"Aalaporaan Thamizhan"() is a 2017 Indian Tamil language song composed by

A. R. Rahman Allah Rakha Rahman (; born A. S. Dileep Kumar; 6 January 1967) is an Indian music composer, record producer, singer and songwriter, popular for his works in Indian cinema; predominantly in Tamil and Hindi films, with occasional forays in int ...

, from the music album of '' Mersal''. The song's lyrics were written by Vivek and sung by Kailash Kher, Sathyaprakash, Pooja AV, and Deepak. The song's music video is pictured upon actor Vijay. The song was released as first single track of the film on 10 August 2017. As of October 2020, the video song has grossed 155 million of views in YouTube. The song portrays about the popularity of Tamil speaking people all over the world. The song features Vijay as Vetrimaaran, praising

Tamil Tamil may refer to: * Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia ** Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils **Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia * Tamil language, nati ...

heritage and pride following a wrestling match in Punjab.

Song credits

Personnel * Composer & Producer -

* Lyrics - Vivek * Performers - Kailash Kher,

Pooja Vaidyanath Pooja Vaidyanath is an Indian playback singer who has worked in the Indian film industry. After appearing on several reality singing shows on Tamil and Telugu television, Pooja has worked on Tamil, Telugu and Hindi language films for musicians ...

, D. Sathyaprakash, Deepak Blue * Additional Vocals - Veena Murali, Maalavika, Deepthi Suresh, Soundarya, Anu Subbhaiya, Vishnupriya, Yaamini, Aishwarya Kumar Musician *Flute - Naveen Kumar *Guitars -

Keba Jeremiah Keba Jeremiah (born 18 October 1986) is an Indian guitarist and music producer. He works on musical soundtracks for Gospel songs, Bollywood, Tollywood (Telugu), Kollywood music industry. Early life Born and brought up in Al Karama, Dubai, Keb ...

*Nadaswaram - D. Balasubramani *Sitar - Kishore *Indian Rhythm - T Raja, Kumar, Lakshmi Narayanan, Raju, Vedha, Neelakandan, *Thavil - M Venkatesh Subramanian, Kaviraj, S Sundar, Purushothaman *Kombu - Alex, Kali, Shankar, Viji *Live Strings - Chennai Strings Orchestra,

Sunshine Orchestra Sunshine Orchestra is a project by the AR Rahman Foundation aiming to put an Indian symphony orchestra on the world map. It provides free musical training for socially and economically deprived children with an aptitude in music through the KM ...

(conducted by V J Srinivasamurthy) Sound Engineers * Panchathan Record Inn, Chennai - Suresh Permal, Karthik Sekaran, T R Krishna Chetan, Srinidhi Venkatesh, Jerry Vincent, Santhosh Dhayanidhi, Vinay Sridhar, Ishaan Chhabra *

AM Studios AM or Am may refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * A minor, a minor scale in music * ''A.M.'' (Chris Young album) * ''A.M.'' (Wilco album) * ''AM'' (Abraham Mateo album) * ''AM'' (Arctic Monkeys album) * AM (musician), American musician ...

, Chennai - S Sivakumar, Kannan Ganpat, Krishnan Subramanian, Pradeep Menon, Manoj Kumar Production *Additional Programming - T R Krishna Chetan, Kumaran Sivamani, Santhosh Dayanidhi, Hari Dafusia, Pawan CH, Kaashif AH, Jim Sathya *Choral Arrangement - Arjun Chandy, Nakul Abhyankar *Additional Choral Supervisor - Srinivas Doraiswamy *Mixed by - T R Krishna Chetan *Mastered by - Suresh Permal *MfiT - S. Sivakumar *Musicians Coordinators - Vijay Iyer, Noel James, TM Faizuddin *Musicians Fixer - Samidurai R *Music Label - Sony Music Entertainment India Pvt. Ltd.

Reception

Critical reception

'' The Times of India'' stated that " e song was released as the first single on August 10, 2017, and received massive applause from the audience. The number is all about Tamil pride, and that struck a chord with listeners. It used a lot of native instruments in the background score and Vivek’s lyrics spoke about the history and what it means to be a Tamizhan. Despite so many months, it remains a favourite among Vijay fans." ''Behindwoods'' wrote "Be it the folk beats, the indigenous instruments, the melodious portion delivered by Pooja or the native percussions, the song has a lot to offer. It is not an out and out mass number that is centred by folk elements but serves to be a song rich in a lot of aspects. With Rahman’s chords haunting the listener, Aalaporaan Tamizhan is an overall delight for both his fans and for fans of actor Vijay."

Views

''Aalaporaan Tamizhan'' has amassed 145 million views on YouTube.

Live performances

''Mersal Audio Launch''

On 1 September 2017, filmmakers launched ''Mersal'' album on live program.

performed the song live.

Concerts

*''Netru Indru Naalai'' concert (12 January 2018), Chennai Among all the songs played at Rahman's Netru Indru Naalai concert held in Chennai.

Awards and nominations

References

{{reflist 2018 songs Indian songs Tamil film songs Tamil-language songs Songs with music by A. R. Rahman