The trailer which was unveiled by Mani Ratnam and A. The song "Jugni" had been sung by Indian Idol 2017 contestant Tejinder Singh (the Punjabi portions alone). Rahman also stated that a few portions of the background score were composed in London. Later Rahman added a flute bit to the song after Ratnam had actually shot it in Belgrade, Serbia. When the song "Vaan" was being composed, Rahman used only keyboard as the basic instrument for the bgm and Shaasha's voice to which Mani Ratnam agreed. But later, impressed by his singing, Rahman decided to use him for the whole song- Diwakar said this in an interview to Behindwoods. When Diwakar was called to sing, he was given only a small part.
Rahman also said in an interview to The Hindu that Tango Kelaayo was the song from the album that took maximum time to complete. In the song Tango Kelaayo it was Haricharan himself who sang the female part with his vocal formant and pitch tweaked to modulate like a young sensuous female. In late 2016 Vairamuthu, the lyricist for this soundtrack revealed that this album would have seven songs but the original album could only retain six tracks. The choreography for the songs were done by Brinda and the cinematography for the film by Ravi Varman. The album won Rahman the National Film Award for Best Music Direction in the Songs category at the 65th National Film Awards. The lyrics to the Telugu version were written by Sirivennela Sitaramasastri. Four of the tracks for the original version were penned by Vairamuthu, one by his son Madhan Karky and another by Shellee. The Telugu version of the film is titled Cheliyaa which was simultaneously released along with the original version.
The soundtrack album consists of six tracks each in original Tamil and Telugu version of the album. Rahman, to the 2017 Indian Tamil romance film of the same name written and directed by Mani Ratnam starring Karthi and Aditi Rao Hydari. Amidst the air) is the soundtrack album, composed by A.