Madharaasi is the soundtrack album composed by Anirudh Ravichander to the 2025 Tamil-language psychological action thriller film of the same name directed by AR Murugadoss and produced by Sri Lakshmi Movies, starring Sivakarthikeyan, Rukmini Vasanth, Vidyut Jammwal, Biju Menon, Vikranth and Shabeer Kallarakkal. The album featured nine songs with lyrics written by Super Subu, Vignesh Shivan, Adesh Krishna, Vishnu Edavan, Vivek and Kwame Fyah. Two singles—"Salambala" and "Vazhiyiraen"—preceded the album on 31 July and 23 August 2025, respectively. The soundtrack was released on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi (27 August) under the Junglee Music label.
Background The soundtrack is composed by Anirudh Ravichander, in his third collaboration with Murugadoss after Kaththi (2014) and Darbar (2020); eighth with Sivakarthikeyan. The album featured nine tunes: three themes and six songs, with lyrics written by Super Subu, Vignesh Shivan, Adesh Krishna, Vishnu Edavan, Vivek and Kwame Fyah. The songs were performed by Sai Abhyankkar, Anirudh, Ravi G, Shilpa Rao and Fyah.
Release The film's music rights were acquired by Junglee Music. The first single, "Salambala", was released on 31 July 2025. The second video single "Vazhiyiraen" was released on 23 August 2025.
The audio launch event was held on 24 August 2025 at Sai Leo Muthu Indoor Stadium at Sri Sai Ram Engineering College in Chennai, with the cast and crew in attendance. However, the film's soundtrack was released on streaming platforms three days later, on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi. The album was further released in Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi languages.Madharaasi dubbed version soundtracks:
Track listing
Background Score
The album consists of 19 songs in the background score album which was released on 28 November 2025.
Reception Arjun Menon of The Indian Express wrote "Anirudh Ravichandaran is the saving grace, who single-handedly elevates the stakes and vibes in this one with his eclectic score." Niranjan S of DT Next wrote "The film is further lifted with Anirudh’s now-trademark background score, which complements the narrative." A reviewer based at Deccan Chronicle wrote "Anirudh Ravichander, expected to elevate the film with catchy tunes and a pulsating background score, surprisingly falls short." M. Suganth of The Times of India wrote "Anirudh, who usually delivers in energetic fashion, surprisingly, contributes with just a functional score and not-so-catchy songs." Balakrishna Ganeshan of The News Minute wrote "Anirudh, often a saving grace in weaker projects, fails to elevate this one. The songs feel misplaced and disrupt the flow, while the background score lacks punch."
Personnel Credits adapted from Junglee Music:
Composer, producer, arranger and programmer: Anirudh Ravichander Additional programming: Kalyan, Ganesan Sekar, Nivin Raphael, Arish, Ravi G, Raja Ravivarma, Dan Kristen, Karthik Vamsi, Jishnu Vijayan Additional music production: Ganesan Sekar, Narendar Sankar Music advisor: Ananthakrrishnan Creative consultant: Sajith Satya Music coordinator: B Velavan Instruments Backing vocals: Deepthi Suresh Acoustic and electric guitar: Keba Jeremiah Bass guitar: Naveen Napier, Keba Jeremiah Shehnai: S. Ballesh Trumpets and trombones: Rakesh MS Esraj: Arshad Khan Mandolin: Vishwas Hari Harmonies: Jishnu Vijayan Studios Albuquerque Records: Srinivasan M, Shivakiran S, Vinay Sridhar, Rajesh Kannan (recording and mixing) Vibe N Studios: Lokesh Vijayakumar (recording) Mix Magic: Rupendar Venkatesh (mixing and mastering) Studio LMI: Luca Pretolesi, Alistair Pintus (mastering)
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