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Gautham keen to work with Ilayaraja
Sep 19, 2006
Gautham was in Madras Christian College for a two-day inter-college cultural event hosted by the Department of Visual Communication. The students of the department propounded numerous questions to the ace director of hit movies like Minnale, Kakka Kakka and Vettaiyadu Vilaiyadu on wide range of topics such as his style, preferences, technicians, techniques, and future plans.
Ilayaraja
Outspoken Gautham replied the students gracefully with his answers. He said he wanted Vettaiyadu Vilayadu to be real and that resulted in the depiction of scenes with bloodshed that people think is disturbing. He further maintained that Vettaiyadu Vilayiadu is the only film that is released in recent times which has matchless technical expertise.
Certain sequences of Vettaiyadu Vilaiyadu were snipped down since they had no courage to show them on screen, he replied for a question as to why the relationship between two doctors was not shown openly in the film.
He expressed that even for works of adaptations, the director’s prowess is the element that makes the movie work and when he controls the screenplay, the movie is sure to work even better.
He went on to provide technical tips to the students regarding the choice of lighting, equipment, location and background for a particular frame. He stated that he is comfortable in working with his crew right from the beginning and that does not necessarily mean that he would not work with other technicians. He supported his claim by stating that he would most definitely work with Ilayaraja if he were asked to.
His next venture will be Pachai Kili Muthu Charam in which he is working with veteran cinematographer Arvind Krishna.
Goutham Menon
His Silandhi with Sarath Kumar, Jyothika and Milind Soman in the lead is due for release on Christmas.
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There is only one line where there is talk about IR but behindwoods have put that as the main title for this article. Now if Gautham does work with IR i will be in dreamland :victory:
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http://www.hindu.com/2006/09/19/stor...1917090200.htm
"If Ilayaraja asks me to work for him, I will definitely do it," he said.
What is this ?? When did a music director approach a director ? It should be the other way round.
How can he expect IR to ASK him ? He can just expect IR to LET him.
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I think he's being misquoted here...I read the other interview where he had said that he would like to work with Raja.
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Think about this !
1. It has been 30 long years since the music director entered the field.
2. It has been 14 long years since he was apparently challenged for the first time by a young 26yrs old new chap.
3. It has been nearly 10 years since a new gang of music directors came to the field and began fighting for the throne.
After all these, one of the most hot young film director says he is eager to work with this music director.
Don't you think this is enough to speak about our Raja ?
He is just not still remembered, he is wanted !!
This itself will be a record in film history ! No one has achieved this before. We have to really see whether ARR can do this in the year 2022 ( 30 years after he entered the field )..
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guys,
watched IR's anrum,inrum,enrum once again in Tamilgrounds.com. Was in the seventh heaven for almost 6 hrs :) The respect all singers have on IR - particularly when IR appreciated Hariharan, he was so delighted - was mind boggling. Lovely,melodious songs were played all along.
So if anyone has missed the Jaya TV programme, please do so in www.tamilgrounds.com. IT will be a music feast !!!
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Hi all,
My friend sent me a rare collection of old bw photos of Ilaiyaraja. It is really a visual treat. Raja looking youthful, with good hairstyle, bell bottom pants, with Janaki, P.Suseela while recording, with Kalaignar, MGR, Vairamuthu, MSV, Bharathiraja. Really cool pics. There's also one where Raja is with our President and another recent one (shot during Thiruvasagam recording abroad)featuring Raja who's not in his conventional attire.
I've uploaded them in my site www.microvignesh.com (Go to "Pazhaya raja oru pokkisham" link).
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Vigneshram, thanks for sharing it. It is indeed a treasure.
thanks,
Krishnan
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A venture on remixing IR's songs by Karthik Raja.
http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-mov...ilayaraja.html
thanks,
Krishnan
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guys, I just listened to IR's 'Manasinnakare' in Malayalam - 'Mellayonnu' is sheer magic!!
