Maestro Ilaiyaraja New Albums 2011 - Hello Jaihind / Sri Rama Rajyam

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Then comes the brilliant phase described by Suresh - the problem for me during this phase was the soul-transportation mechanics conjured up to resolve a very emotional situation; purely from a movie perspective, I would have preferred to linger on it, and leave the resolution to the end when Sita finally sees Rama after all the years but the need for underlining the divinity pushes the director to let Sita-Rama have a sort of virtual meeting( I half-think a modern parody of the movie can use an online meeting as a substitute for this ). This is an extremely old-fashioned screenplay technique, with soliloquies from Rama punctuating it. This could have been the Cigaratte-walkout moment. Instead, what saves it is Raja again who sensitively weaves in his magic with a powerful play on the "Sreekaram Manoharam" and "Aa sparshakki" phrases. A lazier music director would have just played the Sri Rama Lera variations used before. While reuse of songs as BGM is not a favourite technique of mine, these are cases where the technique genuinely is used for subtle emphasis of the linkage between the happy moments and the current moment. This is not a case where the instruments play out the plain notes of the song - that too the popular ones without relevance. This is thoughtful reuse - and that only through brilliant variations not plain play of notes. That is why Raja is the King of BGM. There will always be newer sensational MDs giving hit songs - but nobody understands a director's vision like Raja. And while this line will be copied and claimed by all MD fans, I feel strongly that that would merely be as a mimicry and a daddy-bigger line, nobody can feel this in the depth of their souls like us.