Maestro ilaiyaraaja news & titbits

[raja_fan]

Well...
1. IF it is true that Yuvan is helping Raja in this album, it is very much reasonable and expected that even hardcore IR fans to suspect the outcome. This does not mean that we do not have faith on his genius etc.
If Yuvan is going to help his father, there is a chance that we wrill get only petromax
[ I am a IR fan and do not respect Yuvan just because he is the son of IR ]

2. Even if Yuvan is out of the scene, it is completely false to say IR gives equal importance to all films in his hand.
He definitely has worked harder for some directors like Sreedhar, KB and Maniratnam etc. You might say they inspire him with the narration. Yes, but that is not the only reason. We know how IR thrusted "Thendral vandhu..." tune over Nasser ( Nasser loved the song, we also love the song, but ultimately it was not the director's choice ). IR would never have done this with Mani or KB. I am not able to point out the reasons for this..but IR is not same with all films. That I am sure.

3. IR in his peak period valued money also. In the eighties, people in film circles used to say "If you are ready to be liberal in paying Ilaiyaraaja, the quality of the songs will be different". Probably he uses the money for better orchestration or recording etc. Or it might be as trivial as "better service for higher fees" . He would have worked for free to some directors, but they are exceptions.
Now with Gowtham Menon and Ko's producers, money would not be an issue. His London visit itself proves this.
We can hope IR to come out shining in this album ( forgetting Yuvan for the moment ), but if the album is not up to the market's expectations, then the blame would be squarely on IR..There is no point in blaming the young generation, their tastes etc.