Justin Prabakaran: Back to the old style of composing

Music director Justin Prabakaran rose to prominence with his work in Oru Naal Koothu — the Adiye Azhage song from the album is still everyone’s favourite. The composer is now working on the Samuthirakani, Vikranth and Sunainaa-starrer Thondan,  based on a social issue.

Speaking to DC, Justin says, “There are five songs in the movie and I am sure Thondan will be a different experience for me. There is a song which has lyrics written by Yugabharathi and has vocals by Vaikom Vijayalakshmi and eight-year-old singer Daya. This is a vocal-based song with minimal instruments. In the earlier days, composers used to score the tune according to the lyrics. But, Ilaiyaraaja changed the course, and lyrics started being written according to the tune! For this number, we took it as a challenge and went back to the old way of composing. We saw the visuals of the movie and then composed the song.”

Elaborating more on the album, he reveals, “We have completed four songs in the movie which have been sung by Sean Roldan, Diwaker and Pradeep. The lyrics for the album is written by Vivek and Yugabharathi. I have also completed the background score of for the first half of Thondan.” Justin is also working on Atharvaa, Sri Divya, Vidya Pradeep and Narain-starrer Othaikku Othai.