Pathinaru Vayathanile (transl. At the age of sixteen) is the debut studio album by T. S. Muralidharan, released in 2001.
Production
While in school I even had a troupe called 'Black Snow'. And it was quite popular. When the chance to sing for a private album came, I ventured into it. It was a different experience.
The music for the album was composed in 1998. Manoj Bharathiraja sang six songs of the album, which marked his playback singing debut. Meena also made her playback singing debut through the album after being approached by Manoj. The album was named after the 1977 film of the same name, which was directed by Bharathiraja, Manoj's father.
Release
Ajith Kumar and Vikram attended the audio release function in 2001 as the chief guests.
Track listing
All of the songs were composed by T. S. Muralidharan. The lyrics were written by Pushpavasagan.
Music videos
The music videos for the album were directed by Pushpavasagan and feature Manoj and Meena.
Reception
Venky of Chennai Online described the album's originality, sound quality and lyrics all as "average".
Legacy
Prior to the album's release, A. R. Rahman heard Manoj's work as a playback singer from this album and offered him to sing one of the versions of "Eechi Elemichi" in the film. This album is notably the only album to feature Meena's voice as her second album Kadhalism, which she also worked on in 2001, remains unreleased. Pushpavasagan and Muralidharan collaborated again for Sri (2002).
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