Premalu (soundtrack)

Premalu is the soundtrack to the 2024 film of the same name directed by Girish A. D. starring Naslen K. Gafoor and Mamitha Baiju. Produced by Bhavana Studios, Fahadh Faasil and Friends and Working Class Hero, the film's musical score is composed by Vishnu Vijay and featured four songs written by Suhail Koya and an instrumental track. The soundtrack was released through Bhavana Studios on 16 February 2024.

Album information
The soundtrack to the film featured five songs with all of them were released as singles. The first of them, the theme song, "Chalo Hyderabad" was released on 27 November 2023.

The second song "Kutty Kudiye" was released on 4 January 2024. It was performed by Sanjith Hegde, his first song in Malayalam. The third song "Mini Maharani" sung by Kapil Kapilan and Vagu Mazan, was released on 25 January. A lyrical video accompanied the song's release through YouTube which featured the making of the film in Hyderabad. The fourth song "Telangana Bommalu" was released on 7 February. The song was performed by veteran singer K. G. Markose, returning to playback singer in Malayalam film industry after a hiatus of two decades. The final song "Welcome To Hyderabad" was released on 11 February, two days after the film's premiere.

The film's soundtrack was released on 16 February 2024, followed by its dubbed Telugu and Tamil-dubbed versions on 9 and 13 March. Unlike the Malayalam and Tamil versions which were released through the production company Bhavana Studios, the Telugu version's soundtrack was released by Lahari Music.

Background score
A soundtrack consisting of 22 instrumental cues from the background score composed by Vishnu Vijay, was released by Bhavana Studios on 5 April 2024.

Additional music
The duet song "Ya Ya Ya Yadava" sung by K. S. Chithra and P. Unnikrishnan from Devaraagam (1996) was re-used in the film. The music video of the song was released by Sony Music India on 29 February 2024 subtitled as Devaraagam 2.0.

Reception
S. R. Praveen of The Hindu and Princy Alexander of Manorama Online reviewed that Vishnu Vijay's music complimented the narration and a "huge plus" for the film. Anandu Suresh of The Indian Express wrote "Special mention goes to Vishnu Vijay’s music and songs, which perfectly complement the movie’s atmosphere, adding to its engaging quality throughout its runtime of over 150 minutes." Cris from The News Minute wrote "Music by Vishnu Vijay, through all the ups and downs of Premalu, at times has you nodding along, and at others, remains unnoticeable in the background."