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{{Short description|2010 soundtrack album to Raavanan by A. R. Rahman}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Raavanan (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
| type = [[Soundtrack]]
| artist = [[A. R. Rahman]]
| longtype =
| cover = raavanansoundtrack.jpg
| alt =
| released = 28 May 2010
| recorded = 2009–2010
| venue =
| studio = [[Panchathan Record Inn and AM Studios]], [[Chennai]]
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 30:02
| label = [[Sony Music India|Sony Music]]
| producer = [[A.R. Rahman]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{extra chronology
| artist = [[A. R. Rahman]]
| type = [[Soundtrack]]
| prev_title = [[Raavan (soundtrack)|Raavan]]
| prev_year = 2010
| title = Raavanan
| year = 2010
| next_title = [[Puli (soundtrack)|Puli]]
| next_year = 2010
}}
}}

'''''Raavanan''''' is the soundtrack album composed by [[A. R. Rahman]], who accompanied for the music and background score for the 2010 Indian [[Tamil film]] [[Raavanan|of the same name]], written and directed by [[Mani Ratnam]]. The film marks Rahman's second collaboration with actor [[Vikram (actor)|Vikram]] after ''[[Pudhiya Mannargal]]'' (1994). The soundtrack album was released by [[Sony Music India|Sony Music]] on 28 May 2010.<ref>{{cite web|author=Indiaglitz|year=2010|title=‘Raavanan’ music soft launched|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/56741.html|access-date=28 May 2010|publisher=Indiaglitz}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Moviebuzz|date=22 April 2010|title=Sony Music grabs Raavanan audio!|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/boxoffice.php?id=14939324&cid=2363|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104033401/http://www.sify.com/movies/boxoffice.php?id=14939324&cid=2363|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 January 2014|access-date=30 October 2013|publisher=Sify}}</ref><ref name="Audio Rights">{{cite web|author=RadioandMusic|year=2010|title=Sony Music on acquisition spree, laps up five projects|url=http://www.radioandmusic.com/content/editorial/news/sony-music-acquisition-spree-laps-five-projects|access-date=2010-04-27|publisher=RadioandMusic}}</ref>

The soundtrack features six songs with lyrics penned by [[Vairamuthu]], except for the song "Veera", which was penned by [[Mani Ratnam]] himself. The same soundtrack was used for the Hindi version of the film, titled ''[[Raavan (soundtrack)|Raavan]]'', and the dubbed Telugu version of the film ''Villain'', with the lyrics for the former was penned by [[Gulzar]] and the latter was penned by [[Veturi Sundararama Murthy]], which is his last work before his death in May 2010. While the audio rights of both Tamil and dubbed Telugu version was released by Sony Music,<ref name="Audio Rights" /> the Hindi version was released by [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]].<ref>{{cite web|author=RadioandMusic|year=2010|title=T-Series gets audio rights of Rahman's Raavan|url=http://www.radioandmusic.com/content/editorial/news/t-series-gets-audio-rights-rahmans-raavan|access-date=2010-04-07|publisher=RadioandMusic}}</ref>

While the album has six songs in total, five additional songs, which were featured in the movie was released as a collector's edition special pack on 10 November 2010.<ref>{{cite web|year=2010|title=Raavanan Collector's edition is released|url=http://600024.com/store/raavanan-cd-dvd-premium-pack-tamil-audio-video-cd-dvd|access-date=10 November 2010|publisher=60024.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|year=2010|title=Raavanan additional tracks|publisher= A.R.Rahman Official website |url=http://www.arrahman.com/v2/discography/films-tamil-raavanan.html}}</ref> One of these tracks "Naan Varuvaen" was later released as a music video titled ''[[Changing Seasons (music video)|Changing Seasons]]''. A. R. Rahman himself wrote the lyrics for this track and made an impromptu performance during the audio launch. The choreography of the songs were done by Ganesh Acharya, Brinda, [[Shobhana]] and [[Astad Deboo]]. The soundtrack is especially noted for the use of rich instruments, Indian as well as Middle Eastern. Several new singers were introduced through this film.

== Track listing ==

===Tamil version===
{{track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| all_lyrics = [[Vairamuthu]], except "Veera" was written by [[Mani Ratnam]]
| title1 = Veera
| extra1 = [[Vijay Prakash]], Mustafa Kutoane, [[Keerthi Sagathia]], [[A. R. Rahman]]
| lyrics1 = [[Mani Ratnam]]
| length1 = 03:15
| title2 = Usure Pogudhey
| extra2 = [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]], [[Mohammad Irfan Ali]]
| lyrics2 = [[Vairamuthu]]
| length2 = 06:04
| title3 = Kodu Poatta
| extra3 = [[Benny Dayal]]
| lyrics3 = [[Vairamuthu]]
| length3 = 04:58
| title5 = Kaattu Sirukki
| extra5 = [[Shankar Mahadevan]], [[Anuradha Sriram]]
| lyrics5 = [[Vairamuthu]]
| length5 = 05:54
| title4 = Kalvare
| extra4 = [[Shreya Ghoshal]]
| lyrics4 = [[Vairamuthu]]
| length4 = 04:11
| title6 = Keda Kari
| extra6 = [[Benny Dayal]], [[A. R. Reihana]], [[Tanvi Shah]], [[Mili Nair]], [[Suzanne D'Mello]], Chorus
| lyrics6 = [[Vairamuthu]]
| length6 = 05:11
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{{Infobox album
| name = Raavanan (Collector's Edition)
| type = [[Soundtrack]]
| artist = [[A. R. Rahman]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 10 November 2010
| recorded = 2009–2010
| venue =
| studio = [[Panchathan Record Inn and AM Studios]], [[Chennai]]
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 44:37
| label = [[Sony Music India|Sony Music]]
| producer = [[A.R. Rahman]]
| prev_title =
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}}
'''Collector's edition'''
{{track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title7 = Naan Varuvaen
| extra7 = [[A. R. Rahman]], Jali Fily Cissokho
| length7 = 04:47
| title8 = Lament of The Leaves
| extra8 = Bruno Conn
| length8 = 02:45
| title9 = Restless Mystic
| note9 = Instrumental
| extra9 = Seenu
| length9 = 01:19
| title10 = Yaaro Yevalo
| extra10 = [[Chinnaponnu]], Sangeetha
| length10 = 03:18
| title11 = Kalingathu Bharani
| extra11 = The Chennai Strings Orchestra
| length11 = 02:57
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=== Telugu version ===
{{track listing
| all_lyrics = [[Veturi Sundararama Murthy]], except "Veera" was written by [[Mani Ratnam]]
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Veera
| extra1 = [[Vijay Prakash]], Mustafa Kutoane, Keerthi Sagathia, [[A. R. Rahman]]
| length1 = 03:15
| title2 = Usure Poyene
| extra2 = [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]], [[Mohammad Irfan Ali]]
| length2 = 06:04
| title3 = Kullu Pudithe
| extra3 = [[Devi Sri Prasad]], [[Benny Dayal]]
| length3 = 04:58
| title5 = Kaanala Chilaka
| extra5 = [[Anuradha Sriram]], [[Naresh Iyer]]
| length5 = 05:54
| title4 = Kaavule
| extra4 = Ankitha
| length4 = 04:11
| title6 = Gudaa Gudaa
| extra6 = Bhagyaraj, [[Tanvi Shah]], Suvi, Shubha, [[Naresh Iyer]], Sangeetha
| length6 = 05:11
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}}

===Hindi version===
{{Main|Raavan (soundtrack)}}{{Track listing
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| extra6 = [[Ila Arun]], [[Sapna Awasthi]], [[Kunal Ganjawala]]
| extra4 = [[Reena Bhardwaj]]
| extra5 = [[Rekha Bhardwaj]], [[Javed Ali]], [[Anuradha Sriram]]
| extra3 = [[Sukhwinder Singh]], Am'nico
| extra2 = [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]], [[Mohammad Irfan Ali]]
| all_lyrics = [[Gulzar (lyricist)|Gulzar]]
| extra1 = [[Vijay Prakash]], Mustafa Kutoane, Keerthi Sagathia, [[A. R. Rahman]]
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length =
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| title1 = Beera Beera
| title8 =
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| length6 = 05:11
| title6 = Kata Kata
| length5 = 05:54
| title4 = Khilli Re
| length4 = 04:11
| title5 = Ranjha Ranjha
| length3 = 04:58
| title3 = Thok De Killi
| length2 = 06:04
| title2 = Behene De
| length1 = 03:15
| extra10 =
}}
'''Additional tracks'''
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| title8 = Jaare Ud Jaare
| extra10 = Tsvetanka Vanmezova
| extra9 = Jali Fily Cissokho
| extra8 = [[A. R. Rahman]], Jali Fily Cissokho
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| extra7 = [[Naresh Iyer]], [[Rahul Nambiar]], Dr. Narayan, [[Haricharan]]
| total_length =
| length10 = 02:46
| title10 = Mayama
| length9 = 01:18
| title9 = Kora
| length8 = 04:59
| length7 = 03:28
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| title7 = Yudh Yudh Yudh
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| note10 = Bulgarian Vox
}}

== Reception ==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Music Aloud
| rev1score = {{Rating|8.5|10}}<ref>[http://www.musicaloud.com/2010/05/04/raavanan-music-review/ "Music Aloud review"]</ref>
| rev2 = Behindwoods
| rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>[http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-music-reviews/review-1/raavanan-vikram-mani-ratnam-rahman.html "Behindwoods review"]</ref>
| rev3 = [[Rediff.com|Rediff]]
| rev3score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite news | url=http://movies.rediff.com/report/2010/may/06/south-tamil-music-review-ravanan.htm | publisher=Rediff | title=Go for it! | first=Pavithra | last=Srinivasan | date=8 May 2010 | access-date=2 July 2020}}</ref>
}}

The soundtrack for the movie has received positive reviews, with most reviewers hailing the album to be one of Rahman's best recent works, though it did not win any awards for the year. Ironically, most of the music awards were won by the soundtrack of another Tamil film, ''[[Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa]]'', which was also composed by Rahman. Karthik of ''Milliblog'' praised the renditioning of "Kalvare" by Shreya Ghoshal and stated that "Keda Kari" was "a fantastic effort".<ref>{{cite web|author=Karthik|date=31 May 2010|title=Raavanan (Music review – random thoughts)|url=http://itwofs.com/milliblog/2010/05/04/raavanan-music-review-random-thoughts-tamil-a-r-rahman/|access-date=30 October 2013|publisher=Milliblog}}</ref> Music Aloud gave 8.5/10 to the album stating "Raavanan still makes for a great listen. It is, after all, a Rahman composition!"<ref>{{Cite web|date=28 May 2010|title=Raavanan Music Review|url=https://www.musicaloud.com/2010/05/04/raavanan-music-review/|access-date=28 June 2020|website=Music Aloud}}</ref> Behindwoods gave 3.5 out of 5 and summarised "The trilingual aspect of this movie seems to have steered Rahman into expressing himself a tad cautiously as far as Carnatic ragas are concerned. Nevertheless, this is a brisk and riveting album. The percussive aspect certainly deserves applause because of its muted nature. Though Karthik’s song looms large, all songs have the possibility of hitting the charts."<ref>{{Cite web|title=RAAVANAN MUSIC REVIEW - RAVANAN MUSIC REVIEW - RAAVANAN MP3 DOWNLOAD - TAMIL MOVIE RAAVANAN MUSIC REVIEW - TAMIL SONGS DOWNLOAD - TAMIL FILM MUSIC - RAVANAN MP3 - RAVANAN SONGS|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-music-reviews/review-1/raavanan-vikram-mani-ratnam-rahman.html|access-date=2020-06-28|website=www.behindwoods.com}}</ref> Rediff gave the same rating and summarised "Its always been said that an A R Rahman album takes more than a couple of listens to sink into and that holds good for ''Ravanan'' as well. The songs are geared more towards specific situations, emotions and characters; undoubtedly, their appeal is bound to the movie itself. Nevertheless, the range and depth of the numbers do impress you on repeated listens. A couple of numbers, you feel, don't scale the heights of brilliance; the transmutation from Hindi to Thamizh is obvious, and rather jarring at moments. But Rahman's brilliance in instrumental arrangement, choice of vocals and Vairamuthu's lyrics make up for it. It looks like Mani Ratnam has managed to shape a complex collection from his protege this time too."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ravanan music review: Go for it!|url=https://movies.rediff.com/report/2010/may/06/south-tamil-music-review-ravanan.htm|access-date=2020-06-28|website=Rediff|language=en}}</ref>

== Album credits ==
Credits adapted from A. R. Rahman's official website.<ref>{{Cite web|title=A. R. Rahman - The Official Site|url=http://www.arrahman.com/discography_details.aspx?id=65|access-date=2020-06-28|website=www.arrahman.com}}</ref>

=== Personnel ===
'''Instruments'''

* [[Guitar]] - [[P. A. Deepak]]
* [[Flute]] - [[Naveen Kumar (musician)|Naveen Kumar]]
* [[Sitar]] - Asad Khan
* [[Oud]] - Seenu, [[P. A. Deepak]]
* [[Shehnai]] - Balesh
* [[Nadaswaram]] - Natarajan
* [[Percussion instrument|Percussions]] - T. Raja, Kumar, Vedachalam, Neelakandan, Lakshminarayanan, Chinna Prasad
* [[String (music)|Strings]] - Chennai Strings Orchestra (conducted by V.J. Srinivasamurthy)

'''Backing vocals'''

Dr. Narayanan, [[Naresh Iyer]], M. Kuldeep, [[Shweta Mohan|Swetha Mohan]], Gopika Purnima, [[Subhiksha]], Sri Madhumita, [[SuVi]], Mili Nair, [[Suzanne D'Mello]], Sujatha Majumdar, Nikitha Nigam, Dilshad Shaikh, R. N. Iyer, Arun Ingle, Chintamani Sohoni, Gowtham Bharadwaj

'''Additional vocal supervisor'''

Srinivas Doraisamy

=== Sound Engineers ===
'''Panchathan Record Inn, Chennai''' - T. R. Krishna Chetan, Hentry Kuruvilla, Vivianne Chaix, Suresh Perumal, Srinidhi Venkatesh, [[P. A. Deepak]]

'''AM Studios, Chennai''' - S. Sivakumar, Kannan Ganpat, Pradeep

=== Production ===

* Mixed by - [[P. A. Deepak]], K.J. Singh
* Mastered by - S. Sivakumar
* Music Production Assistant - T. R. Krishna Chetan
* Additional Programming - T. R. Krishna Chetan, [[P. A. Deepak]], Hentry Kuruvilla, Ranjith Barot
* Musician's co-ordinator - Noell James, T. M. Faizuddin
* Musicians fixer - N. Samidurai

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{A. R. Rahman}}
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[[Category:A. R. Rahman soundtracks]]
[[Category:Tamil film soundtracks]]
[[Category:2010 soundtrack albums]]

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