Chekka Chivantha Vaanam is the soundtrack album, composed by A. R. Rahman with song lyrics by Vairamuthu to the 2018 Tamil film of the same name.
The promotional music event featured live performances of the lead singles as well as all the songs in the soundtrack album.
[2] According to lyricist Vairamuthu, the provisions for the music and language in Chekka Chivantha Vaanam is limited because of the action genre.
I composed 10 ideas within two days and asked him (Mani Ratnam) to choose whichever he liked.”[4] One of these compositions was the music for the track "Mazhai Kuruvi".
[5] The track "Sevandhu Pochu Nenju" highlights the mistakes a man commits whereas "Kalla Kalavaani" talks about a carefree woman.
[6] Due to prepone release date of the film, Rahman set up all his musical equipments in the hotel room and composed the original score post his live tour shows during weekends.
V Lakshmi of The Times of India writes, "The album has two songs, and while the soundscape is different, the underlying emotion seems to be common — celebrating life".
"[17] Anupama Subramanian of Deccan Chronicle wrote: "Music by AR Rahman (and lyrics by Vairamuthu) is relegated to the backgrounds, but he’s on point as ever.
"[19] Manoj Kumar R of The Indian Express pointed: "And what Ratnam and composer AR Rahman have done with the film’s music is a surprise.