital versions of the soundtrack album.

Tamil

24 (Tamil) [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack][8]
No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Naan Un"	Madhan Karky	Arijit Singh, Chinmayi	04:48
2.	"Mei Nigara"	Karky	Sid Sriram, Sanah Moidutty, Jonita Gandhi	05:16
3.	"Punnagaye"	Vairamuthu	Haricharan, Shashaa Tirupati	04:16
4.	"Aararoo"	Karky	Shakthisree Gopalan	03:41
5.	"My Twin Brother"	N/A	Srinivasa Krishnan, Hriday Gattani	03:28
6.	"Kaalam Yen Kadhali"	Vairamuthu	Benny Dayal	04:23
Total length:				25:52

Telugu

All lyrics written by Chandrabose, except track 5. 

24 (Telugu) [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack][9]
No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Prema Swaramulalo"	Hriday Gattani, Chinmayi	04:49
2.	"Manasuke"	Sid Sriram, Sanah Moidutty, Jonita Gandhi	05:17
3.	"Deivam Raasina Kavitha"	Haricharan, Jonita Gandhi	04:17
4.	"Laalijo"	Nithya Menen	03:42
5.	"My Twin Brother"	Srinivasa Krishnan, Hriday Gattani	03:29
6.	"Kaalam Na Preyasile"	Benny Dayal	04:23
Total length:			25:57

Album credits

Credits adapted from CD liner notes of the soundtrack album.^[10]

Backing Vocals

Dr. Narayanan, D. Sathya Prakash, Nivas, Santhosh Hariharan, Deepak, Maalavika Sundar, Pooja Vaidyanath, Sharanya Srinivas, Sowmya Mahadevan, Suzanne D'Mello, Gary Mesquitta, Alan D'Souza, Hrishikesh Kamerkar, Lara Pinto, Keshia Braganza, Poorvi Koutish

Personnel

• Strings: The Sunshine Chamber Group
• Indian Rhythm: T. Raja Kumar, Neelagandhan, Vedha, Chinna Prasad
• Flute: Kareem, Kamalakar
• Guitars: Keba Jeremiah
• Cello: V. Sekar
• Kora: Keba Jeremiah

Production

• Record Producer: A. R. Rahman
• Mastering: Suresh Permal
• Strings conductor: V. J. Srinivasamurthy (at AM Studios, Chennai)
• Engineers:
  • Suresh Permal, Vinay Sridhar, Srinidhi Venkatesh, Karthik Sekaran, Vinay Sridhar(at Panchathan Record Inn, Chennai)
  • S. Sivakumar, Pradeep Menon, Kannan Ganpat, Krishnan Subramanian, Karthik Sekaran (at AM Studios, Chennai)
  • Nitish R. Kumar, Hari Krishnan (at A R Studios
  • Tony Joy, Kevin Doucette (at Panchathan Hollywood Studios)
• Mixing: T. R. Krishna Chetan, Nitish R. Kumar, Ishaan Chhabra
• Additional Programming: Hentry Kuruvilla, T. R. Krishna Chetan, Ishaan Chhabra, Jerry Vincent, Samir D Santhosh
• Music co-ordinators: Noell James, Vijay Iyer
• Musicians' fixer: R. Samidurai

References

1. "AR Rahman's 3rd for Suriya's 24 - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
2. "Audio launch of Suriya's '24': Actor shares stage with dad Sivakumar and brother Karthi - Firstpost". Firstpost. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
3. "Samantha to join Suriya for 24". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
4. "A peek behind the scenes". The Hindu. 10 September 2015. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
5. "Suriya's tales from a time machine". The Hindu. 2016-04-11. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
6. "An Incredible Story From Inside A R Rahmans Studio - NDTV Movies". NDTVMovies.com. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
7. Ramachandran, Mythily (2016-04-13). "Look out for Suriya in triple roles in ‘24’". GulfNews. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
8. "24 (Tamil) [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] - EP by A. R. Rahman on iTunes". iTunes. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
9. "24 (Telugu) (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - EP". iTunes India. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
10. Original Motion Picture Soundtrack—24 (Audio CD). A. R. Rahman. Eros Music. 2016. ASIN B01E84BBZG.