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The songs were composed by his younger brother Yuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan Shankar Raja is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer, singer and occasional lyricist. He has predominantly scored music for Tamil as well as several Telugu films. His musical career began in 1996, at age 16, as he composed the film score for Aravindhan...

. The audio cd containing songs released on 29 March 2003 and features 6 tracks, the lyrics were penned by 'Kavignar' Vaali
Vaali (poet)
Vaali is a Tamil poet and lyricist who writes Tamil poetry and film song lyrics. Most recently he has extended lyrics for a couple of songs in Engeyum Kaadhal for the music of Harris Jayaraj. He has also acted in several films, most notably Hey Ram, Parthale Paravasam and Poi Kaal Kudhirai...

, Pa. Vijay, Yugabharathi and Vijay Sagar. Interestingly, actor Vijay
Joseph Vijay
Vijay is an Indian film actor and playback singer, who is based in the cinema of Tamil Nadu. He is the son of film producer and director S. A. Chandrasekhar. After performing uncredited roles as a child actor in films produced by his father, he made his debut in a lead role in the 1992 film...

 had earlier sung a song under Yuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan Shankar Raja is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer, singer and occasional lyricist. He has predominantly scored music for Tamil as well as several Telugu films. His musical career began in 1996, at age 16, as he composed the film score for Aravindhan...

's direction for the 1998 Tamil film Velai
Velai
Velai is a 1998 Indian Tamil film, directed by Suresh and written by Balakumaran, starring Vignesh, Indaraja, Nassar in lead roles. The film, produced by J...

, but didn't do so for this one, where he himself plays the lead character role. It is the first and remains the only time, that Yuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan Shankar Raja is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer, singer and occasional lyricist. He has predominantly scored music for Tamil as well as several Telugu films. His musical career began in 1996, at age 16, as he composed the film score for Aravindhan...

 composed the songs for a film starring Vijay. The background score was composed by Yuvan's brother, Karthik Raja
Karthik Raja
Karthik Raja is a Tamil musician from Chennai, India. He made his debut as music composer in the Tamil film Alexander.-Personal life:Karthik Raja is the eldest son of musician Ilaiyaraaja and Jeeva. His brother Yuvan Shankar Raja and sister Bhavatharini, who are also Kollywood music directors and...

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Track Song Singer(s) Duration Lyricist Notes
1 "Naan Odum Ilaignan" Mano
Mano (singer)
Mano is an Indian playback singer. He sings in Telugu, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi.-Biography:Mano was born in a Muslim family and his original name is Nagoor Babu; he was rechristened Mano by Ilayaraja...

, Tippu
Tippu (singer)
Tippu is a South Indian playback singer who has performed in Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu languages. Tippu's original name, as told by him in Koffee with Anu, is Ekambaresh. He is married to playback singers Harini. Tippu did his schooling at St. John's Matriculation Higher Secondary School...

 
4:56 'Kavignar' Vaali
Vaali (poet)
Vaali is a Tamil poet and lyricist who writes Tamil poetry and film song lyrics. Most recently he has extended lyrics for a couple of songs in Engeyum Kaadhal for the music of Harris Jayaraj. He has also acted in several films, most notably Hey Ram, Parthale Paravasam and Poi Kaal Kudhirai...

 
2 "Mercury Poove" Nideesh Gopalan, Bhavatharini
Bhavatharini
Bhavatharani is an Indian Tamil singer and music director. She is the daughter of film composer Ilaiyaraaja and her brothers are the noted film composers Karthik Raja and Yuvan Shankar Raja and has mostly sung songs under her father and her brothers' direction...

, Bonnie Chakraborty
Bonnie Chakraborty
Bonnie Chakraborty was the lead vocalist of Kolkata based band Krosswindz until 1998. He did four Bengali albums during that time time.Bonnie coupled with Neil Mukherjee and formed a band named Kashti which was promoted by Zee Music. The album had eight songs. This album came and went off unnoticed...

 
4:36 Pa. Vijay 
3 "Vasiyakaara - I" Devan, Chitra Sivaraman 3:52 Yugabharathi
4 "Manase" Bonnie Chakraborty
Bonnie Chakraborty
Bonnie Chakraborty was the lead vocalist of Kolkata based band Krosswindz until 1998. He did four Bengali albums during that time time.Bonnie coupled with Neil Mukherjee and formed a band named Kashti which was promoted by Zee Music. The album had eight songs. This album came and went off unnoticed...

, Tippu
Tippu (singer)
Tippu is a South Indian playback singer who has performed in Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu languages. Tippu's original name, as told by him in Koffee with Anu, is Ekambaresh. He is married to playback singers Harini. Tippu did his schooling at St. John's Matriculation Higher Secondary School...

, Swarnalatha
Swarnalatha
Swarnalatha was a Indian playback singer. From 1987 onward, she rendered nearly 7000 songs in many languages including Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam, Urdu, Bengali, Oriya, Punjabi and Badaga....

 
5:05 Pa. Vijay 
5 "Vasiyakaara - II" Hariharan
Hariharan (singer)
Hariharan , born 3 April 1955) is an Indian playback singer in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Bhojpuri and Telugu movies, an established ghazal singer, and one of the pioneers of Indian fusion music. His melody is strongly appreciated by the film fraternity...

, Chitra Sivaraman
3:53 Yugabharathi
6 "Annamalai" Tippu
Tippu (singer)
Tippu is a South Indian playback singer who has performed in Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu languages. Tippu's original name, as told by him in Koffee with Anu, is Ekambaresh. He is married to playback singers Harini. Tippu did his schooling at St. John's Matriculation Higher Secondary School...

, Devan
4:52 Vijay Sagar
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