[6] In June 2014, director Lingusamy stated that Suriya would be singing one song as well,[7][8] which was eventually recorded in early July at A. R. Rahman's studio within two hours.

[9] The song, which marked Suriya's playback singing debut, was described as a "breezy, peppy number" and the last to be recorded after which work on the soundtrack was completed.

[11] The audio rights were purchased by Sony Music India for ₹75 lakh (US$87,000), including its Tamil and Telugu versions.

[20][21] A launch event was held on the same day at Sathyam Cinemas in a simple manner,[22] with the film's cast and other celebrities being present.

[24] The audio launch of the Telugu version Sikander[25] took place on 31 July 2014 at the Shilpakala Vedika in Hyderabad, with actors Allu Arjun, Nagarjuna and director S. S. Rajamouli being present as chief guests,[26][27] although it was initially reported that Kamal Haasan and Kannada star Puneeth Rajkumar would attend the function.

[29] Akilan Nagarajan of Moviecrow gave 3.25 out of 5 and concluded, "On the whole, Anjaan may not be a Paiyya, but is definitely Yuvan back to his energetic times.