Mani
Ratnam's
much-awaited
Kadal
album
is
getting
ready
to
hit
the
stands.
The
audio
will
be
released
this
Friday
(November
23)
directly
to
the
market.
According
to
reports,
Mani
Ratnam
is
not
keen
on
having
a
grand
function
to
launch
the
audio
of
Kadal.
The
maverick
director
wants
to
keep
it
a
low-key
affair
and
he
is
planning
to
release
the
music
album
directly
to
the
market
on
November
23.
Though
there
is
no
official
news
from
the
makers
of
Kadal,
sources
have
said
that
Kadal
audio
will
be
available
by
this
weekend.
Unlike
his
last
movie
Raavanan,
the
latest
film
will
have
a
simple
press
meet
after
the
audio
is
released
to
market.
As
far
as
Kadal
album
is
concerned,
the
audio
has
five
songs.
But
the
interesting
part
of
the
story
is
that
Mani
Ratnam,
who
had
worked
only
with
music
director
AR
Rahman
and
lyricist
Vairamuthu
for
close
to
21
years
in
over
10
films,
has
teamed
up
with
Vairamuthu's
son
Madhan
Karky,
who
has
penned
three
songs
for
the
album.
However,
Kadal
marks
the
debut
of
Gautham,
the
son
of
actor
Karthik,
and
Tulasi,
the
daughter
of
actress
Radha.
The
latter
was
roped
in
after
Samantha
walked
out
of
the
film
citing
date
issues.
The
forthcoming
movie
also
features
Arjun
Sarja,
Arvind
Swamy
and
Lakshmi
Manchu
in
important
roles.