Moodu Pani

The soundtrack to the 1980 Tamil-language psychological thriller film Moodu Pani directed by Balu Mahendra, features four songs composed by Ilaiyaraaja, in his 100th film as a music director, and lyrics written by his brother Gangai Amaran and Viji Manuel. The film also marked Ilaiyaraaja's first collaboration with Mahendra who would later work in all of his films. The album was released under the label EMI Records. Unlike Ilaiyaraaja's previous films, the soundtrack to Moodu Pani had lesser number of songs. The film was noted for Ilaiyaraaja's first association with A. R. Rahman, who worked as a keyboard programmer in the film's score, and would later become one of the most sought-out composers in Indian cinema. The album was first issued in a double LP record that consisted only three songs, while the second edition which released in 1981, features all the four songs as heard in the film. Upon release, the song "Yen Iniya Pon Nilave" became highly popular, which led several singers to perform their own renditions in the early 21st century, and also becoming one of the best songs of Ilaiyaraaja and K. J. Yesudas, who performed the song. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moodu_P...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)