The upcoming movie 'Mercury' directed by Karthik Subbaraj is one of the  unique attempts in the 100 year old Tamil cinema industry.  It is a silent film and Santhosh Nayarayanan has stated that ’Music is the most essential part of any film, but when it comes to 'Mercury it actually became a medium of communication. Mercury being a silent film needed a strong background score that could give you chills down the spine.”

Santhosh further adds " “Since there are no dialogues in the film I had to be careful about every minute detail like tonality, atmosphere and the story. I wanted to justify the story with my music. It was a great learning experience as Karthik and I used to have detailed conversations about it. A movie like Mercury is a once in a generation opportunity for me. It doesn’t come easily to a music director and I am privileged to have got this opportunity.”

'Mercury' has Prabhu Deva, Ramya Nambesan, Sananth Reddy, Deepak Parmesh, Shashank Purushothaman, Anish Padmanaban, Induja Ravichandran and Gajaraj S.P. in the cast.  The much awaited film is slated for release on 13th of April.