Soundtrack
| Muthu | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by A. R. Rahman | ||||
| Released | 1995 (India) 1998(Japan) |
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| Recorded | Panchathan Record Inn | |||
| Genre | Film soundtrack | |||
| Label | Pyramid | |||
| Producer | A.R. Rahman | |||
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The soundtrack features six songs composed by A. R. Rahman, with lyrics by Vairamuthu. Muthu is the first Rajinikanth film for which Rahman wrote music. The soundtrack for this movie turned out to be a major hit and Rahman gained popularity in Japan when the movie was released in Japanese. The Hindi version is titled Muthu Maharaja and had lyrics penned by P. K. Mishra. "Omanathinkal Kidavo" portion of "Kuluvalilae" is written and tuned by the famous Malayalam poet Irayimman Thampi.
The video for the hit song "Thillana Thillana" became famous for the belly dance of Meena featuring a lot of closeup shots of her navel.
This soundtrack was selected as the most popular foreign soundtrack in Japan.
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