▁label led ▁that ▁" Hand led ▁better , ▁Rh ythm ▁could ▁have ▁turned ▁out ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁must - watch ▁film , ▁though ▁it ▁is ▁still ▁definitely ▁far ▁better ▁than ▁the ▁run - of - the - mill ▁ones ", ▁critic izing ▁that ▁the ▁" direct or ▁seems ▁pre occup ied ▁with ▁the ▁so - called ▁commercial ▁ing red ients , ▁which ▁only ▁mar ▁the ▁overall ▁impact ▁of ▁the ▁film ." ▁ ▁Rh ythm ▁won ▁Sh iv ak umar ▁the ▁T amil ▁N adu ▁State ▁Film ▁Award ▁for ▁Best ▁A udi ograph er , ▁while ▁Me ena ▁picked ▁up ▁Best ▁Act ress ▁at ▁the ▁Cinema ▁Express ▁Awards . ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁dub bed ▁and ▁released ▁in ▁Tel ug u ▁under ▁the ▁same ▁title ▁in ▁September ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁with ▁Sri ▁R ama ▁Kr ish na ▁writing ▁the ▁dialog ues ▁and ▁N . ▁V . ▁Pr as ad ▁producing ▁the ▁film . ▁ ▁Sound track ▁ ▁The ▁sound track ▁features ▁five ▁songs ▁composed ▁by ▁A . ▁R . ▁Rah man , ▁with ▁lyr ics ▁by ▁V air am uth u . ▁The ▁song ▁titles ▁and ▁lyr ics ▁were ▁inspired ▁by ▁the ▁five ▁elements . ▁The ▁songs ▁represent ▁the ▁five ▁elements ▁of ▁wind , ▁water , ▁fire , ▁sky ▁and ▁Earth . ▁Three ▁songs ▁were ▁later ▁re used ▁in ▁the ▁Bol lywood ▁movie ▁Lake er   – ▁For b idden ▁L ines . ▁ ▁T amil ▁ ▁Tel ug u ▁( D ub bed ) ▁L yr ics ▁p enn ed ▁by ▁V