music director tenma who has composed the music of pa ranjiths latest film natchathiram nagargiradhu has been winning praise for his offbeat songs in the film which are starting to win over listeners in a recent interview to an online entertainment portal the composer who had previously done the music for irandam ulagaporin kadaisi gundu has credited ar rahman as an influence when making this films music he has also singled out two rahman albums vinnaithaandi varuvaayaa and minsara kanavu as inspirations when he was looking at the direction in which he had to take while beginning work on the films music cinematically when i starting to compose for this film and was looking at similar music that has come before the albums of vinnaithaandi varuvaayaa and minsara kanavu were what came to my mind i feel that if i reach at least 5 per cent of what was done in these films musically id feel like ive accomplished something great in life tenma saidhe opened up about how the films first single rangarattinam is similar to minsara kanavus strawberry kanne the context of both these songs are different but the ideas are similarstating that his album is a tribute to many composers including rahman tenma gushed about being a fan of the isaipuyal when ranjith narrated the situation i approached it in an indie way but to connect it with cinema i was influenced by previous attempts like strawberry kanne that were done in this format if not for rahman sir i wouldnt have been a music director he is my hero i have been a hardcore rahman sir fan since childhood i dont talk about it my fandom much because i treasure him its too close so ive been greatly influenced by his music in fact many have told me that i sing like him obviously i cant sing like him im a very basic singer this is all his revolution he said