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Tamil film music is the body of popular songs and background scores composed for Tamil-language cinema (often called Kollywood). It blends South Indian classical traditions, regional folk idioms, and global popular styles to serve narrative storytelling, dance sequences, and star-centric performances. From its beginnings with raga-based melodies and devotional or poetic lyrics, the genre rapidly embraced orchestral writing, studio playback singing, electronic production, and dance-floor rhythms. Today it ranges from lush romantic ballads and philosophical melodies to high-energy dance tracks and genre-fusing experiments, while remaining distinctly tied to the Tamil language and cultural sensibilities.