In 2016 , Sundar composed the film score and seven-song soundtrack of the Telugu film '' Oopiri '' , which was simultaneously released in Tamil as '' Thozha '' . The film , which featured Akkineni Nagarjuna was a commercial success , grossing over ₹ 1 billion ( US$ 14.5 million ) worldwide . '' The Times of India '' gave '' Oopiri '' s soundtrack four stars , calling it a " winner on all counts and Gopi Sundar is increasingly becoming a force to be reckon with in Tollywood " . Sundar composed the soundtrack and film score for the film '' Pulimurugan '' , which is currently the highest-grossing film in the Malayalam film industry . '' The Times of India '' critic Sanjith Surendran praised Sundar 's " rousing theme music that made the 161-minute runtime a breeze " . The two songs ( " Kaadanayum Kaalchilambe " and " Maanathe Maarikurumbe " ) and the film score of '' Pulimurugan '' were selected by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to contend in the 90th Academy Awards nominations for the Best Original Song and Best Original Score categories . Including '' Pulimurugan '' , a total of 70 original songs and 141 original scores were selected in that year . He won a Best Music Director award for the film from the Asiavision Awards , while K.S Chitra won the Best Female Singer Award for the song " Kaadaniyum Kalchilambe " , along with a South Indian International Movie Awards for Best Playback Singer Female . Vani Jairam won the Best Female Singer award for the song " Manathe Marikurumbe " from the same film
90th Academy Awards
90th Academy Awards
Gopi Sundar