"Changing Seasons" is a
music video by Indian composer
A. R. Rahman. The video was simultaneously released in
Hindi and
Tamil on 18 January 2011. The song "Jaare Udd Jaare" (Hindi) / "Naan Varuvene" (Tamil) featured in the video was composed by Rahman and performed by Rahman and Jali Fily Cissokho. The video, produced by Y. M. Movies and filmed by John Warner, features
Aishwarya Rai along with Rahman.
The song was originally composed for
Bollywood film ''
Raavan Ravan, or Ravana(n), is the prime antagonist in the ancient Hindu epic ''Ramayana.''
Ravan, Raavan or Ravanan, may also refer to:
Film and TV
* ''Raavan'' (2022 film), Bengali action film
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'' and its Tamil version ''
Raavanan
Ravana (; , , ) is a rakshasa king of the island of Lanka, and the chief antagonist of the Hindu epic ''Ramayana'' and its adaptations.
In the ''Ramayana'', Ravana is described to be the eldest son of sage Vishrava and Rakshasa, rakshasi Kaik ...
''. The song was previously released on the Hindi
Raavan (soundtrack)
''Raavan'' is the soundtrack composed by A. R. Rahman, who accompanied for the music and background score for the 2010 Hindi film Raavan (2010 Hindi film), of the same name, directed by Mani Ratnam. It was released on 7 May 2010, by the label T- ...
and the Tamil
Raavanan
Ravana (; , , ) is a rakshasa king of the island of Lanka, and the chief antagonist of the Hindu epic ''Ramayana'' and its adaptations.
In the ''Ramayana'', Ravana is described to be the eldest son of sage Vishrava and Rakshasa, rakshasi Kaik ...
soundtrack albums respectively in 2010.
Song composition and information
Rahman reused the song "Jaare Udd Jaare" (Hindi) / "Naan Varuvene" (Tamil), which was composed for ''Raavan'' / ''Raavanan'' for the music video. Both the songs were featured in respective films but were not released in the soundtrack.
However, the Tamil version was released in the Collectors' edition pack of the soundtrack. The song was originally composed and recorded by Rahman in his Mumbai studio taking only a few hours. The lyrics have been penned by
Gulzar for the Hindi version,
Vairamuthu for the Tamil version and
Veturi for the Telugu Version.
Music video
A promotional teaser of the video was released on 3 January. Rahman posted the teaser on his
Twitter page and commented that his first international music video will be released soon.
The music video premiered on
YouTube on 18 January 2011.
The video made use of several unused scenes and film images of Aishwarya Rai from
Mani Ratnam's ''Raavan'' / ''Raavanan''. The subject of the music video itself is inspired by the theme of the film. In a later interview, Rahman thanked Ratnam for allowing him to use the unused film images of Aishwarya Rai in the video.
References
2010s music videos
Songs with music by A. R. Rahman
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