Maestro ilaiyaraaja news & titbits

[JamesDap]

Very well described sir. However I am not sure about the hope you expressed that even his worst detractors would find little to nitpick in his comments this time. I would not be surprised if they latched on to the explanations he gave for how he used to coach the singers..."paaru, avan yaarukum credit tharamatan". If people read what they want to read, they cannot be stopped. Anyhow, the concert was, ermmm, an excellent exhibit as to the importance of the control and discipline exercised by Ilayaraja on the performers. As somebody else put it beautifully, like a classroom without the teacher. I hope people will take this concert, the disastrous time keeping on Enna Satham in particular, into account before making one sided judgments on Ilayaraja's viewpoints on this aspect.