As Coolie gears up for release, the cast and crew of the film are attending press meets as well as giving interviews to various channels to maximise the reach of the Rajinikanth film. In a recent interview with the production house of the film, Sun Pictures, Anirudh Ravichander spoke about using the unique aspects in Coolie's songs and also about using AI to complete his songs.
When asked about how he deals with a creative block, the composer narrated a personal anecdote, saying, "Two days ago, when I had a creative block, I just opened ChatGPT and fed it the information about my song. I asked the AI, 'This is the song. I am stuck while trying to compose the last two lines. What do I do, man?' I swear, I am being honest." With a laugh, he further added candidly, "I also subscribed to the premium version of the AI so that it doesn't stop giving me the best results midway. With the prompt, the AI gave me ten lines. From there I saw one line, an idea emerged, and I cracked the rest of the song. All creators face a block, but today, it is easier to get over such a block. I feel it is better to let it be rather than overthink about being stuck."
On the unique aspects of Coolie's songs, he shared, "When we started 'Chikitu Vibe', I started with a tuned version of T Rajendhar Sir's beats. That was the basic idea for the entire song. When they told me Soubin would dance for Monica alongside a young Pooja Hegde, I wanted to include a few comedy tracks, and that's how 'Lakalakalaka' from Chandramukhi 's 'Raa Raa' got included in that track."
The Coolie album has a total of eight songs, including 'Coolie Disco', 'Chikitu', 'Uyirnaadi Nanbane', 'I am the Danger', 'Monica', 'Kokki', 'Powerhouse', and 'Mobsta'. Coolie marks Anirudh's fifth Rajinikanth film as composer after Petta, Darbar, Jailer and Vettaiyan.
Coolie also stars Nagarjuna Akkineni, Shruti Haasan, Upendra, Sathyaraj, and Soubin Shahir in key roles, and Aamir Khan and Pooja Hegde in cameo appearances. The Lokesh Kanagaraj directorial is slated to hit theatres on August 14.
