Duet is a 1994 Tamil-language musical film directed by K. Balachander, starring Prabhu, Meenakshi Seshadri, Ramesh Aravind and Prakash Raj. The film's score and soundtrack were composed by A. R. Rahman. Duet's score is centred on the saxophone. The movie was also dubbed in Telugu under the same name and in Hindi as Tu Hi Mera Dil.
The movie is inspired by the 1990 French comedy Cyrano de Bergerac, which was about a swashbuckler who is self-conscious about his long nose and feels his love will go unrequited. When the girl he loves gets infatuated with a dasher, he helps him by pouring his emotions in poems soaked in love. In the Tamil movie, the hero's ungainly nose was replaced by his girth.
This was the first film of actor Prakashraj in Tamil as antagonist. In remembrance, he named his production house Duet Movies. Saran was one of the assistant directors in the film.
The soundtrack was composed by A. R. Rahman and lyrics were written by Vairamuthu. The soundtrack features 8 songs, 3 recitals and 3 instrumental pieces. The saxophonic instrumentation was done by Kadri Gopalnath and Raju. Gopalnath, who is now an icon in Indian instrumental music reached public fame after this album. He once told about this album, "I played some 30 ragas for Rahman. He wasn't satisfied. Finally I played Kalyanavasantam, and he said, "Thats it!"".
The song "Mettu Podu" is based on raga Anantabairavi and the song "Anjali Anjali" is based on raga Maand.
The film and soundtrack were adapted to Hindi (as Tu Hi Mera Dil) and Telugu (with the same title).
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