Maestro Ilayaraja News and Tidbits 2014

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RSubras - I don't want to discuss Kaaviya Thalaivan's fiasco in Raaja's thread. Some of Rahman's hard core fans took objection to my earlier comment about his poor performance for KV. One of Vasantha Balan's main objective was to screen KV at Cannes Film festival besides other European film circuits - foreigners would sleep off after 60 minutes. For this exposure VB certainly required an international stamp recognition for his film and Rahman perfectly fit the role. Rahman's Oscar basket is the best way to enter international film festivals. Vasantha Balan had a hard time to convince Rahman to score the music for KV. Rahman and VB worked nearly 7 months (mostly remote) to finalize the songs and the tune. All this is public information.

Motte_dhasan - As I keep reminding our fan base, don't expect Kamal and Rajini to sign up with Raaja anymore. Those golden days are gone. As I mentioned earlier, Lingaa was basically a quick fix band-aid to put some money back into distributors and theatre owners' pockets who lost their shirt & pant for Kochaadaiyaan's massive flop. Ravikumar is a quick fix director who could patch a movie within 9 months. Of course, Rahman's stamp brings in more money when the movie is auctioned to distributors. Rajini's Swamy "Ilayaraaja" (how he addresses him) is used during visits to Director Panju Arunachalam's house. Gasolina seem to have been inspired by the Puerto Rican Reggae artist, Daddy Yankee's album by the same name. Imagine a 63 year old hero romancing in a song with a female half his age. Raaja gave a memorable romantic number when Sivaji danced with Ambika in Vaazhkai. Finally Kamal seemed to have liked Ghibran's style of working and he would probably score all his remaining movies. Maybe Ghibran's fees could be much lower than Raaja.

IR and Kamal not working together is a mystery that puzzles me no end!

did anyone listen closely to the theme track of "Interstellar" by Hans Zimmer ? it bears resemblance to the prelude of "appadi paakkaradhunnaa venam" from IVAN by IR !

Don't know what is the problem Kamal has reg working with IR - I can think of some possibilities:

1. for VR, Kamal didnt want to use IR for two reasons: perhaps he anticipated the kind of backlash the film received around its release and didnt want to drag IR into it ? secondly SEL is more popular in the North than IR - indha bollywood market mogam paduthhum paadu !

2. Kamal's open praise of IR almost at every other opportunity might send wrong signals about him associating only with IR and not capable of working with others - hence DSP for MA (shd have been named Manmadhan Sombu for its second half), but using Himesh Reshamiya for DASA is unpardonable - naanga yennayyaa paavam pannom ?

3. His use of Ghibran for VR and other films - Ghibran is definitely a fresh talent - but besides the talent, this move is also a 'politically correct' move IMO - idharkku vilakkam venumnaa PM anuppunga try pandren.

4. Kamal doesnt think music is an integral part of his films anymore - if he did create a script that demanded superlative music, he will be back with IR - IMO.

as for Rajini - IR combo, dont know who is refusing to work with whom ? Rajini films soundtracks with Deva were below mediocre, and with ARR, patchily/sporadically great (udaney ARR / Rajini fans sandaikku varaadheenga - ARRoda market nilavaratha use pandradhukku thaan avara MDyaa pottu padam pannaanga yenbadhu yennoda karuthhu)