IR's New albums - Ver 2008

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Originally Posted by crajkumar_be

Hulkster,
I understand your point (futility of expecting 'change' in his songs) but its rather sad, isn't it? He's done it all and asking him to "prove" something is funny alright but then, if he is still composing songs, it is for others and one cannot say "His interest is only in BGM and he has lost interest in songs" right? As long as he is composing songs, he is fair game IMO. If he's no longer interested, he can stop doing songs.

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The point is even if he is fair game..it can only be in our eyes...but in reality he is not a commercial MD and strongly past it. He is currently exploring a faction of music that will bring him closer to the beethoven range rather than coming back to a level where he has already conquered. As a fan i can understand that growing up from his songs you guys are disappointed about the reused tunes and quality but is it because he has lost his touch? certainly not...come on peeps we know IR more than other MDs...is songs the only thing to judge IR with? There is way more than just songs. Talking about instrumental music thiruvasagam has alot of experimental usage and it came in the same time with oru naal oru kanavu and andha naal gnyabagam which had some reused pieces.

Looks like 'azhagar malai' is the one being produced by Sangili Murugan. I don't think a KM can be expected:-(

Malleppuvvu:
http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/t...cle/37672.html

This line is quite funny in this report:
"Ilayaraja has supplied his tunes to this film":)

http://www.techsatish.com/2007/07/va...angai-oli.html

Oh! Shri.Ilayaraja!!

I miss you terribly!

GET BACK NOW!

Please dont stone me for saying this. I feel Raja has reached a point of no return jus like all his famous predecessors like GR, MSV etc attained. I dunt think their fans had unreasonable expectation from them at the twilight of their career , because they understood it was the law of nature and remained contented with their body of work in their prime. Similarly, we Raja fans should be happy with his humongous work from late 70's till 90's and start looking for good music from elsewhere. I dont intend the "preaching" tone. But isn't that the most practical way, I ask myself
// Today in jayatv's "then kinnam", they featured songs from 1982 and I couldnt help exclaiming at how Raja stood out tall when compared with his peers like MSV, ShankarGanesh , ChandraBose etc. Well, is it surprising , after hearing songs like "sandha kavigaL paadidum" ?

thumburu,
I completely agree with wrt his Film compositions. I think we have a great WC Master in him who has just shown glimpses of his brilliance in his movie scores such as Guru/Lajja (BG Score). His sense of arranging things for a huge orchestra is just amazing. Wonder why he's being a proverbial well-frog :-(

If Raja has the penchant of ARR in experimenting...Ah !

thumburu,

Don't worry, I will not stone you :)

But I want to argue that IR is different from the other examples you have given.

Though we IR fans are not satisfied with his music nowadays, I don't think IR is outdated or reached a point of no return. Take his recent movies ( within past 5 years ) like Virumandi, Ramana, Pithamagan , Manasellam , even Madhu. Atleast one song in these movies are commonly heard even now..

Show a MD in tamil who after 30 years in his career still has a line up of movies yet to be released..

Dhanam.
KKP.
Ajanta.
Mayilu.
Malaikkallan.
Azhagar malai.
Nandalala.
Amir's speculated "kannapiran"
Fazil's next movie.

Add to this his Malayalam and telugu projects.
I do not think MSV had such a number of movies in mid eighties ( assuming he came to the field in the mid 50s ).

People say ARR is to IR as IR was to MSV.
After 16 years of IR's entry , i.e in 1992, where was MSV in the field ?
Now it is 16 years after ARR's entry, IR is still with work at hand.

This is why we continue to expect from IR instead of turning to elsewhere.

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If Raja has the penchant of ARR in experimenting...Ah !

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Please think well before you type these comments !
Your comparision is really funny !

ARR experimenting and IR not doing so ?

:banghead:

Digression:
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/200...2850180300.htm

Interview with Bombay Ravi who composed nakhakshadhangal for Hariharan, director of Pazhassi Raja

End-digression

If Hariharan was the one who selected the existing tune for 'manjaL prasAdhavum netRiyil chArththi' out of 6,7 tunes, we can definitely expect some good selection from Raja as well.:-)

Just a point. If Mumbai Express (@ 60+) was not experimenting, pray tell what is! :)