MUSIC DIRECTOR ANIRUDH RAVICHANDER INTERVIEW

In my musical career for the past one and a half years, there has been immense expectation and pressure from day one. But my music comes from the heart. So all the pressures are wiped away.

I always feel that the background score is most important for a film as it is a great challenge to match the vision of a director.  I put in atleast 2 months of work on the background score of a film. I thought it would be a new trend in releasing the score as I had received a lot of love for the same. So I told Sony and they obliged. Very happy that it has been received so well.

Every compliment from every single person is equally important to me. Very glad that people respect my musicality and have developed a taste towards my sound.

Mostly yes. I watch most movies on the first day with my friends to gauge the pulse of the audience and I always loved cinema since I’m from such a big film family. But nowadays, it’s difficult to do that because of the recognition involved. But frankly, I miss the old carefree teenager Anirudh who could just go, whistle and enjoy a film in the first day.

Vanakkam Chennai's audio is very close to my heart. I personally worked on this album for the past 1 year and I’m very happy with the output. It will be an album with 7 songs, each of a different genre. It was great to see the viral reception for just the song teasers. Hope it turns out to be a hat trick for me :) I’m quite nervous yet excited.

I love collaborating with artists as it not only brings a whiff of freshness but also musical ideas are new and we grow together as musicians. That is the reason I used Hip Hop Tamizha, Honey Singh, Arjun etc. A track called Chennai City Gangsta from Vanakkam Chennai will feature UK Rapper Hard Kaur with Adhi and myself.

He is a close friend and the both of us started our film career around the same time. I’m very happy to see him where he is now and sincerely hope he reaches greater heights. It is always great to grow as a team and we are genuinely happy for each other.

Vanakkam Chennai, Untitled Selvaraghavan sir project, Maan Karate, A project with Dhanush, A.R. Murugadoss sir and Ilayathalapathy's untitled project, Ethir Neechal team's untitled project and two projects in Hindi which I will announce soon.

It was a joint decision because of the time constraint and the fact that I am also working on Selva sir’s project around the same time. We will work together again for sure. Always thankful for giving a then 20 year old Anirudh such a break through '3'. That’s why I’m here today.

I like the work of a lot of new people in the industry. I personally think there is a new batch of super talented musicians now which is great for the ever-evolving music world.

Yes a lot. But as I said, I make it a point to put in extra effort in every song in order to make the whole album a hit. Happy it has worked till now. So time constraints don’t allow me to take up everything. I also need to be inspired and challenged with the script in order for me to raise the bar personally.

I’ve been approached for the Chennai 28 remake in Hindi and I will confirm the news very soon.

It is thoroughly deserved. His hard work and dedication has reaped huge rewards. Really happy for him.

Not at all. I've already got more awards and accolades than I’ve deserved for 3. It is the sole reason I have reached this place in my career so fast. And i sincerely felt that Imman deserved it for Kumki and it was high time that his years of good work were recognised.