3 is the debut soundtrack album composed by Anirudh Ravichander, which features lyrics by Dhanush, for the 2012 Indian Tamil film of the same name, starring Dhanush and Shruti Hassan, and was directed by Dhanush's wife Aishwaryaa R. Dhanush. The film features seven songs, with three instrumental compositions. Following the success of the original version, the dubbed versions of the soundtrack was released in Telugu and Hindi, with the lyrics for the Hindi version was written by Kumaar and Telugu version was written by Bhuvanachandra.