Putham Pudhu Kaalai Vidiyaadhaa: IIT Madras students recreate G V Prakash Kumar’s title track for the anthology

The makers had recently released the soundtrack of the upcoming Amazon Prime Original series Putham Pudhu Kaalai Vidiyaadhaa and it has taken the internet by storm. The soundtrack by GV Prakash has been receiving an overwhelming response with several recreations already. The songs are fast becoming a rage, especially its title track ‘Putham Pudhu Kaalai Vidiyaadhaa…’ that is composed and sung by the musical powerhouse GV Prakash Kumar. The song is written by Kaber Vasuki and is also sung by Yaamini Ghantasala. 

Recently, the students of ITT Madras surprised the musician with their recreation of the title track of the anthology. They performed the cover version at Saarang, the annual festival of IIT Madras. 

Check out their recreation here:

Reacting to the recreation of the track by the students, the composer said that he is delighted. He said the song was extremely good and well-executed. "This rendition was a different take on the song, like an electric version, very beautiful and looked very professional. I loved the guitar on the song. I can relate to it as I had programmed this song myself,” he said in a press statement. The artist shared the recreation on his social media too.

The artist had previously created the title song for the first instalment of the Tamil anthology, Putham Pudhu Kaalai and now he has sung and composed the theme title track for its second instalment Putham Pudhu Kaalai Vidiyaadhaa.  

The anthology has five-episode short films that tell stories of optimism, love and second chances, set in the second COVID-19 lockdown. It features Aishwarya Lekshmi, Arjun Das, Dhilip Subbarayan, Gouri G Kishan, Joju George, Lijomol Jose, Nadiya Moidu, Nirmal Pillai, Sananth, and TeeJay Arunasalam, and are directed by Balaji Mohan, Halitha Shameem, Madhumita, Richard Anthony and Surya Krishna. The anthology releases on Pongal, on January 14, 2022, on Amazon Prime Video.