The music of Sarkar is composed by A R Rahman.
The audio launch of actor Vijay’s upcoming film Sarkar was held at an engineering college on the outskirts of Chennai on Tuesday. The musical event was broadcast live on SUN TV. Oscar-winning composer AR Rahman has scored the music for the AR Murugadoss directorial.
Rahman gave a live performance of his compositions for Sarkar. The music album boasts of five songs – “Simtaangaran”, “Oruviral Puratchi”, “Toptucker”, “OMG Ponnu” and “CEO in the House”.
Singers Bamba Bakya, Vipin Aneja, Aparna Narayan, Srinidhi Venkatesh, Mohit Chauhan, Sid Sriram, Jonita Gandhi, Naku Abhyankar and Blaaze have worked on the music album.
Sarkar is Rahman’s second consecutive film with Vijay. It also marks director AR Murugadoss’ third outing with the actor after Thuppakki (2012) and Kaththi (2014).
Vijay gave glimpses into the future of his election campaigning. He discussed less about Sarkar at the film event as he was busy talking about the current state of politics.
'I don't play a chief minister in Sarkar. But in real life, if I become one I won't be acting. I will perform the role with honesty,' Vijay said. "Hypothetically speaking, if I became a chief minister I want to eradicate corruption," he added.
"Usually they form a party, contest elections and form government (Sarkar). But we have made Sarkar and are contesting elections," joked Vijay.
"When I meet you fans at such events, I feel overjoyed. Thanks, AR Rahman sir for doing this film. Your association with this film is like Sarkar bagging an Oscar," Vijay said.
"You will find Sarkar very moving," AR Murugadoss said.
Director AR Murugadoss said, 'Sarkar is my third film with Vijay. He took Thuppakki to another level. He surprised me by taking Kaththi a notch up. And he again exceeded my expectations in Sarkar.'
Actor Yogi Babu said, "In spite of his stardom, Vijay was magnanimous enough to encourage me to say jokes on him in Mersal."
"I hope Vijay will soon follow in the footsteps of Rajinikanth," Kalanithi Maran said. "You may wonder if he was rooting for Vijay to take the political plunge. But, it was a set up for the punchline . I want him to do a 3D film, " Kalanithi added.
'I didn't understand the lyrics when I heard 'Simtaangaran' the first time. And the second time was no different. But the song is a hit now. Thanks, Rahman and Vivek for 'making it such a success,' Kalanithi Maran, producer and the owner of Sun Pictures said.
This is the composer's initiative to research for the history and culture of Tamil music dating back to thousands of years. Vijay's mother Sobha launched the website.
AR Rahman said, "I asked Vijay to sing a song for Sarkar. But, he was hesitant. Before I could convince him the music was launched."
Oscar winner AR Rahman took the stage and sang a few lines from "Oruviral Puratchi".
Sun TV tweeted a photo of AR Rahman and AR Murugadoss with the caption, "#IdhuUngalinSarkar Moment by @arrahman @ARMurugadoss #SarkarAudioLaunch #SarkarAudioLaunchOnSunTV"
The music album of Sarkar was launched by fans across the world through a specially designed website. The drill was aimed at underlining the importance of people's democratic duty to exercise their voting power.
Keerthy Suresh said, "I am nervous on this stage today. Because Sarkar is my biggest film to date."
Sun TV shared the photos of Keerthy Suresh on Twitter.
Vivek recites two lines from the song he wrote for Vijay and it leaves the fans in a frenzy.
A photo of Vivek as tweeted by Sun TV.
Lyricist Vivek expresses his gratitude to AR Rahman for giving him the opportunities to make his mark in the industry.
"I forgot that I am a filmmaker and hugged AR Murugadoss after he completed the narration of Thuppakki. He is such a beautiful and talented filmmaker," Vijay's father SA Chandrasekhar said. He added that he is very sure the fans will make this film a grand success.
"I am a big fan of Vijay and he also knows that," Varalaxmi said. She added, "I am thankful that I got to do this film. It will be a sure shot hit."
A photo of Varalaxmi Sarathkumar tweeted by Sun TV.
Tamil rappers lead the performance created to play up Vijay's larger than life image.
The dancers return to entertain the audience on some more songs of Vijay.The fiery @ladykashonline and the show stealer @rblaaze has set the stage on fire!#SarkarAudioLaunch #SarkarAudioLaunchOnSunTV #Sarkarkondattam pic.twitter.com/k8SosDVmVa— Sun TV (@SunTV) October 2, 2018
"The society needs Vijay 's service," he said keeping Vijay's political aspirations in mind.
"if you are a true Vijay fan, I request you to stay quiet and listen to everyone praising him, " Radha Ravi said.
"I regret about missing an opportunity to introduce AR Rahman. I didn't pay heed to the advises when they asked me to book him for my film," actor Radha Ravi said.
Sharing the photo on Twitter, Sun Pictures wrote, "The Sarkar team has arrived! Keep Watching #SarkarAudioLaunch #SarkarAudioLaunchOnSunTV"
Prasanna gives a glowing welcome to the main star cast and crew. Joining him is DJ Diya Menon.
Sarkar is AR Rahman's second consecutive film starring Vijay after last year's blockbuster Mersal. And it is director AR Murugadoss's third venture with Vijay.
The event begins with a group of dancers performing on popular songs from Vijay 's films as Oscar-winning composer AR Rahman watches on from the audience.
Actor Vijay is welcomed to the arena with hundreds of fans turning on flashlights of their mobile phones. Murugadoss, Keerthi Suresh, Varalakshmi Sarathkumar, producer Kalanithi Maran arrive with Vijay.
"The government should target cigarette manufacturing companies and not the people who smoke", says Radha Ravi at the Sarkar audio launch.
VJ Diya and actor Prasanna have turned hosts fo Sarkar audio launch.
Sharing the photo on Twitter, Sun Pictures wrote, "The stage is set! Watch #SarkarAudioLaunchOnSunTV @ 6.30 PM #Sarkar"