, ▁and ▁gave ▁him ▁the ▁opportunity ▁to ▁compose ▁the ▁music ▁for ▁Th am iz han ▁( 2 0 0 2 ). ▁The ▁album ▁won ▁positive ▁reviews , ▁with ▁the ▁composer ▁also ▁featuring ▁the ▁voices ▁of ▁the ▁lead ▁actors ▁V ij ay ▁and ▁Pri y anka ▁Ch op ra ▁for ▁a ▁particular ▁song . ▁However , ▁Im man ▁subsequently ▁went ▁through ▁another ▁difficult ▁period , ▁with ▁several ▁of ▁his ▁films ▁becoming ▁dropped ▁or ▁sh el ved ▁after ▁production ▁began ▁and ▁he ▁revealed ▁he ▁considered ▁a ▁return ▁to ▁just ▁being ▁a ▁keyboard ▁player . ▁ ▁Despite ▁the ▁success ▁of ▁individual ▁songs ▁such ▁as ▁" Az h agi ya ▁As ura " ▁from ▁Wh ist le ▁( 2 0 0 3 ), ▁he ▁failed ▁to ▁gar ner ▁offers ▁for ▁big ▁films . ▁His ▁next ▁successful ▁album ▁was ▁for ▁Sund ar ▁C ' s ▁mas ala ▁film ▁st arring ▁Ar j un , ▁Gi ri ▁( 2 0 0 4 ), ▁with ▁the ▁song ▁D ai ▁K ai ya a ▁V ech uk itt u ▁being ▁well ▁received ▁with ▁the ▁town ▁and ▁rural ▁aud ien ces . ▁The ▁success ▁of ▁the ▁project , ▁prompt ed ▁several ▁subsequent ▁collabor ations ▁where ▁Sund ar ▁C ▁was ▁director ▁or ▁where ▁Ar j un ▁played ▁the ▁lead ▁actor . ▁Despite ▁receiving ▁relatively ▁high - profile ▁work , ▁Im man ▁remarked ▁that ▁he ▁felt ▁p ige on ho led ▁by ▁the ▁work ▁he ▁was ▁getting ▁in ▁the ▁period ▁and ▁was ▁not ▁approached ▁by ▁direct ors ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁part ▁of ▁real istic