| "Hosanna" | ||||
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| Song by A. R. Rahman (composer) & Vijay Prakash, Suzanne, Blaaze (singers) from the album Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa : Music From The Motion Picture | ||||
| Released | January 12, 2010 | |||
| Format | CD single, Digital download | |||
| Recorded | Panchathan Record Inn and AM Studios, Chennai, India | |||
| Genre | Filmi | |||
| Length | 5:30 | |||
| Label | Sony Music | |||
| Writer | A. R. Rahman (composer), Thamarai, Blaaze (lyrics) | |||
| Producer | A. R. Rahman | |||
| Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa : Music From The Motion Picture track listing | ||||
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"Hosanna" is a Tamil song from the 2010 Tamil film Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa composed by Academy Award winner A. R. Rahman, featuring lyrics by Thamarai and Blaaze. The song features vocals by Suzanne, Blaaze and Vijay Prakash, who is the main vocalist. It also features additional vocals by Vivek Agarwal, Dr. Narayan, V. V. Prasanna and Haricharan Sesh and chorus by K. M. Music Conservatory. The song was reused in the Telugu remake of the film, Ye Maaya Chesave as Ee Hridayam with lyrics by Anantha Sreeram, and in the film's Hindi remake, Ek Deewana Tha. The song became very popular and was #1 in the year end music charts of 2010.[1]
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The song is woven around the word Hosanna which is considered sacred and used in liturgy by Jews and Christians. The word is a shout of adoration and literally means save now. In the movie, it is a soulful romantic song which express the joy in the heart and soul of a guy who comes across his beloved. The song has rap interludes in between by Blaaze.
The song starts slowly with lyrics Yen Idhayam, resembles the biblical verses "If someone slaps you on one cheek, let him slap the other too!", but soon gain its pace with the lines starting Andha Neram. The lyrics were written by director Gautham Menon's usual associate Thamarai, whilst the lyrics for the rap portion were written by the Blaaze. It was the composer itself, who suggested to include the word Hosanna, as the heroine hails from a Christian family and to include the portion Yen Idhayam.
Bollywood singer Vijay Prakash is the main vocalist, who sung the male portion completely except for the rap portion starting Everybody Wanna. While Suzanne with her excellent singing, culminate in a mesmerizing humming of the word Hosanna.
The song is loosely based on two Carnatic ragas, Mohanam and Natabhairavi.
The song is picturised when the protagonist of the film Karthik (Silambarasan / Naga Chaitanya) comes across his beloved Jessy (Trisha Krishnan / Samantha Ruth Prabhu) the very first time. The choreography was done by Flexi Stu. The song was picturised in Malta with an interesting dance sequence by Silambarasan and Naga Chaitanya in respective films.
Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya was one of the most anticipated soundtracks as it was the first album composed by A. R. Rahman after his double Oscars win. Following this anticipation, before the official audio release on 19 December 2009 in London and 12 January 2010 in Chennai, Hosanna track was leaked onto the internet. Later the track was officially released with the same singer but another strophe had been added to the song. A thirty seconds video of the song was also released later.
"Hosanna" created waves among the music lovers even before the audio release of the film. It had another grand reception when its video was released onto television channels on 10 March. The song was the most promoted song of the film and it became very popular.[2] The song was #1 in the year end music charts of 2010, published by Sify on the number of times the songs have been played on FM channels, digital downloads and physical sales of the audio.[1]