The soundtrack to the 1986 Tamil-language romantic drama film Mouna Ragam features five songs composed by Ilaiyaraaja and written by Vaali.

[3] According to Martin Clayton, Trevor Herbert and Richard Middleton's 2003 book The Cultural Study of Music: A Critical Introduction, "Oho Megam Vandhadho" (featuring several teenage girls dancing) is a resemblance of Broadway and MTV style singing-and-dancing, that combined American music with Indian vocals (S. Janaki was the playback singer);[4][5] the book further added that the song is a reworking of Gene Kelly's "Singin' in the Rain".

[16] The duo Jayamanmadhan's review for Kalki was however critical of the song "Panivizhum Iravu" as one of the film's minus points, due to its pacing.

[18] Rakesh Mehar of The News Minute said that "Ilaiyaraaja's wonderful songs stay with you long after the film fades from memory".

[19] On the film's 30th anniversary, Sify's Mahesh Pallavoor Raghunathan praised Ilayaraaja for using silence as music "to bring about an impact within the minds of the viewers".