Velaiilla Pattadhari (soundtrack)

Anirudh Ravichander's inclusion was confirmed during mid-July 2013 and by August, he had completed recording for two of the tracks.^[2][3] The soundtrack album featured eight songs, and lyrics for all the tracks were written by Dhanush.^[4] Both Anirudh and Dhanush had crooned the vocals for all of the tracks.^[4] Veteran playback singer S. Janaki recorded for "Amma Amma" along with Dhanush; her first song after a decade.^[5] Initially, the song "Udhungada Sangu" was not composed for the film.^[1] In 2017, he recalled about the song situation at the annual cultural festival Saarang held in IIT Madras,^[6][7] the tune was composed at his home after he met his former girlfriend at the bar.^[7] That song eventually was included in this film.^[1] The film's album was scheduled to be released in January 2014 but was delayed after Anirudh having to work on two additional songs.^[8][9] The final mix of the songs were completed in mid-January.^[10] By June, he began working on the film score.^[11]

The music rights were acquired by Dhanush's newly formed music label Wunderbar Studios, a subsidiary of the production company Wunderbar Films, along with Divo, a newly formed digital streaming portal which is their first venture.^[12][13] The tracklist was unveiled on 10 February 2014,^[4] and the album launched on 14 February 2014 (Valentine's Day)^[14] at the Suryan FM station in Chennai with Dhanush, Amala Paul and Anirudh Ravichander in attendance.^[15][16] Anirudh promoted the album on Sun Music on 11 July 2014, a week before the film's release.^[17]

Srinivasa Ramanujam of The Times of India gave the album 3 out of 5 stars, saying that some of the songs sounded similar to Anirudh's previous compositions. He criticised the use of only two male singers (Dhanush and Anirudh), stating that "other voices might have provided a fresher musical perspective to some of the tunes".^[18] Karthik Srinivasan of Milliblog called it as a "fun musical outing by Anirudh and Dhanush".^[19] Anupama Subramanian of Deccan Chronicle wrote "Anirudh in the combo of Dhanush has created the musical magic both in songs as well background score once again."^[20] Haricharan Pudipeddi of IANS wrote "Anirudh's music is an added bonus for the film, especially the title track. Dhanush proves he's multi-talented by writing and singing most of the songs, giving the film a personal touch."^[21]

Malini Mannath of The New Indian Express wrote "Anirudh’s songs are youthful and catchy, his background score complementing the feel."^[22] S. Saraswathi of Rediff.com wrote "Composer Anirudh, of Kolaveri fame, has created magic once again for Dhanush. Almost every track in the film is a rage among youngsters. The What a Karavad number sung by both Dhanush and Anirudh had the entire theater on its feet, while Amma Amma, sung by Dhanush and S Janaki, is moving."^[23] Avinash Ramachandran of The Indian Express noted that "[Velaiilla Pattadhari] was an out-and-out commercial cinema that had space for not just songs, but mass theme music pieces that gets played when the hero walks in slow-motion, flips his hair, and looks at the camera with a smirk [...] The VIP theme music continues to be the ringtone of many".^[24]

Upon release, the album eventually topped the iTunes charts, becoming his fourth consecutive album to do so.^[25]