Aadukalam is the soundtrack album for the Tamil film of the same name directed by Vetrimaaran. The film featured music composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar in his second collaboration with Vetrimaaran and Dhanush after Polladhavan, and its soundtrack album features seven tracks; four songs, two rap numbers and an instrumental. Lyrics for the songs were written by Snehan, Ekadesi, Yugabharathi, V. I. S. Jayapalan and Yogi B. The album distributed by Sony Music India was released on 1 December 2010. The songs in entirety were used as montages in the film, with four of the tracks were picturised on the perspective of Dhanush's character and his romance with Taapsee's character. The album opened to critical acclaim praising G. V. Prakash for his work in the soundtrack and score; critics further praised Vetrimaaran for the use of songs as montages throughout the film. Subsequently, the album received multiple accolades at various nominations, with Prakash winning the awards for Best Music Director in all ceremonies. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aadukal...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)