MAESTRO ILAIYARAAJA NEWS & TITBITS VER.2010-2011

[crvenky]

A snippet:
http://www.tamilcinema.com/CINENEWS/...eb/070211c.asp

[raagas]

A snippet:
http://www.tamilcinema.com/CINENEWS/...eb/070211c.asp

Can you please write what it is about.

[raajarasigan]

raagas,

during malabar gold shooting, the atmosphere was very calm since our ayya was there on the spot. But few people who were NOT aware of ayya was speaking as usual. One wood worker was shouting like R.D.Burman, R.Burman: When IR heard this, he was surprised that the wood worker knew about maestro R.D.Burman and subsequently asked the director Krishna (five star fame, Dhanush's brother in Thiruda Thirudi) to call that guy. Krishna was reluctant and told IR that he did NOT say R.D. Burman but only pronounced the Art department as r.d.burman. IR LOL'ed hearing this.

[thumburu]

Kalpana and Prasanna are sisters and daughters of actor Raghavendra [ who comes as lawyer and husband of Suhasini's mom in SindhuBhairavi ]. Kalpana judged the singers along with SPB in SPB's show "Vaanambadi" [Kalaingyar TV] for few episodes

[irir123]

http://www.finderskeepersrecords.com/discog_fkr041.html

[app_engine]

Impossible to pigeonhole and characterised by his own indefinable style the man is a genre in his own right.

Wow, how nicely put

[raagas]

raajarasigan, thanks for the translation it would be good if some 'sensible' journalist actually gets ilaiyaraaja to talk on RD.Burman (because Ilaiyaraaja admires his work).

[KV]

Yup! Either that, or if I’m allowed to extend the idea, convince him into a full-fledged interview. There was a very good program called Kamalahaasyam (on Pongal I think) anchored by Crazy Mohan (screen writer/theatre artist) which featured Kamal talking about his work and inspirations, some of whom were even invited to the show. The casual, unplugged, candid, no-strings-attached mode in which the program unfolded was very enjoyable. How I wish somebody convinces Raaja into a something like this. Reverence and astonishment be left outside the door and let the man comfortably unwind and open up. Treasure trunk unlocked it’d be! I can’t think of anybody other than SPB who could do this. (We silly folks with our lofty fantasies.. sigh!)

[Sureshs65]

Check out this kid singing 'mounamelanoyi' and SPB's comments (if you can understand Telugu). The orchestra does a nice job as well. I love this kids singing. A husky voice and she never goes off shruthi.

http://bit.ly/f97ktO

[Sureshs65]

For the benefit of those who don't understand Telugu, SPB, in the link I had given earlier, made two references to Illayaraja.

1. SPB: "If anyone in India can compose a song like this, other than Illayaraja, I will give up singing"

2. SPB: "It was a very tough to sing and to make our own. Neither Janaki nor I put any extra sangathis. We just sang what Illayaraja told us to"