of range since he is also a composer he could instantly grasp what i wanted and we recorded it in just an hoursince he knows tamil he added much feeling to the lyrics with his vocal expres sionsyou have retuned gopalakrishna bharatis carnatic composition eppo varuvaro in this album did you have any apprehensions on how purists might react to thisthe director had this idea and asked me if i could record the song but i suggested that i will retune it for the film but yes i did have some doubts early on because it is a very popular piece and i did not want to spoil the beauty of the original in any waythankfully the song has only fetched me positive reviews so farwhat are your upcoming projectsmy next release is raja mandhiri and the audio is already out it is a comedy that also has some emotional moments im also composing for ulkuthu starring attakathi dinesh and kaala koothu which has kalaiyarasan prasanna and dhanshika in the lead roles the former is an action film while the latter is an emotional dramagiven that we have seen a number of young composers bursting on the scene in the last few years do you find the field competitive todaythere is no place for competition or ego because there is space in this industry for each one of us im good friends with my fellow composers like sean and nivas prasanna and we regularly call up each other and discuss our work for listeners too the fact that there are more composers in the field means they get to hear a variety of music and sounds