Maestro Ilayaraja News and Tidbits 2014

[venkkiram]

I always like Baradwaj Rangan's (Hindu's film critic) reviews and elaborate dissection of technical aspects of the movie (songs, background score, cinematography, lyrics). BTW, Rangan is an ardent fan of Ilayaraaja. Rangan wrote two reviews on Friday in his blog post. I would encourage our members to read an elaborate blog on Director Rudraiya and his multiple attempts to direct many movies. It's unfortunate to read about SP Muthuraman's advise to Kamalhaasan to focus only on commercial films. The second review is about "Kaaviyathalaivan" movie. What a bad choice!!!! It's a musical subject with wrong players. I am surprised how directors go about selecting their cast and technical artists.

https://baradwajrangan.wordpress.com/

If one follows regularly his blog and read the comments from core Raja fans, Baradwaj Rangan stand would be clearly understood on where he stands on appreciating Raja's genius in music. IMO, BRangan gives more space for ARR than Raja in his blog. I read his openly statement 'I am an ardent fan of Ilaiyaraja' whenever Raja's fans criticized his shallowness.