Bombay is the soundtrack to the 1995 Indian Tamil film of the same name, directed by Mani Ratnam and starring Arvind Swamy and Manisha Koirala in lead roles. The soundtrack album includes eight tracks composed by A. R. Rahman and was released in 1995 by Pyramid. The soundtrack was released in multiple languages. The lyrics for the Tamil version were written by Vairamuthu, except for the song "Halla Gulla", which was written by Vaali. The lyrics for the Hindi version and Telugu version were penned by Mehboob and Veturi Sundararama Murthy respectively.

The soundtrack of the film by Academy Award winner A. R. Rahman is hailed as a masterpiece. After its release, Bombay was a large critical and commercial success. It became the largest selling Indian album of all time, with unprecedented sales of 12 million records. The soundtrack was included in The Guardian's "1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die" list, and the song "Kannalanae/kannanule/Kehna Hi Kya" originally sung by K S Chitra, was included in their "1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear" list. The song "Humma" was later reused in Ok Jaanu (2017) as "The Humma Song".

The soundtrack album was originally released in Tamil in 1995. It was also released in Hindi by Universal Music and in Telugu by Polygram in the same year.

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