Asuran

Asuran is the soundtrack album composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar for the 2019 Indian Tamil-language film of the same name written and directed by Vetrimaaran, which stars Dhanush and Manju Warrier. The soundtrack album which had seven songs written by Ekadesi, Yugabharathi, Eknath and Arunraja Kamaraj, was consisted to be a mix of raw folk elements with the approach of international music and had begun production during March 2019 and completed within that August. The soundtrack album was launched on 2 September 2019, at Prasad Studios in Chennai, with a simultaneous release through YouTube and digital platforms. The album received mostly positive reviews from critics and audience and fetched accolades at various ceremonies. Production After collaborating with Santhosh Narayanan for Vada Chennai, Vetrimaaran was reported to collaborate with G. V. Prakash Kumar for this film during the official announcement in December 2018. The same was reported when Dhanush recorded one of the songs for Kumar's Jail, directed by Vasanthabalan, and the former suggested his name to Vetrimaaran. In January 2019, Vetrimaaran confirmed Prakash as the music director for the film, which was his third collaboration with the director after Polladhavan, Aadukalam and Visaranai. The film further marked Dhanush's collaboration with Prakash Kumar, eight years since his fallout with the composer during the production of Selvaraghavan's Mayakkam Enna. In March 2019, Prakash tweeted that he had started working on the compositions of the film, after completing the Suriya-starrer Soorarai Pottru (2020), directed by Sudha Kongara. Within the end of the month, he had completed working on two dance numbers of the film. In June 2019, Prakash Kumar composed a peppy number (which was later deciphered as "Polladha Bhoomi"), with Dhanush, along with Ken Karunas and Teejay, who played Dhanush's sons in the film. In July, another song from the film was recorded during the production stage, which was named "Kathari Poovazhagi". The song was written by Ekadesi and crooned by Velmurugan, with female vocals being accompanied by Rajalakshmi and Napolia. Both the singer and composer worked in the song "Otha Sollala" for the film Aadukalam also composed by Prakash. According to Prakash, the music of the film is dominated with raw folk and earthy elements, but the approach was international.