In April 2008, reports claimed, that Ameer was injured during the shooting, which was going on at the AVM Studios, when he was jumping from 40 meter high and sustained fracture in his right hand. The musical score of "Yogi" is composed by Ameer's friend, Yuvan Shankar Raja, teaming up with Ameer again for this picture, having earlier worked on several projects as "Mounam Pesiyadhe" (2002), "Raam" (2005), and "Paruthiveeran" (2007), which all turned out to be huge musical hits. The score and most of the songs are centred on the traditional Indian string instrument sarangi, an essential part of Hindustani classical music, which is considered the hardest to Indian instrument to master. Noted Sarangi player Ustad Sultan Khan was therefore assigned to perform the sarangi pieces in this film. The soundtrack was released on 13 September 2009 at Sathyam Cinemas among many prominent personalities. Yuvan Shankar Raja and Ameer had travelled to France in September 2007 to compose and record the songs, which were released only two years later. The album consists of six tracks and features the voices of Ameer himself, composer Yuvan Shankar Raja, lyricist Snehan, rapper Blaaze, Neha Bhasin and noted Sarangi player Ustad Sultan Khan, who has performed the Sarangi in this album as well, among others. Both versions of "Yogi Yogi Thaan" weren't featured in the film. The lyrics were written by Snehan, who usually pens for Ameer's films. The soundtrack received generally positive reviews. Karthik of "Bangalore Mirror" described it as "brilliant", while a critic from "Indiaglitz".com wrote it was "stylish" and "scintillating". "Rediff"'s Pavithra Srinivasan gave a mixed review, citing that Yuvan Shankar Raja "partially delivers in "Yogi"". However, despite garnering favorable reviews, the songs failed to become prominent, due to the film's poor theatrical run. Pavithra Srinivasan from "Rediff.com" gave the film 3 stars out 5 and praised the secondary actors, dialogues, twists, music and art direction. Criticism was aimed towards the performance of Ameer, slow pacing and the film's similarities with "Tsotsi". Bhama Devi Ravi from "The Times of India" gave the film 2.5 stars out of 5, noting it had plenty of fight scenes unlike the original, and praised the film's rawness along with the performances.