"Vilaiyaadu Mankatha" | |
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Song | |
B-side | "Dia Dia Dole" "Goa" "Yogi Yogi Thaan" "Theeradha Vilaiyattu Pillai" |
"Vilaiyaadu Mankatha" (Tamil: விளையாடு மங்காத்தா; English: Play Mankatha) is a song by Indian artist and film composer Yuvan Shankar Raja. A part of the soundtrack album to the Tamil film Mankatha, it was released as a single track on 20 May 2011.[1] The song was performed by Ranjith, Premgi Amaren, Sucharita and Anitha along with Yuvan Shankar Raja, while Gangai Amaren, Sucharita and Yuvan Shankar Raja penned the lyrics in Tamil, Hindi and English, respectively.
Background
A teaser featuring the song was released on Ajith Kumar's birthday, on 1 May 2011 on YouTube,[2][3] after plans of releasing the film or the soundtrack on that day had failed.[4] As the teaser garnered high response and became a success within few days, Venkat Prabhu and Dayanidhi Azhagiri decided to launch the complete version of the song as a single separately ahead of the complete soundtrack album.[5]
Lyrics
aadava.. arangetri paadava adiyarkal koodava..vidai pootu thedava boomiyil.. puthithana thozhale unakorum sedale..ne va va deerane {vilayadu mankatha..vidamatan engatha.. velivesham podatta..indha vetri kitta varadha..}..(2) manathinai maatrada..ok magizhchiyai yetrada..ok kuraigalai neekada..hey hey thadaigalai thooki pottu poda udalukul nerupada..oh oh unarvugal kothipada puthu vidhi ezhutadha.. puratchiyai seithu kaata vaada aadava.. arangetri paadava adiyarkal koodava..vidai pootu thedava boomiyil.. puthithana thozhale unakorum sedale..ne va va deerane thinking too much oh..smoking too much we i got my hair twisted round yll off me theenda va.. enai thottu thundava uyir thannai thaanda va thunaiyanai aandava.. motha va.. mulu moga thuthuva mugam jothi allava mozhiyinri solla va.. pudhi enbanthe sakthi enbathai katrukollada en nanba bakthi enbathai thozhilil vaithu va nitham vetri dan en nanba ithu puthukural thirukural dane ithai purinthapin thadaiyethu munne ne porupinai yetru puthu pani aatru poga vendum mele munneru {vilayadu mankatha..vidamatan engatha.. velivesham podatta..indha vetri kitta varadha..}..(2) manithanai vizhikavai..ok ninaivinai thuvaithuvai..ok kanavinai jeikavai..ok kavanathai thozhilil vaithu vaa da uravinai perukivai..ok uyarvinil paninthu vai..ok unamaiyai nilaikavai..ok ulagathai thirumbi paarka vai da {vilayadu mankatha..vidamatan engatha.. velivesham podatta..indha vetri kitta varadha..}..(2) mankatha da
Bonus tracks
Four songs were included as bonus tracks to the single release of "Vilaiyaadu Mankatha", all of which were part of earlier soundtracks by Yuvan Shankar Raja and were marketed by Sony Music Entertainment. The four songs - "Dia Dia Dole" performed by Suchitra for the film Avan Ivan, "Goa" from the same-titled film featuring vocals by Krish, Ranjith, Tanvi Shah, Suchitra, Chynk Showtyme and Pav Bundy, "Yogi Yogi Thaan" from Yogi sung by Blaaze and Neha Bhasin and the title track from Theeradha Vilaiyattu Pillai rendered by Andrea Jeremiah, Tanvi Shah, Vinaitha and Ranjith - were added in their original composition without any variation.[6]
Tracklist
- "Vilaiyaadu Mankatha" - 6:02
- "Dia Dia Dole" - 4:02
- "Goa" - 4:40
- "Yogi Yogi Thaan" - 3:56
- "Theeradha Vilaiyattu Pillai" - 4:55
Production
"Vilaiyaadu Mankatha" song has been performed by Ranjith, Premgi Amaren, Sucharita and Anitha along with Yuvan Shankar Raja, while Gangai Amaren, Sucharita and Yuvan Shankar Raja penned the lyrics in Tamil, Hindi and English, respectively. The song was orchestrated and arranged by Yuvan Shankar Raja, recorded, mixed and mastered by M. Kumaraguru Paran, while Karthi and V. Subhaiah was the program manager and program co-ordinator, respectively.
Music video
The video was shot in Bangkok in a club called ‘Club Hollywood’ for four consecutive days, featuring Ajith Kumar, along with dancers from Mumbai and Bangkok, while it was choreographed by Kalyan Kumar. A lot of the crowd, featuring in the music video are the people who actually visited the club during the shoot, giving it a more ‘reality’ feel.[7]
Release
Director Venkat Prabhu was determined to launch the soundtrack in an innovative way. He revealed that he would just release one song in the digital medium, so that it can be used for ring tones and caller tunes.[8] The single release would cost ₹ 49 and will come with a poster signed by Ajith Kumar himself. Unlike a usual signature where a lead actor signs one poster and the rest are digitalized, Ajith Kumar reportedly signed all the 5000 posters by himself in three days.[9] Yuvan Shankar Raja had handed over the Master recording on 11 May 2011,[10] while the single track released on 20 May 2011.
References
- ^ http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/may-11-02/mankatha-ajith-13-05-11.html
- ^ http://www.sify.com/movies/ajith-plays-vinayak-in-mankatha-news-tamil-lfcjRJbgejd.html
- ^ http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/66300.html
- ^ http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/66300.html
- ^ http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/66556.html
- ^ http://600024.com/store/buy-a-mankatha-cd-get-free-ajiths-personally-autographed-poster-tamil-audio-cd
- ^ http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/66715.html
- ^ http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/showbiz/kollywood/just-one-song-mankatha-574
- ^ http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/66715.html
- ^ http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/may-11-02/ajith-mankatha-12-05-11.html