#ilayaraja

Anyone who has listened to music might have heard about Mozart at least as a passing reference by his/her favourite musician. Here, I am directing you to two instances of inspiration by A.R.Rahman and

R.Balki is one of the leading ad film makers in India who is a self confessed Ilaiyaraaja fan. After he quit the ad industry and ventured into making movies his primary motive was to recycle old Ilaiyaraaja

The Elephunk by the American band Black Eyed Peas was a platinum hit album released in 2003. The most surprising aspect of this album was the theme song that featured a remix of the Ilaiyaraaja song 'Unakkum

Continuing my humble work of spreading the genius of Ilaiyaraja in film composing. This time the movie that is featured was one of the milestones of the Indian cinema 'Apoorva Sagotharargal' or 'Appu Raja'

Ilaiyaraja is an Indian musical genius who has composed music for over 1000 movies covering all genres. He is fondly called a Maestro. Listen to the following composition from his 1985 movie Aan Paavam