Maestro Ilayaraja News and Tidbits 2014

[Kimrep]

Is this legit? i vaguely remember reading about this, you guys know firsthand if this is a legitimate effort with good results? worth paying? thanks

http://www.honeybeemusicstudio.com/albums.html

[rajsekar]

Wishing all world wide Isai Gnani Fans a Happy New Year 2015!!!!

So the little Master is married again for the third time!!! It's become fashionable for MDs to act, direct, produce and even script movies. I am reminded of our old friend, T Rajendar who did all these departments and finally became bankrupt. Why can't our little master do what's best in his DNA? Probably excel in Music Direction. Having scored music for more than 200 films, Yuvan hasn't exactly matched his father's legacy. I doubt if anyone could come closer to our Raaja. I sincerely hope that Yuvan would focus on what's best in his interest and excel in that field. Our Indian film world (Hindi and all south Indian languages) is littered with artists born of yesteryear stars. Life has been quite easy and entry to film world was handed over in a golden platter. It remains to be seen how many of these so called Mini-Stars would continue to remain in business. The movie loving audience is certainly at the receiving end of these rubbish productions.

http://chennaionline.com/movies/gall...721.col#7.html
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/e...w/45725507.cms

[rajsekar]

Is this legit? i vaguely remember reading about this, you guys know firsthand if this is a legitimate effort with good results? worth paying? thanks

http://www.honeybeemusicstudio.com/albums.html

I have read Muthusamy's article in Hindu sometime ago. It appears to be a legitimate effort since he himself has shown the results to Maestro. All the songs of Maestro which is currently in circulation and sold through iTunes are all low frequency and compressed music files. Ever since cassette tapes replaced vinyl records, we lost the Hi-Fi clarity of Raaja's musical tones. It's quite unfortunate that the retail version of his songs are compressed files while the original recording is in DTS mode. The original DTS recording in loss less format (100% uncompressed) will fit only in DVD or Blu-Ray discs. In order to play such a format, an audiophile grade player, DTS receiver and set of high-quality timbre speakers is required. The setup alone would easily cost around 5000 to 10,000 US Dollars. All Dhalapathy songs including "Sundari Kannal Oru Seidhi" was recorded in Bombay, where RD Burman usually records. The Indian Navy band orchestra was used for the song recording and imagine hearing the song in an audiophile speaker and receiver. Maybe 10,000 US$ is priceless!!!

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/...cle4810299.ece

[krish244]

IR sends a legal notice to director Shankar (producer of Kappal movie) for remixing "Oora vittu ooru vandhu" song in the movie Kappal.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...cle6749679.ece

thanks,

Krishnan

[krish244]

Balki is planning an event on Jan 20 for IR to commemorate 1000 movies milestone of IR


http://www.deccanchronicle.com/15010...alki-celebrate

thanks,

Krishnan

[SVN]

http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/...a/20150108.htm

[rajsekar]

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/...rue&ref=tpnews
http://www.thehindu.com/entertainmen...cle6729035.ece

What a pity for Rajinikanth!!!! This was expected when I watched "Mona Gasolina" song - worst Rajini song ever picturized. The ticket sales for Lingaa tanked the very next day in A Centers due to massive cancellations. The distributors tried their best to open maximum number of shows on the first day to get more collections than usual. The movie was a torture to sit and watch for die-hard Rajini fans. All Ravikumar movies lose steam after one hour and the audience is left to wonder about the lost pace with the main story. All his movies have a slow death syndrome - Manmadhan Ambu, Dasavaatharam, Lingaa, etc. On the other hand, it was a great experience to watch Amir Khan's "PK". Why can't Rajini find a good director like Mahendran, Balki, Baala, Bharathiraaja to direct a movie that fits Rajini's age and style of acting? How did Rajini approve the crappy dance sequences (Mexican style dance & tune in an ancient Tamil period) with two young females who are a quarter of his age? With two massive back-to-back flops, Rajini should really look at what the fans want from him.

Just watch this Rajini song and acting style in this video. Such a beautiful song!!! Sridevi hardly walks in this song due to some problem with her leg. Rajini more than compensates for this with this typical walking style. The Director need not go to Machu Pichu, Switzerland and London to picturize a song - our azhagiya Chennai is great... Can you believe that this song was composed and picturized in 1979? After this song, please watch "Mona Gasolina" video - you would expect a more mature step sequence after 35 years of acting.

[Kimrep]

I dont understand this concept of distributors asking for compensation. isnt it a business with risks? if they felt it was risky, they shouldnt have agreed to the terms before buying the film...

anyway, I wish Rajini and kamal would act their age and make good enjoyable movies. Rajini always followed the footsteps of Amitabh, wish he would do it now although it is late... Balki + Rajini + IR would be nice.

[Russellmtp]

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/...rue&ref=tpnews
http://www.thehindu.com/entertainmen...cle6729035.ece

What a pity for Rajinikanth!!!! This was expected when I watched "Mona Gasolina" song - worst Rajini song ever picturized. The ticket sales for Lingaa tanked the very next day in A Centers due to massive cancellations. The distributors tried their best to open maximum number of shows on the first day to get more collections than usual. The movie was a torture to sit and watch for die-hard Rajini fans. All Ravikumar movies lose steam after one hour and the audience is left to wonder about the lost pace with the main story. All his movies have a slow death syndrome - Manmadhan Ambu, Dasavaatharam, Lingaa, etc. On the other hand, it was a great experience to watch Amir Khan's "PK". Why can't Rajini find a good director like Mahendran, Balki, Baala, Bharathiraaja to direct a movie that fits Rajini's age and style of acting? How did Rajini approve the crappy dance sequences (Mexican style dance & tune in an ancient Tamil period) with two young females who are a quarter of his age? With two massive back-to-back flops, Rajini should really look at what the fans want from him.

Just watch this Rajini song and acting style in this video. Such a beautiful song!!! Sridevi hardly walks in this song due to some problem with her leg. Rajini more than compensates for this with this typical walking style. The Director need not go to Machu Pichu, Switzerland and London to picturize a song - our azhagiya Chennai is great... Can you believe that this song was composed and picturized in 1979? After this song, please watch "Mona Gasolina" video - you would expect a more mature step sequence after 35 years of acting.

Balki along the likes of Mahendran, Baala, and Bharathiraaja? Seriously? Would it be the same Balki who directed two ordinary movies propped up by masters like Ilayaraja and PC Sreeram? The same Balki who made a mockery of progeria children in his second movie and got away lightly? What was so great about Balki's 2 movies so far that he is considered as great as a Mahendran or a Bala or a Bharathiraaja other than the fact that they had good music and cinematography?

"Mexican style dance & tune in an ancient Tamil period" - "Mona Gasolina" song. In the movie, that song features the current day Lingaa (grandson of King Lingeswaran) and Anushka and so not "ancient" Tamil period. It is also only a dream song sequence. So, what is wrong in using a Mexican style tune?

summa yedhaavadhu kurai sollanum, appadithaane?

While "Lingaa" did not meet expectations, it did make more than its budget and so it is all profit for the producer. The problem the distributors are having is that they paid a hefty sum and it hasn't collected that much. So they are requesting Rajni to step in and request the producer to compensate them for their losses. This is silly because they assumed the risk while bidding for the movie and they should live with it. They are hoping that with some noise Rajni will do the same thing he did after Baba's failure. That will not happen this time

Despite the film not meeting expectations, it still collected more than any of the much hyped, so-called "shahensha of Indian cinema" Amitabh's recent movies.

Romancing young heroines - feeling jealous? The two heroines don't seem to have a problem with that and haven't heard too many Rajni fans complain about that either. If anyone else has a problem, the solution is simple. They don't need to watch the movie.

Rajni's last movie with Raja was "Veera". After that Rajni has had several hits - Baasha, Padayappa, Sivaji, Enthiran, Chandramukhi. So it is not like Rajni's career went downhill after parting ways with Raja. For a movie like "Lingaa", the result would have been the same regardless of the composer.

Why should Rajni follow Amitabh's footsteps now? What works for Amitabh need not necessarily work for Rajni. It may have worked in the past but not necessarily now. Rajni still commands a crazy fan-following and collects a much higher remuneration than Amitabh. It is out of humility that he says that Amitabh is still "shahenshah of Indian cinema". Amitabh would also romance young heroines if anyone would be willing to watch it Unfortunately for him, those days are over for him and so he is acting in matured roles. That day may eventually come for Rajni too but not yet.

[Russellmtp]

Balki is planning an event on Jan 20 for IR to commemorate 1000 movies milestone of IR


http://www.deccanchronicle.com/15010...alki-celebrate

thanks,

Krishnan

Nice event. Wish someone from the Tamil film industry had planned it. However, this is better. An event hosted and attended by Bollywood bigwigs will get more media attention.

Wish they invite Rahman too. He has played keyboard for Raja as well.