Ayan (soundtrack)
Ayan is the soundtrack album to the 2009 film of the same name directed by K. V. Anand and produced by AVM Productions starring Suriya and Tamannaah. The film's soundtrack featured six songs composed by Harris Jayaraj with lyrics written by Na. Muthukumar, Vairamuthu and Pa. Vijay. The soundtrack was released on 10 January 2009. The album received positive reviews from critics and Jayaraj won the Best Music Director at the 57th Filmfare Awards South and two Mirchi Music Awards including Album of the Year.
Background
The film marked Harris' fourth collaboration with Suriya after Kaakha Kaakha, Ghajini and Vaaranam Aayiram and his first with Anand, who worked with Vidyasagar in his previous film Kana Kandaen. Anand narrated the script to Jayaraj, who at that time completed scoring Dhaam Dhoom and Vaaranam Aayiram. Jayaraj who usually preferred directors to provide one-liners and the essence of the film, listened to Anand's narration for two-and-a-half hours, where he "never felt bored even at one place". He described the script "thrilling and fun" and that reminded him of Saamy, which was "a fast-paced film where you can sip your cool drink, eat popcorn and let the time whiz past." Soon after his involvement, Harris composed the songs in Mauritius.The soundtrack album consisted of six songs with a multitude of genres, ranging from fast-paced dance to melody numbers. Vairamuthu wrote the lyrics for "Nenje Nenje" and Pa. Vijay wrote lyrics for two songs, while Na. Muthukumar wrote three numbers. "Oh Super Nova" is featured in the film's opening credits and the song "Pala Pala", sung by Hariharan is a dance number picturized for Suriya's character in the introduction. Three of the songs, were picturized on Suriya and Tamannaah's characters. "Vizhi Moodi" is a "montage" number and "Nenje Nenje" is a "soothing melody with a melancholy base"; the song was shot on the sand dunes of the Namib-Naukluft National Park, Dune 7 and Deadvlei in Namibia.