Which Director had got the best out of IR

[S.Balaji]

Dear Friends,

I wish to initiate discussion and debate on this topic.

Lets analyse who could bring the best out of IR.

Is it Barathi Raja , KB , Mahendran , Balumahendra, Maniratnam , R.Sundarajan , Panju Arunachalam etc etc or whom ???

[Sanjeevi]

Bharathi Raja
Mani Rathnam
Balu Mahendra
Mahendran
Balachandar
P. Vasu
S.P.Muthuraman

[njv]

Tell me which director is not, as the this list will go on for ever. I certainly feel that Shankar didnt use IR and hoping will use IR for one of his future movie.

[nanchil_guy]

to me

mahendran tops the list.look at all of his movies both the BGM and songs are soul searching, wonder ful .there are no words to describe the experience when u listen those songs or BGMs.


here is my top 5 of mahendran - IR combination

1.Jhonny
2.mullum malarum
3.nenjathai killathey
4.uthiri pookkal
5.ninaivellam nithya

what do u think guys?

[app_engine]

nanchil, your #5 is not by Mahendran...it's a Sridhar movie.

[app_engine]

add Sridhar to this long list of directors; some of IR's masterpieces were with Sridhar:
-iLamai oonjalAdukiRadhu
-azhagE unnai ArAdhikkiREn
-ninaivellAm nithyA
-thendRalE ennaiththodu
-oru Odai nadhiyAkiRadhu
-nAnum oru thozhilALi (because of being dormant for a long time, the songs sounded not contemporary when released, but sound fine now - `oru pooveduththu vaikkaNum pinnAla')

[S.Balaji]

add Sridhar to this long list of directors; some of IR's masterpieces were with Sridhar:
-iLamai oonjalAdukiRadhu
-azhagE unnai ArAdhikkiREn
-ninaivellAm nithyA
-thendRalE ennaiththodu
-oru Odai nadhiyAkiRadhu
-nAnum oru thozhilALi (because of being dormant for a long time, the songs sounded not contemporary when released, but sound fine now - `oru pooveduththu vaikkaNum pinnAla')

Boss,

Add - Thanthuvitten ennai ( acted by Vikram )

Nice songs from IR. including thenral nee thingal nee by SPB and SJ

[alias]

It is the greatest director on earth MANIRATNAM... Not one song from Maniratnam with IR can be thrown in the dustbin. Each one is gem of its own. Still cherishing that golden alliance.

[S.Balaji]

It is the greatest director on earth MANIRATNAM... Not one song from Maniratnam with IR can be thrown in the dustbin. Each one is gem of its own. Still cherishing that golden alliance.

But I dont think anybody would have got the best other than BR.

Even MR goofed up the song - Ninnukori varnam by giving flash lights etc etc and it was quite an awful sight

KB spoilt the song - Guruvayoorappa - Pudhu pudhu arthangal

I dont see any song which BR spoilt

[vimalpercy]

I can add one more film of Balu Mahendra
a film called Veedu which is known for his BGM which IR has put in his album How To name it.