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, composed by M. M. Keeravani, to the 2022 Indian

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-language epic action drama film of the same name, directed by

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, starring

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, and

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while

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, and

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play supporting roles. The film featured seven tracks with lyrics written by

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, Chandrabose,

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, K. Shiva Dutta and Keeravani himself.

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(Tamil), Riya Mukherjee and Varun Grover (Hindi),

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(Malayalam) and Varadaraj Chikkaballapura (Kannada), wrote lyrics for the dubbed versions. The album, was released by

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and T-Series on 16 April 2022.

Production

Rajamouli's cousin and norm collaborator M. M. Keeravani was recruited to score for the film. Music sittings began during March 2019, at the special

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constructed nearby, a specially erected set at the Aluminium factory in

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was hired as few of the primary lyricists in the same period. In September 2019, he wrote the lyrics for two songs of the Telugu version's soundtrack. On 21 September 2020, he announced through his

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account that work on the film's music has been paused for a while due to the

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. Music sessions resumed in early 2021. In April 2021, Vishal Mishra joined the session and worked for a single of the album along with Keeravani at a recording studio in Hyderabad. On 20 July 2021,

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announced that he recorded a song in the soundtrack album. On the same day, Keeravani announced that a young singer named Prakruthi recorded a song in the album. The same month,

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also recorded one song for the film. In July 2021, T-Series and

acquired the audio rights of RRR in five languages, reportedly at an amount of 25 crore.

Marketing and release

The first single was released on 1 August 2021, coinciding with

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. The music video was directed by S. S. Karthikeya and was released as "Dosti" (in Telugu, Hindi and Kannada), "Natpu" (in Tamil), and "Priyam" (in Malayalam) with vocals by

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in Telugu,

in Hindi,

in Tamil,

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in Malayalam and

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in Kannada. In addition,

and

made

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s in the music video. The promotional music video of the first track "Dosti" was filmed at a specially constructed set at Annapurna Studios. On 10 November 2021, the second single titled "Naatu Naatu" (in Telugu), "Naacho Naacho" (in Hindi), "Naatu Koothu" (in Tamil), "Haali Naatu" (in Kannada) and "Karinthol" (in Malayalam) was released. The song received positive response for the choreography performed by

and

, and became the album's most-viewed song in

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. On 26 November, the third single titled as "Janani", in all languages, except for Tamil, whose version was titled "Uyire", was released, featuring vocals by M. M. Keeravani. A special preview of the track was held at PVR RK Cineplex in Hyderabad, with Rajamouli and Keeravani attending the event, the former called the track as the "soul of the film". On 24 December, the fourth song "Komuram Bheemudo" was released highlighting Rama Rao's character in the film, while serving as a tribute to the freedom fighter

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. It was released in the same title in Hindi, "Komuram Bheemudho" in Kannada" and "Komuram Bheemano" in Tamil and Malayalam. The fifth song, "Ramam Raghavam" was released on 31 December 2021, coinciding

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. The song revolves around Charan's characterisation as Alluri Sitarama Raju. On 14 March 2022, the track "Etthara Jenda" (in Telugu), "Sholay" (in Hindi), "Koelae" (in Tamil), "Etthuva Jenda" (in Kannada)" and "Etthuka Jenda" (in Malayalam), was released as a single. A promotional track, featuring Charan, Rama Rao and

, the song was played during the end credits of the film. After the film's release, Keeravani assured fans about the release of the track, "Komma Uyyala" which was positively received. The track was later released as part of the full album on 16 April 2022.

Track listing

Album credits

Original Soundtrack

Credits adapted from

Songwriter(s)

* M. M. Keeravani (Composer, Arranger)

Performer(s)

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, mixing, mastering – M. M. Keeravani *

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–

, Riya Mukherjee,

, Azad Varadaraj, Chandrabose, M. M. Keeravaani, Varun Grover, Varadaraj Chikkaballapura, K. Shiva Dutta *

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–

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, M.M. Keeravani,

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, Chandana Bala Kalyan, Charu Hariharan,

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, Prudhvi Chandra, Hymath Mohammed,

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, Harika Narayan, Raag Patel, Nayana Nair, Prakruthi Reddy

Background score

All music is composed and conducted by

M.M. Keeravani Koduri Marakathamani Keeravani (born 4 July 1961; credited as M. M. Keeravani) is an Indian film composer, playback singer, and lyricist, who predominantly works in Telugu cinema along with other languages including Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, and Ma ...

References

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