High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Kadal is the soundtrack album, composed by A. R. Rahman for the 2013 Tamil film of the same name, directed by Mani Ratnam that stars Gautham Karthik and Thulasi Nair in the lead roles. Noted poet-lyricist Vairamuthu and his son Madhan Karky penned lyrics for three songs each. Srilankan rapper Aaryan Dinesh Kanagaratnam made his debut for Indian cinema with one of the songs. The album was was released under Sony Music on December 15, 2012.