Paiyaa
Soundtrack album by
Released12 February 2010
Recorded2009
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length28:20
LanguageTamil
LabelThink Music
Sony Music
ProducerYuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan Shankar Raja chronology
Yogi
(2009)
Paiyaa
(2010)
Theeradha Vilaiyattu Pillai
(2010)

Paiyaa is the soundtrack to the 2010 Indian Tamil-language film of the same name, directed by N. Linguswamy and starring Karthi and Tamannaah. The soundtrack album originally includes five songs composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja and was released on 12 February 2010. The release coincided with a promotional event held at Sathyam Cinemas in Chennai, India.

The soundtrack album was marketed under the Chennai-based Think Music record label, which was founded in 2007, thus becoming their 50th album.[1] During a press conference held by Think Music in mid-March 2010, it was announced that, thanks to the enormous success of the audio, an additional track has been composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja and included in the film at an appropriate place.[2] The new CD including the new track, titled "Yedho Ondru", was released during the release of the film in early April.[3] In 2011, Sony Music got the rights to the soundtrack.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Na. Muthukumar

Paiyaa (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Thuli Thuli"Haricharan, Tanvi Shah4:49
2."Poongatre Poongatre"Benny Dayal5:27
3."Adada Mazhaida"Rahul Nambiar, Saindhavi4:32
4."Suthuthe Suthuthe Bhoomi"Karthik, Sunitha Sarathy5:01
5."En Kadhal Solla"Yuvan Shankar Raja4:58
6."Yedho Ondru" (Bonus Track)Yuvan Shankar Raja3:33
Total length:28:20

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Behindwoods

The album generally positive reviews and responses from critics and audiences alike. The songs got popular among the masses immediately, witnessing grand sales and making it very big in audio markets, due to which even the stocks of audio CDs got over soon.[4] Becoming sensational hits very soon after its release, the songs were topping the Tamil music charts in the following weeks.[1][5][6] The album has reportedly become 2010's biggest selling audio and the top selling ringtone as well.[7] Moreover, as per the report of a national broadcasting agency, the song "Thuli Thuli" has become the first Tamil song to be featured in an all India index of the Top 20 songs on radio for the month of April 2010, indicating this song was played on all Indian FM radio stations more often than any other song in the history of Tamil film music ever.[7] Yuvan Shankar Raja's songs as well as his film score were also often cited to be the biggest plus and the backbone of the film besides playing an important role for the film's success.[8][9][10]

Awards

Ceremony Award Category Name Outcome
Edison Award
Best Female Playback Singer Saindhavi Won
Big Entertainment Award
Best Music Director Yuvan Shankar Raja Won
Best Lyricist Na. Muthukumar Won
Best Music Director (Jury) Yuvan Shankar Raja Nominated
Best Male Singer (Jury) Haricharan for Thuli Thuli Nominated
Popular Album of the Year 2010 Paiyaa Nominated
Popular Song of the Year 2010 Thuli Thuli Nominated
En Kadhal Solla Nominated
Popular Melody of the Year 2010 Thuli Thuli Nominated
Popular Duet of the Year 2010 Rahul Nambiar & Saindhavi for Adada Mazhaida Nominated
Popular Song Sung by a Music Director Yuvan Shankar Raja for En Kadhal Solla Won
Popular Male Singer of the Year 2010 Rahul Nambiar for Adada Mazhaida Nominated
Haricharan for Thuli Thuli Nominated
Popular Female Singer of the Year 2010 Saindhavi for Adada Mazhaida Nominated
Mirchi Listener's Choice of the Year 2010 Yuvan Shankar Raja & Haricharan for Thuli Thuli Won
Best Music Director Yuvan Shankar Raja Nominated
Best Male Playback Rahul Nambiar for Adada Mazhaida Nominated
Best Female Playback Saindhavi for Adada Mazhaida Nominated
Vijay Award for Best Music Director Yuvan Shankar Raja Nominated
Vijay Award for Best Male Playback Singer Haricharan for Thuli Thuli Nominated
Vijay Award for Favourite Song En Kadhal Solla Won
Best Album of the Year Paiyaa Won
Mirchi Listeners’ Choice – Best Song of the Year En Kadhal Solla Won
Mirchi Listeners’ Choice – Best Album of the Year Paiyaa Won

References

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