IR News and Other Titbits

[MrJudge]

Adum kooththu - isn't that cheran movie telecasted on zee? It was done by some keralite and not by IR. I saw the title card and don't remember his name now.

[raja_fan]

Raja's New Movie : Kalaignar

Director Shakthi G will wield the megaphone for a biopic based on the life of Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi. The film, aptly titled Kalaignar, will start rolling from the first week of November. Shakthi said that he thoroughly researched the life of the CM for about two years before deciding to film it. Ilayaraja will score the music for this film and has taken even the minute detail into consideration for the background score. Shakthi added that Illayaraja had elaborate discussions with him in this regard.

Poor Raja !
Inime ippadiththaan pola...Kalaignar, apparam Azhagiri, apparam Stalin..
Ada kadavule.......

[Sanjeevi]

yeah, nAmathan thevai illamal IR-ku future projects recommend pannikittu irukkom

[baroque]

Why poor Raaja?

They are his choices, he agrees to do, he is getting paid for it.

He can always say NO.
No one put a gun to his head & ask him to compose.

Neenga romba aluththukireenga!

Raaja is making some people happy.. the followers of Karunanidhi. GOOD FOR THEM.

Now I am in great spirit listening to JODI NATHIGAL....Enchanting Raaja orchestration, Lover boy's loving vocal, good lyrics.
Forever in love with good old Shri.Ilayaraaja!
want to join me raja_fan!

vinatha.

[raja_fan]

baroque,

Ok, I admit my mistake. It should have been "Poor Raja fans !"

[itsmuls]

Shankar's assistant floors the maestro!

This seems to be the season of assistant directors from prestigious stables to make their independent entry into the world of films. The latest to join this bandwagon is Ananthanarayanan who had his training under Shankar. His maiden directorial film Valmiki starring Kalloori Akhil, Meera Nandan and Shruthi is almost ready. Ilayaraja scores music for Valmiki. The interesting factor about this film is that Raja scoring music after he witnessed the rough draft of the film before editing.

It has been said that Raja chose six specific locations in the film where the songs can be interspersed and then composed music. Vaali pens the lyrics for this film and Raja himself has rendered his voice for two numbers. Recording for the rest of the songs is slated to happen in a couple of days. This sort of music composition has precedence in Aranmanaikili and Naatupura Paatu wherein the songs were a runaway hit during those times.

http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-mov...-15-10-08.html

[baroque]

raja_fan

My friend, We Raaja fans never be POOR!
He has enriched our lives with zillion songs like JODI NATHIGAL...
I need many more lives to enjoy listening them all. I am forever stuck at VELLI NILAVINILEY.....Sonnadhu Needhaana.....enchanting Jayachandran solo.... Year 1977....

http://www.thiraipaadal.com/TPplayer...7SNGIRR3398%27

Heavenly composition. Raaja!

Trust me, I have so much to cover... I do it in my own pace.
Good night,
vinatha.

[kameshratnam]

L.R.Eswari saying "Koti namaskarams to Ilaiyaraja".
Before 31 years, she was the one who said "ivanellaam oru MD. indha pattikkaattaanukkellaam naan paadanumaa ?"

Thats a lesson for a life...never under estimate anyone and is there any reason why IR didnt use TMS and LR E very much?

[raja_fan]

IR did not use LRE at all. Reason you already know now.

TMS also could not give up his ego to follow a new MD's strict recording sessions. So IR-TMS had to part after some beautiful hits together.

Only P.Suseela ( though she had that old ego for some time ) could adjust to IR and continued working with him.

[app_engine]

Digression -

Only P.Suseela ( though she had that old ego for some time ) could adjust to IR and continued working with him.

PS sang right from IR's first movie ('sondhamiilai bandhamillai vAdudhu oru paRavai'), where is the question of "old ego"?