 Joginder Tuteja of Rediff.com gave the album 3 / 5 and wrote that the title song , " Chennai Express " , is " just about average " . He expressed his displeasure over Balasubramaniam 's ill @-@ suiting of voice for Shah Rukh Khan , and said that in all the song was not remarkable . He however complimented that the overall outcome was " satisfactory " with a few of the songs even standing out . Anand Holla of Mumbai Mirror said , " It 's easy to imagine director Rohit Shetty 's crystal clear brief to Vishal @-@ Shekhar , involving words such as catchy , peppy , fun , and of course ' hit songs ' . Given how happily formulaic the soundtrack has turned out , V – S have given us a fair idea of what awaits us this Eid . " 
