The composers were critically praised for blending different forms of music which "pepped" the otherwise usual Bollywood music. IBN Live gave the album 3.5/5 and stated that the album was another "winner" from Vishal–Shekhar.
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Devesh Sharma of Filmfare gave the album 4/5, saying that it is "a robust offering, which is full of new sounds and zany surprises", and that Vishal–Shekhar put in a lot of effort to bring out their best for the film. The soundtrack album of Chennai Express received positive reviews. Yashika Mathur ( Daily News and Analysis)
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Vishal Dadlani, Brodha V, Smokey the Ghost, Enkore, Natalie Di LuccioĬritical response Professional ratings Review scores Sunidhi Chauhan, Arijit Singh, Neeti Mohan Track listing Īll lyrics are written by Amitabh Bhattacharya. The music album was launched on 1 July 2013. On 25 July 2013, a promotional video of the song "Tera Rasta Main Chhodoon Na" was released. The song was titled " Lungi Dance – The 'Thalaivar(r)' Tribute" in honour of the film actor Rajinikanth. On 19 July 2013, T-Series uploaded a song to its official channel on YouTube sung by Honey Singh. On 27 June 2013, the video promo of the song "Titli" was released, and on 11 July 2013, the promo video of "Kashmir Main Tu Kanyakumari" was released. The song "1 2 3 4 get on the dance floor" was released as a promotional single on World Music Day. Initially, Balasubrahmanyam was apprehensive, but chose to sing due to the content and leads of the film. He said the song celebrated the spirit of togetherness. Balasubrahmanyam recorded the title track for the film, marking his return to Bollywood for playback after an absence of fifteen years. However, the composers denied these rumours. The director was reportedly asked to plan for a different musical composition. Several sources said that the director and actor were unsatisfied with the score. The track "Ready Steady Po" was recorded in November 2012 by the music's composers and Smokey the Ghost/Smokey, along with Enkore, Brodha V and others. Recording of the songs began in late October 2012. The score of Chennai Express was composed by Amar Mohile the songs were composed by the duo Vishal–Shekhar, and the lyrics were written by Amitabh Bhattacharya and Yo Yo Honey Singh.