Maestro ilaiyaraaja news & titbits

[Gregorysab]

I dont know if its bashing or criticism or whatever! But at a broad level, if everyone here feels that BR does not have any hidden agenda to put down IR, then it all boils down to 'personal taste' right. Fans can probably bash him up if he has any personal agenda to insult IR. On the contrary, I feel, he does respect IR. And with that, if he likes some songs and if he doesnt like some songs, it is matter of personal taste. And that MSV comparison, though misplaced, does not seem intentional. He probably meant to illustrate an example where a director went for someone up in the hierarchy after working with someone perceived to be 'trendy in the current times'. I feel he did not mean that a director has gone to someone who has run out of steam.

I dont mean to defend BR because he doesnt pay me for that But just that I did not find the interview that offensive as it did to some of the fans here. I liked the fact that he got a director speak the things which fans (only) here know - the process. A large part of the world are aliens to the process of making music, irrespective of who the composer is. All they are bothered about is - "Is the song good (catchy)?" or "Is this song a hit?". In that sense, BR's article atleast acts like a PR, not just for NEPV but for Raaja. Some of my friends, who are composer-agnostic in their liking of music, read the article and felt it was very interesting. Again, I know that BR did not do it for charity or something. Just that this interview was better than all the interviews that Prakash Raj did for Dhoni or any interview by any director, who does not talk so much about the process usually and ends up saying general statements such as "He used live instruments, it was awesome feel".

Anyway, I guess we can now look forward to the album.

PS: I am sure BR will review that album. Waiting for more fireworks here, after that review is out