While three of the songs which released as singles received positive response, the film's album launch was held at a formal event on 7 March 2021.
In November 2019, Santhosh started the music production of the film with some folk artists across the southern region of Tamil Nadu.
[5] The background music resembling of a folk genre, accompanied by Thavil and Nadaswaram in the making video released in July 2020, received viral response from fans.
On 17 February 2021, the team hosted a promotional pre-release event through the composer's studio and the single was released in all streaming platforms.
[15] This song was crooned by veteran composer Deva, with additional vocals by Reetha Anthony and lyrics written by Yugabharathi and was led by native folk instruments such as nadaswaram, thavil, pambai, thalam and urumi, performed by Marungan and Haridas of the Ramanathapuram Marungan Melam Team.
Santhosh Narayanan uses minimal sounds to create a specific soundscape and the music mirrors this ambiguity by setting up a permanent dissonance in the background.
"[29] A controversy arose during the release of the first single "Kandaa Vara Sollunga" citing that Santhosh had plagiarised the tunes from the devotional song "Ange Idi Muzanguthu", performed by popular folk singer Thekkampatti S. Sunderrajan, whose version is a devotional song sung in praise of Karuppasamy.
[32] In the wake of its controversy, director Mari Selvaraj on 17 March 2021 announced that the song will be renamed as "Manjanathi Puranam",[33] further adding that the new title will also release in music platforms.