Anjaan ('The fearless man') is the soundtrack composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja for the 2014 Tamil film of the same name. Its Telugu version is titled Sikander. The soundtrack album features five songs, with lyrics written by four lyricists for the Tamil version, while Viveka had written two songs, Madhan Karky, Na. Muthukumar and Kabilan had written one each. Development By August 2013, Yuvan was reported to have composed the first song, a "beautiful romantic song" written by Na. Muthukumar. The "introductory song" was written by Madhan Karky and sung by Ranjith. In January 2014, the composer worked on the remaining songs with Lingusamy and lyricist Na. Muthukumar in Singapore. In June 2014, director Lingusamy stated that Suriya would be singing one song as well, which was eventually recorded in early July at A. R. Rahman's studio within two hours. The song, which marked Suriya's playback singing debut, was described as a "breezy, peppy number" and the last to be recorded after which work on the soundtrack was completed. The Telugu version of the song was sung by composer Raghu Kunche. Vennelakanti, Ramajogayya Sastry, Chandrabose and Bhuvanachandra wrote the songs for the dubbed Telugu version. Release The audio rights were purchased by Sony Music India for , including its Tamil and Telugu versions. Producer G. Dhananjayan of UTV Motion Pictures, which distributed the film had tweeted that the audio launch of the film will take place on 23 July 2014, coinciding with Suriya's 39th birthday, in a grand manner. However, the audio release was rescheduled to 30 July 2014 with the team considered Chennai Trade Centre as the venue for the album release. The tracklist of the Tamil album was released on 20 July 2014. On 24 July, the makers announced that the planned audio launch has been cancelled, due to security reasons and instead, the audio was supposedly released in the stores and online platforms directly on 30 July 2014. A launch event was held on the same day at Sathyam Cinemas in a simple manner, with the film's cast and other celebrities being present. Videos of two songs "Bang Bang Bang" and "Ek Do Teen" and a theatrical trailer for the film were screened for selected fans. The audio launch of the Telugu version Sikander took place on 4 August 2014 at the Shilpakala Vedika in Hyderabad, with actors Allu Arjun, Nagarjuna and director S. S. Rajamouli being