Puli | ||||
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Soundtrack album by A. R. Rahman | ||||
Released | 11 July 2010 | |||
Recorded |
Panchathan Record Inn and AM Studios, Chennai, India K. M. Musiq Studios, Los Angeles |
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Genre | Film soundtrack | |||
Length | 29:09 | |||
Label | Sony Music | |||
Producer | A. R. Rahman | |||
A. R. Rahman chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Musicaloud | |
Behindwoods | (not rated) |
Puli is the soundtrack to the 2010 Telugu action film of the same name, directed by S. J. Suryaah and starring Pawan Kalyan. The soundtrack album includes six songs composed by A. R. Rahman and lyrics penned by Chandrabose. The highly anticipated soundtrack album was released on 11 July 2010 by Sony Music. The album was released under the film's working title Komaram Puli, with the title of the film being changed to Puli upon release. The soundtrack album and background score received positive critical reception upon release. It was nominated for various music awards such as Best Music Director and Best Background Score (Rahman), and Best Female Playback (Shweta Mohan for "Amma Thalle"), but most of the awards in the Best Music Direction and Background Score categories mainly lost to Ye Maaya Chesave, composed by Rahman himself. Shweta Mohan won Best Female Playback for the song "Amma Thalle" in the 2010 Mirchi Music Awards South. Sony Music purchased the Music Rights of the film for ₹2.5 crore (US$390,000) which was a record at the time.
The release rights of the album was purchased by Sony Music for ₹ 2 crores. The track listing was published on A. R. Rahman official website on 6 July. A 30 second promo of the song "Maaralente" was released through this website on the same day. Promos of other songs were released the next day. The audio was launched on 11 July 2010 by the then Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K Rosaiah, Rahman and his mother Kareema Begum in a function held at H.I.C.C Novotel, Hyderabad. The function was attended by K. Rosaiah, S. J. Suryaah, Allu Aravind, Pawan Kalyan, Nikeesha Patel, Shriya Saran, A. R. Rahman, Chandrabose, Anand Sai and many others. Puli music rights were acquired by Sony music for ₹ 2 crores to ₹2.5 crore (US$390,000).