Maestro ilaiyaraaja news & titbits

[rajsekar]

Krishnan - Taste of Cinema appears to be a new website. The site has been registered in Nov. 2011 in Queensland, Australia. The site's popularity in US, India and UK is shown here http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/tasteofcinema.com Their people list category seem to be accurate (I looked at few of the popular ones). The list is not based on any official survey or voting. At the same time, we don't have any official media sites to release such lists. The list was compiled by Brian White and couldn't figure out whether he is the American actor and producer. I am extremely happy that Maestro's name has figured in the global 25 list. It's high time that his name and talent is recognized in the global arena. In the current media frenzy and hype, any cine artiste has to go over the board to advertise their name and brand. Look at the hundreds of stupid movie awards, festivals and competitions in India to promote mediocrity. Ilayaraja as always shunned the media spotlight and as a result the majority of younger generation think that he is just a village music composer. I was laughing at the comments in the website on why RD Burman, MSV and Rahman weren't included in the list. These folks think that movie music score is just making tunes for songs. Anyway, Ilayaraja doesn't need to go out of the way to advertise his talent and name. His music creation speaks for itself and will continue to do so for many more years. As a comparison, you have to listen to the latest soundtracks in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu which are released almost every week amidst much hype and expectation. What a terrible fiasco!!!!