Ilayaraja Hits

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One of the talked about aspects of Shamitabh, the upcoming big-ticket release, is the music of Ilayaraja. Balki, the film’s director, is a devoted fan of the master composer. And which music lover isn’t? We attempt the impossible, drawing up a list of 20 most-loved Ilayaraja songs, conceding there are hundreds more that should have made it. Machana Pathingala, from Annakili In 1975, a young man who had come to Chennai seeking his fortune was given the opportunity to score the music for Annakili.

Bringing to light the Genius that is Ilaiyaraaja. Listen to Ilaiyaraaja's top romantic hits from the 80's on this Valentines Day!

It marked the arrival of a phenomenon on the South Indian film scene. For the songs in this sensitive, black & white film about unrequited love Ilayaraja combined folk rhythms with the film music techniques of the times. This vibrant song in the sweet voice of Janaki will always remain a favourite with those who listened to the radio in the late ‘70s. Metti Oli Kaatrodu, from Metti The ‘80s were marked by dozens of melodies of this sort. Ilayaraja himself sang this song from Metti, by Mahendran, with Janaki providing the humming. More than a few fans of this song say it transports them to another plane. Sensuous lyrics add to its appeal.

Kannil Enna Kaarkaalam, from Un Kannil Neer Vazhindhal This evergreen song from the ’80s brought together the very best talent of the time: the golden voices of SP Balasubramaniam and Janaki, lyrics by Vairamuthu and, of course, the maestro’s music. The song featured a young Rajinikanth and the very lovely Madhavi. Nee Oru Kadhal Sangeetham, from Nayagan In this beautifully shot song, featuring Kamal Haasan and Saranya, from Mani Ratnam’s Nayagan, Ilayaraja displayed his flair for working with classical ragas. This one in Shyam Kalyani, sung by Chitra and Mano, makes it to the top ten of most people’s favourite love songs.

Sundari, from Thalapathy This song is from Thalapathy, the last film on which Mani Ratnam and Ilayaraja worked together. Set to the maestro’s favourite Kalyani raga, it combines soft melody, rousing scores and superb lyrics. The video features Rajinikanth and a ravishing Shobana. Kalyana Then Nila, from Mounam Sammadham This song, featuring Mammootty and Amala, is another of the maestro’s super-hit romantic melodies. With its classical overtones and beautifully constructed wordplay, it creates a mellow mood.

Nee Paartha Parvaikkoru Nandri, from Hey Ram Here’s another gentle, haunting melody from the master composer. The song, from Kamal Haasan’s period film, was sung by Asha Bhonsle and Hariharan.

Its appeal spans generations as well. Uravugal Thodarkathai, from Aval Appadithan It’s the magic of Ilayaraja that the songs he composed 30 years and more ago still continue to delight listeners. This one, in the rich voice of K J Yesudas, is from the 1978 black & white film Aval Appadithan. The lyrics do justice to the maestro’s music. Ilaya Nila Pozhigirathe, Payanangal Mudivathillai If Ilayaraja reigned over the ‘80s it was because of songs such as this one. This fast-paced number made extensive use of acoustic guitar. The guitar pieces are the highlight of the interludes.

Enn Vaanile, from Johnny Another gem from the ‘80s, this song is from the Rajinikanth-Sridevi starrer, Johnny. Ilayaraja chose Jency to render the song. Enna Sattham Indha Neram, from Punnagai Mannan In the film, this song is a prelude to a tragedy when the young lovers decide to commit suicide.

S P Balasubramaniam’s voice and the maestro’s music combine to make a super-hit number. Poongkathave Thaazh Thiravai, from Nizhalgal When it comes to classical tunes, Ilayaraja is in supreme control. This song from Nizhalgal is made wondrous with its haunting violin pieces.

Atho Megha Oorvalam, from Eeramana Rojave The superb lyrics of Pulamai Pitthan meet their match in the music of Ilayaraja in this 1991 hit. This was also the time when the maestro began to include table pieces in his film songs. Kanmani Anbodu, from Guna Kamal Haasan sang for friend and mentor Ilayaraja in this song. The female voice is that of S. Shot in a cave in Kodaikanal, the song also made the location famous. Thendral Vandhu Ennai Thodum, Thendrale Ennai Thodu This song added lustre to a film that was a light-hearted romance. The voice of K J Yesudas and music of Ilayaraja will take anyone who was young and in love in the mid-‘80s on a nostalgic journey.

Anthi Mazhai Pozhigirathu, from Raja Paarvai Ilayaraja’s penchant for playing with classical ragas – in this case, Vasantha — is showcased in this song from the Kamal Haasan-starrer. It is sung by S P Balasubramaniam and S. Janaki and features alaaps which connoisseurs of classical music applaud. Ore Naal Unai Naan, from Ilamai Oonjaludugirathe Thirty-five years old and still fresh and sweet.

That is Ilayaraja’s genius. This song from the 1978 hit film is sung by S.P Balasubramaniam and Vani Jairam. If it plays anywhere, you simply have to stop, listen and hum along. Nilavu Thoongum Neram, from Kunguma Chimizh A gentle melody, this song makes for great nocturnal listening. And who, but the Isaignani, could have coaxed such magic out of a mouth organ?

Kanne Kalaimaane, from Moondram Pirai Ilayaraja’s talent was to bring out the very best of the most accomplished singers. This song is one of K J Yesudas’s super hits that never fails to move the listener.

Janani Janai, from Thai Moogambikai This is the evocation with which Isaignani Ilayaraja begins his live concerts. Dedicated to his favourite deity, Kollur Mookambika, it is so much more than a devotional song. Post navigation.

. Years active 1976–present Website Ilaiyaraaja (born Gnanathesikan; 2 June 1943) is an Indian, singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, orchestrator, conductor-arranger and lyricist who works in the, predominantly in Tamil. Widely regarded as one of the greatest Indian music composers, he is credited for introducing western musical sensibilities in the Indian musical mainstream. Being the first Asian to compose a with the in London, Ilaiyaraaja is known to have written the entire symphony in just 13 days which has never been done before in the world. He is also a gold medalist in classical guitar from, London, Distance Learning Channel.

Reputed to be the world's most prolific composer, he has composed over 7000 songs, provided film scores for more than 1000 movies and performed in more than 20,000 concerts. According to Achille Forler, board member of the Indian Performing Right Society, the kind of stellar body of work that Ilaiyaraaja has created in the last 40 years should have placed him among the world's Top 10 richest composers, somewhere between ($1.2 billion) and (over $300 million). Ilaiyaraaja is known for integrating Indian folk music and traditional with western classical music techniques. His scores are often performed by the. He is a recipient of five Indian – three for and two for Best Background Score.

In 2010, he was awarded the, the third-highest civilian honour in India and the in 2018, the second-highest by the government of. In 2012, he received the, the highest Indian recognition given to practising artists, for his creative and experimental works in the music field. In 2003, according to an international poll conducted by, more than half-a million people from 165 countries voted his composition from the 1991 film as the fourth in the world's top 10 most popular songs of all time. US-based world cinema portal 'Taste of Cinema' placed Ilaiyaraaja at the 9th position in its list of 25 greatest film composers in the history of cinema, thus becoming the only Indian composer to feature in that list. In a poll conducted by celebrating 100 years of Indian cinema in 2013, Ilaiyaraaja was voted as the all-time greatest film-music director of India with a maximum of 49%. Winner of numerous accolades, one of his compositions was part of the playlist for the opening ceremony of the, directed by acclaimed Oscar-winning filmmaker of Slumdog Millionaire fame.

Contents. Early life and family Ilaiyaraaja was born as Gnanathesikan in 1943 in, India. When he joined school his father changed his name to 'Rajaiya', but his village people used to call him 'Raasayya'.

Ilaiyaraaja joined as a student to learn musical instruments and the master renamed and called him just 'Raaja'. In his first movie, film producer Panchu Arunachalam added 'Ilaiya' (Ilaiya means younger in ) as a prefix in his name Raaja, and he named him as 'Ilaiyaraaja', because in the 1970s there was one more music director who was a popular one. Ilaiyaraaja was married to Jeeva and the couple has three children—, and —all film composers and singers. His wife Jeeva died on 31 October 2011. Ilaiyaraaja has a brother;, who is also a music director and lyricist in the Tamil film industry.

Early exposure to music. A Graphical Representation of Ilaiyaraaja's Discography Over the Years with Colours to Represent Languages, Done Through Web-Scraping Using Python. Ilaiyaraaja grew up in a rural area, exposed to a range of folk music. At the age of 14, he joined a travelling musical troupe headed by his elder brother Pavalar Varadarajan, and spent the next decade performing throughout South India. While working with the troupe, he penned his first composition, a musical adaptation of an written by the Tamil poet laureate for, India's first prime minister. In 1968, Ilaiyaraaja began a music course with Professor Dhanraj in Madras (now Chennai), which included an overview of, compositional training in techniques such as, and study in instrumental performance.

Ilaiyaraaja is a gold medalist in classical guitar after completing the course through distance learning channel from. Session musician and film orchestrator In the 1970s in Chennai, Ilaiyaraaja played guitar in a band-for-hire, and worked as a, and for film music composers and directors such as from. After being hired as the musical assistant to Legendary composer, he worked on 200 film projects, mostly in. Venkatesh's assistant, Ilaiyaraaja would the melodic outlines developed by Venkatesh. This is the time Ilaiyaraaja learned most of it about composing under the guidance of.

During this period, Ilaiyaraaja also began writing his own scores. To listen to his compositions, he used to persuade Venkatesh's to play excerpts from his scores during their leisure times. Even today Ilaiyaraaja remembers the golden days with his master. Film composer. Ilayaraaja receives Padma Vibhushan Award from the president of india In 1975, film producer Panchu Arunachalam commissioned him to compose the songs and film score for a Tamil-language film called Annakkili ('The Parrot'). For the soundtrack, Ilaiyaraaja applied the techniques of modern popular film music orchestration to Tamil folk poetry and folk song melodies, which created a fusion of Western and Tamil idioms. Ilaiyaraaja's use of Tamil music in his film scores injected new influence into the Indian film score milieu.

By the mid-1980s Ilaiyaraaja was gaining increasing stature as a film composer and music director in the South Indian film industry. He has worked with Indian poets and lyricists such as, and and is well known for his association with filmmakers such as,. Impact and musical style Ilaiyaraaja was one of the earliest Indian film composers to use Western classical music harmonies and string arrangements in Indian film music. This allowed him to craft a rich tapestry of sounds for films, and his themes and background score gained notice and appreciation among Indian film audiences.

The range of expressive possibilities in Indian film music was broadened by Ilaiyaraaja's methodical approach to arranging, recording technique, and his drawing of ideas from a diversity of musical styles. According to musicologist P. Greene, Ilaiyaraaja's 'deep understanding of so many different styles of music allowed him to create syncretic pieces of music combining very different musical idioms in unified, coherent musical statements'.

Ilaiyaraaja has composed Indian film songs that amalgamated elements of such as Afro-tribal, (e.g., ), -propelled,. By virtue of this variety and his intermingling of Western, Indian folk and elements, Ilaiyaraaja's compositions appeal to the Indian rural dweller for its folk qualities, the Indian classical music enthusiast for the employment of Carnatic, and the urbanite for its modern, Western-music sound. Ilaiyaraaja's sense of visualization for composing music is always to match up with the story line of the running movie and possibly by doing so, he creates the best experience for the audience to feel the emotions flavored through his musical score. He mastered this art of blending music to the narration, which very few others managed to adapt themselves over a longer time.

Although Ilaiyaraaja uses a range of complex compositional techniques, he often sketches out the basic melodic ideas for films in a very spontaneous fashion. Musical characteristics. Maestro Ilayaraaja attended the inauguration of 91st Music Academy Concerts & Conferences, 2017 on December 15th as the chief guest. Here he's seen with (from left to right) N. Murali, Sudha Ragunadhan, Chitraveena N Ravikiran, T V Gopalakrishnan, A Kanyakumari etc. Ilaiyaraaja's music is characterised by the use of an orchestration technique that is a synthesis of Western and Indian instruments and musical modes.

He uses electronic music technology that integrates, electric guitars and, drum machines, rhythm boxes and with large orchestras that feature traditional instruments such as the, and as well as Western lead instruments such as saxophones and flutes. The in his songs tend to be melodically dynamic, rising and falling in a dramatic fashion. Are also apparent, particularly in songs with Indian folk or Carnatic influences. The melodic structure of his songs demand considerable vocal virtuosity, and have found expressive platform amongst some of India's respected vocalists and, such as,.

Ilaiyaraaja has sung over 400 of his own compositions for films, and is recognisable by his stark, deep voice. He has penned the lyrics for some of his songs in Tamil.

He believes he is the only composer in the world to have composed a song only in the ascending notes. Non-cinematic output Ilaiyaraaja's first two non-film albums were explorations in the fusion of Indian and Western classical music. The first, (1986), is dedicated to the Carnatic master and to J. It features a fusion of the Carnatic form and ragas with Bach, and musical textures. The second, Nothing But Wind (1988), was performed by flautist and a 50-piece orchestra and takes the conceptual approach suggested in the title — that music is a natural phenomenon akin to various forms of air currents (e.g., the wind, breeze, tempest etc.). He has composed a set of Carnatic that was recorded by electric mandolinist for the album Ilayaraaja's Classicals on the Mandolin (1994).

Ilaiyaraaja has also composed albums of religious/ songs. His Guru Ramana Geetam (2004) is a cycle of prayer songs inspired by the Hindu mystic, and his: A crossover (2005) is an of ancient Tamil poems transcribed partially in English by American lyricist and performed by the. Ilaiyaraaja's most recent release is a world music-oriented album called The Music Messiah (2006).

Notable works. Ilaiyaraaja has composed music for events such as the 1996 beauty pageant that was held in, India, and for a documentary called India 24 Hours (1996). The soundtrack of, the first stereoscopic 3D film made in India is composed by him. He has invented a new carnatic raga called 'Panchamukhi'. He composed the music for (1987), an Indian film ranked by as one of the all-time 100 best movies, a number of to the, such as (1986), Nayagan (1987), (1992), (1991), (1997) and (2000), and for Indian such as 's Prize-winning ('The Shadow Kill') (2002).

Awards and Honours. Main article: Legacy. Ilaiyaraaja's song 'Naanthaan Ungappanda' from the 1981 film 'Ram Lakshman' was part of the playlist for the opening ceremony of the, directed by acclaimed Oscar-winning filmmaker of Slumdog Millionaire fame.

In 2003, according to an international poll conducted by, more than half-a million people from 165 countries voted his composition from the 1991 film as fourth in the world's top 10 most popular songs of all time. sampled the Ilaiyaraaja composition 'Unakkum Ennakum' from Sri Raghavendra (1985), for the song ' on (2003). The alternative artist sampled 'Kaatukuyilu' from the film Thalapathi (1991) for her song 'Bamboo Banga' on the album (2007). sampled Ilaiyaraaja's 'Yeh Hawa Yeh Fiza' from the movie. Live performances Ilaiyaraaja rarely performs his music live. His last major live performance, the first in 25 years, was a four-hour concert held at the in Chennai, India on 16 October 2005. He performed in 2004 in Italy at the Teatro Comunale di Modena, an event-concert presented for the 14th edition of Angelica, Festival Internazionale Di Musica, co-produced with the L'Altro Suono Festival.

On 23 October 2005, 'A Time For Heroes', sponsored by different agencies including the Melinda and Bill Gates Foundation, saw Hollywood star Richard Gere, Tamil and Telugu stars converging on the city for an evening of 'infotainment' – they spoke in one voice on HIV/AIDS. The event organized at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad, on Saturday, 22 October 2005, took off with Maestro Ilaiyaraaja's composition rendered by singer Usha Uthup. A television retrospective titled Ithu Ilaiyaraja ('This is Ilaiyaraja') was produced, chronicling his career. He last performed live at the audio release function of the film and before that, he performed a programme that was conducted and telecasted by Jaya TV titled Enrendrum Raja ('Everlasting Raja') on 28 December 2011 at Jahawarlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai.

On 23 September 2012, he performed live in at National High School Grounds. On February 16, 2013, Ilayaraja made his first appearance in North America performing at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada. The Toronto concert was promoted by Trinity Events for Vijay TV in India and produced by Sandy Audio Visual SAV Productions with PA+. Following his show at Toronto, Ilaiyaraaja also performed at the Newark, New Jersey on February 23, 2013 and at the on March 1, 2013. After his North America tour he made a live performance at in on August 24, 2013, along with and his sons.

Ilaiaraaja and his team performed live in North America in 2016. They performed at places like San Jose, Seattle, Dallas, Atlanta and New Jersey.

In October 2017, he performed live for the first time in Hyderabad and in November in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In March 2018, he performed live again in the US in Houston, Dallas, Chicago, San Jose, Connecticut, Washington D.C. And Toronto in Canada. For the first time in his career, Ilaiyaraaja has performed in with his orchestra in Hillsong Convention Centre on August 11, 2018. Also, in the same month as to celebrate his 75th birth anniversary, a concert was held in Star Performing Arts Theatre on August 18. Controversies In 2017, Ilaiyaraaja filed a suit in court for copyrights of his songs. He sent legal notices to SP.

Balasubramaniam and Chithra, prohibiting them to sing his compositions. He claims to have filed legal notices in 2015 to various music companies who produced his records. In 2018, Ilaiyaraaja expressed his doubts about the, but claimed that ' the one and only person who has truly experienced resurrection is Bhagwan Ramana Maharshi'. It created criticism on social media and had lodged complaint with police commissioner by Christian group for controversial speech against an ultimate belief of Christians. Ilaiyaraaja discography.

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Prem-Ramesh. 1998 Ilaiyaraja: Isaiyin Thathuvamum Alagiyalum (trans.: Ilaiyaraja: The Philosophy and Aesthetics of Music). Chennai: Sembulam. Ilaiyaraaja. 1998 Vettaveli Thanil Kotti Kidakkuthu (trans.: My Spiritual Experiences) (3rd ed.). Chennai: Kalaignan Pathipagam.

→ A collection of poems by Ilaiyaraaja. Ilaiyaraaja. 1998 Vazhithunai. Chennai: Saral Veliyeedu. Ilaiyaraaja.

1999 Sangeetha Kanavugal (trans.: Musical Dreams) (2nd ed.). Chennai: Kalaignan Pathipagam.

→ An autobiography about Ilaiyaraaja's European tour and other musings. Ilaiyaraaja. 2000 Ilaiyaraajavin Sinthanaigal (trans.: Ilaiyaraaja's Thoughts). Chennai: Thiruvasu Puthaka Nilayam. Srinivasan, Pavithra (2010-09-20).

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