"Kaattu Payale" is the 2020 Tamil song featured in the

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of the Tamil film ''

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'', directed by

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. Composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar, written by

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and sung by

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, the track is a melody number pictured on Suriya and

Aparna Balamurali Aparna Balamurali (born 11 September 1995) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Malayalam films along with a few Tamil films. She is known for her roles in ''Maheshinte Prathikaaram'' (2016), '' Sunday Holiday'' (2017) and '' Soorarai P ...

. The track was released as a single on 23 July 2020, on the occasion of Suriya's birthday. As of 25 January 2022, the lyrical version of the track crossed 100 million views.

Background

The track was recorded during late-April and early-May 2019 in overseas. Singer

recorded the track, in his first collaboration with Prakash Kumar, though it was revealed to be a "funky" number. During the

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in late-April 2020, Prakash interacted with fans through social media, further revealing the track's title and the lyricist

working on it. It was revealed to be a "slow-paced energetic dance track" which was "fun and interesting". On 19 July 2020, it was revealed that the track will be released on the occasion of Suriya's birthday (23 July 2020) with a promo song being released on that date. The audio single and lyrical video were released through streaming and video platforms respectively.

Reception

Manoj Kumar R. of ''

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'' called "Kaattu Payale" as a "folkish romantic song which is instantly likeable" and praised Suriya and Aparna's chemistry as "unmissable". Khushboo Ratda of '' Pinkvilla'' further called it as a "perfect musical and visual delight" and the "euphonic tune is sure to give you the chills". Vipin Nair of ''Music Aloud'' stated "Composer (GV Prakash) gets Dhee to deliver the more upbeat ''Kaattu Payale'', and once again the choice of singer is perfect for the kind of song it is (quite suits Aparna Balamurali's onscreen persona as well, truth be told). Very imaginative melody from GVP here, playing smartly with the pacing of the words, the occasional switchover to a darker flavour et al. t all" Karthik Srinivasan of ''Milliblog'' wrote in his weekly review, saying "In what seems like a song meant for Vaikom Vijayalakshmi, GVP hands over to Santhosh Narayanan-camp's Dhee! She does really well, though, and GVP's choice of tune-twist for ‘Mundhiyila Sorugi Vecha Sillaraya Pola’ makes the song really interesting!"

Commercial performance

Within two weeks of the track's release, the song featured in the Top 100 Indian Songs on

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. The track was listed by Anjana Shekar (along with " Veyyon Silli") in her article about ''7 Tamil Songs That Needed in Your Playlist'', for the Indian digital news platform, ''

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''. ''

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'', listed "Kaattu Payale" in one of in the ''5 Chartbuster Tamil Songs of 2020''. "Kaattu Payale" was listed in the top-third position, along with five other tracks from the album, in the ''Top Tamil Tracks of 2020'', for the music platform

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Awards

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References

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