MAESTRO ILAIYARAAJA NEWS & TITBITS VER.2010-2011

[sivasub]

Highlights

http://greatandhra.com/viewnews.php?...&cat=1&scat=12

Not so positive review here about the movie, but music seems to have passed with flying colours.

•Songs and background score
•Art department
•Visual grandeur and graphics
•Balayya-Nayan screen chemistry
•Production values

[sivasub]

http://idlebrain.com/movie/archive/m...amarajyam.html

Music by Ilayaraja is excellent. I loved all the songs even before release. All these songs are exceptionally mounted on the screen. Background music is soothing and appropriate.

[sivasub]

http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publis...oviereivew.php

Maestro Ilayaraja once again proves that he's master in background musical score. The background score is very apt and true to Ilayaraja's skill and fame for re-recording. Songs are mellifluous and rendered meticulously too. In fact, this is one of his best musical scores ever in his long career. Director Bapu cleverly used Ilayaraja's songs for narration instead of padyalu (verses) as we had seen in earlier devotional movies. Lyrics by Jonnavithula are apt to the situation while being contemporary in the language and style

[sivasub]

Ilayaraja’s music and background score are extraordinary. They are a major asset to the movie and will be appreciated by one and all

[V_S]

Great news! Thanks a lot everyone for the update. I still sure believe the NA for both songs and score should go to him. Let's see.

[teja]

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Not so positive review here about the movie, but music seems to have passed with flying colours.

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Even in that not-so-positive review, there's an excellent bottom line, that sums it up in one word - "Ilaya-rajyam". (Check out the telugu version of that review)

Looks like almost all sites have given excellent reviews, except one or two. (IMO, it's expected, there is not much for front-benchers in this film - No item songs, no comedy tracks, no jump-cuts, zoom-in, zoom-outs etc)

I must say that we are unlikely to witness such classics in future. Even if IR can deliver something that beats this, we do need a director of Bapu's caliber and artistic touch, to do justice to IR's music. Bapu is 80+ already. I doubt if he would make anymore films.

[K]

Barathi raja about New movie and not working with Raja

http://tamil.oneindia.in/movies/spec...a-aid0136.html

[rajaramsgi]

நன்றி k.

பாரதிராஜாவுக்கு வேறு அனுபவம் தேவை பட்டதாம்.. வேடிக்கையாய் இல்லை? என்னமோ இளையராஜா வேறு கிரகத்திலிருந்து வந்த மாதிரி பேசறாரு இவரு? இளையராஜாவிடம் இருந்து இவர் அடைந்து கொண்டதையும், அடைந்து கொண்ட கால கட்டத்தையும் நாங்க மறக்கவில்லை.

பிரஸ் மீட்ல ஆயிரம் கேள்வி கேட்பாங்க, அதுக்கு சரியாய் பதில் சொல்றது ரொம்ப அவசியம். "சின்ன வயதில் அந்தப் படங்களைப் பார்த்து பாடல்கள் கேட்டதால் வரும் உணர்வுதான். அந்தப் பாடல்கள் அப்படியே மனசுல பதிஞ்சு போச்சு ரசிகர்களுக்கு - பாரதிராஜா"

அப்படின்னா என்ன அர்த்தம்? உங்களுக்கு போட்ட பாடல்கள் எல்லாம் டுபாகூர் பாடல்களா? அது தான் எங்க மனசுல பதிஞ்சு போச்சா? உங்க படங்களுக்கு எப்படி எல்லாம் இசை அமைத்தேன் என்று இளையராஜாவே அவரோட புத்தகங்களிலும், மேடைகளிலும் சொல்லி இருக்கார். எங்களுக்கும் தெரியும்.

நன்றி மறப்பது நன்றன்று. பாரதிராஜா, நீங்க அன்றே மறந்து விட்டீர்கள். சாரி.

[KV]

Light theeskondi saar. Like the Man himself said once, "enakku yaarum thEvai illai".

[skr]

I got this from Orkut
Here is an interesting incident that was told by the producer of Sri Rama Rajyam-Yelamanchi Sai baba.

''Ilayaraja sir returned to chennai due to the sudden demise of his wife Jeeva . 5 days after that i sent the climax scenes of SRR to Ilayaraja sir for rerecording and also to know if there can be any corrections or scope for improvement in the DTS mixing or editing.

The climax has the scene where sita is taken into earth by the Goddess Bhoodevi .
I was watching the edited parts of the movie and suddenly i got a call from Ilayaraja sir.He asked me ''isnt fate so alarming?''....i was silent as i didnt know what to say.....he then said isnt it alarming that just after i went for the funeral of my wife i had to do the rerecording for a scene where sita goes into earth with Lord Rama expressing his anguish for sita......''........when the call completed i had tears in my eyes and then i understood why Ilayaraja sir is the numero uno in Indian film music''..................

Friends i think this incident shows how seriously Raja sir takes rerecording which always shows in all his movies.....

Hail Maestro....Love him......