I was looking at predominately my film at that point of time. How much he would grow, I was not looking at. They were quite amazing and I had no doubts that he would be right for my film. So I went across to his studio and he played me some more, lots of things which he had done for jingles and a few other musical pieces he has done for somebody else. I thought that in the first note of the piece that he had sent me was really brilliant, really outstanding piece. Regarding the music Mani Ratnam says, 'I was trying to do a film, I wanted good music and I was searching for somebody who would and I heard a demonstration tape of his which he had sent across. The song 'Kadhal Rojave' is set in the Kapi raga. For the lyrics of song, Vairamuthu revealed that the song took two and half hours to write and he wrote 120 desires in the song but later shortened it into 16 and also revealed that he used the lines of a song which was originally composed for Doordarshan. 'Chinna Chinna Aasai' was the first song Rahman had composed for the film. The song 'Thamizha Thamizha' is a poem written by Subramanya Bharathi. The score was performed at the Panchathan Record Inn in Chennai. Songs such as 'Rukkumani' had a loud thumping feel and became ingrained in pop culture. Rahman used instruments and grand arrangements to generate an expansive sound. In an August 2016 interview with Filmfare, Rahman recalled that he chose not to pursue education at Berklee College of Music because he got to work on Roja. I think it was the prospect of working with Mani that enticed me'. I was offered Rs 25,000 for it, a sum that I could make in three days composing ad jingles. Rahman would later say: 'I wasn't sure myself why I accepted Roja. Rahman, in spite of his reluctance to seriously take up work in films, accepted the offer since Ratnam had the reputation of a director with a good taste for music. Ratnam signed him immediately for his next project, Roja, which was the first one in his terrorism trilogy. Impressed with Rahman's works, Ratnam visited his studio and listened to a tune that Rahman had composed long back on the Kaveri River water dispute (later revealed to be 'Tamizha Tamizha' from the soundtrack). Ratnam happened to listen to some ad jingles, composed by Rahman, in an awards function, where Rahman received the award for Best Jingle Composer. He initially approached advertisement jingle composer Mahesh Mahadevan, who refused since it required full-time commitment to the project. Mani Ratnam after his long relationship with Ilaiyaraaja, decided to collaborate with a newcomer. The Hindi version of the album earned в‚№7.5 crore (equivalent to в‚№49В crore or US$6.4В million in 2020) in sales. The Tamil and Hindi versions of the album sold over 3 million units in India, with the Tamil version selling over 200,000 units and the Hindi version selling 2.8 million units. Rahman and the National Film Award for Best Lyrics for Vairamuthu. It also fetched the National Film Award for Best Music Direction for A. Released on Lahari Music, it was also listed in Time magazine's ' 10 Best Soundtracks' of all time. Balasubrahmanyam and the other by Hariharan. The Hindi version of the song was titled 'Roja Jaaneman' has two versions вЂ“ one by S. The song 'Kadhal Rojave' has two versions in both Tamil and Hindi a solo and a duet in the former. The album features seven tracks in Tamil and Hindi, and six tracks in Malayalam, Telugu, Marathi and five tracks in the instrumental adaptation album. It is the soundtrack to the 1992 Tamil film of the same name, directed by Mani Ratnam, and starring Aravind Swamy and Madhoo. Roja is the debut soundtrack album of music composer A.

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