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Topic started by RAJAN (@ proxy-122.iap.bryant.webtv.net) on Thu Jan 22 22:20:06 EST 1998.
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A new Ilayaraja album is a cause for celebration with many among us. Let everyone share in the revelry. Review, discuss or comment on new IR albums.

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• From: NagaS (@ 203.195.223.210) on: Fri Jan 4 05:45:09 EST 2002
  
  Yep, He is the MD, I was just laughing at this news item so thought of sharing it with you all !
  People in some magazines don't even know as much as we readers / browsers have !
  
  NagaS
  
  
• From: hunter (@ 61.11.74.10) on: Fri Jan 4 07:57:44 EST 2002
  
  huntee u r wrong i am right.
  i have checked with dinakaran,malaimurasu,dinathanthi.raaja is scoring music.
  
  
• From: KS (@ 165.122.128.246) on: Fri Jan 4 13:15:37 EST 2002
  
  All those who saw Kaasi,
  
  I understand the film is very good but how do you feel was the BGM? Is it ok, good or very good? Only one of our DFers said that it is great:). None of the reviews said anything much about the BGM. Does the BGM heighten any scene(s) or is it just non-interfering and passable?
  
  
• From: eden (@ 210.214.4.48) on: Sat Jan 5 00:08:39 EST 2002
  
  KS, did you read the review of Anandha vikatan?
  
  
• From: KS (@ 166.44.186.113) on: Sat Jan 5 00:45:07 EST 2002
  
  eden,
  
  I did. Wanted to know from DFers.
  
  
• From: Venkatesh (@ 212.72.11.66) on: Sat Jan 5 03:08:11 EST 2002
  
  How is Kasi running in TNadu? There are no reviews/ratings in Sun. Any problems with Sun?
  
  
• From: sats (@ 65.58.16.165) on: Sat Jan 5 18:10:05 EST 2002
  
  Check this out
  
  http://www.dinakaran.com/daily/2002/Jan/06/cinema/cineNews0.html
  
  
• From: yaaro (@ 195.93.32.187) on: Sat Jan 5 19:03:12 EST 2002
  
  http://www.dinmani.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=DNC20020105134323&Title=Cinema+Page&lTitle=%A3%B2U%F4&rLink=0
  report on the book release function
  
  
• From: test (@ 64.229.153.40) on: Sat Jan 5 21:04:57 EST 2002
  
  http://www.dailythanthi.com/article.asp?NewsID=123
  
  
• From: uv2 (@ 65.102.247.210) on: Sun Jan 6 00:03:09 EST 2002
  
  yaaro,
  I had sent u an email..waiting for ur response.
  
  uv2
  
  
• From: gsanandh (@ 202.9.149.216) on: Sun Jan 6 00:50:45 EST 2002
  
  IR -MD for the Bharathiraja's next venture.
  
  
• From: gsanandh (@ 202.9.149.216) on: Sun Jan 6 01:04:46 EST 2002
  
  Super Star and kamal- in the IR book release function.BR recall his PannaiPuram days with IR.
  Kamal says -"The number one MD in the world is the only one IR."
  
  Daily Thanthi 6th Jan 2002.
  
  
• From: yaaro (@ 172.191.83.208) on: Sun Jan 6 06:25:18 EST 2002
  
  From: hunter (@ 61.11.74.10) on: Fri Jan 4 01:43:26 EST 2002
  
  
  raaja is the music director for a new vijayakanth film.'dheena' murugudass is the director.mzdhavan,jyothika are also acting in it.oscar ravichandran who produced 'kadhalukku mariyadhai','vanathai pola' is producing the movie.From: Huntee (@ 172.191.79.35) on: Fri Jan 4 02:38:27 EST 2002
  
  
  Hunter you are mistaken,the MD for that movie is none other than YSR himself."
  
  looks like hunter was rught all along!
  http://www.dailythanthi.com/magazines/veli_cinema.htm
  
  
  
  
• From: Raja fan (@ 151.197.212.244) on: Sun Jan 6 11:09:22 EST 2002
  
  Check this out
  http://hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mag/stories/2002010600150500.htm
  
  
• From: Raja fan (@ 151.197.212.244) on: Sun Jan 6 11:09:27 EST 2002
  
  Check this out
  http://hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mag/stories/2002010600150500.htm
  
  
• From: Ahmed Sajith (@ 210.214.4.39) on: Mon Jan 7 10:59:28 EST 2002
  
  At last Raja has composed something we all were waiting for,the great vintage Raja.The use of guitar,traditional drums which I last heard in Veera is there in kaasi and Im so happy.I dont understand y tamilians buy Devas' versions of Bob Marley,R.D.Burman,Junoon and a million others.Hes so shameless.He even copies Nadeem Shravan and Anu Malik who themselves are copycats.
  
  
• From: IR-fan (@ 128.107.253.44) on: Tue Jan 8 06:47:51 EST 2002
  
  The following are the portion of an article titled "Music for the people" that appeared on
  The Hindu dated "06-01-2002". Thanks to "Raja-fan" for pointing it out.
  
  from the article.....
  
  No other artiste's career symbolises the popularity and hold of film music, as does Ilayaraja's. He has been at work in Tamil cinema for 25 years and has composed music for more than 800 films in five languages. For the Tamil diaspora, Ilayaraja has emerged as a cultural force.
  
  Ilayaraja came on the scene 45 years after film music had first appeared. When he entered Tamil films in the mid 1970s, there was stagnation, in film music and in the type of films that were being made. Ilayaraja's innovative creations came as a whiff of fresh air. The song that made him famous in his debut film "Annakili" (1976) "Annakili Unnai Theduthu" (Annam is looking out for you) was authentically folk and soon was playing throughout Tamil Nadu. The film "Kavikuyil" (1977) stabilised his position in the film world.
  
  There are three elements of Ilayaraja's music, the first is the folk music of the Tamils, such as the work songs and march songs. The second is Carnatic music and the third European classical music. Folk music has been used earlier, but quite functionally through classical music idiom. Ilayaraja brought it in with its soul, with its earthy, rooty characteristics. He used authentic instruments like tharai and thappattai (drums). In many films he has demonstrated his skill over Carnatic music, handling some difficult ragas. In 1989 when the Classical Musicians Forum honoured him, Ilayaraja pointed out that classical musicians were not being innovative and were parroting the same ragas and songs. He went on to point out that film musicians, just to survive, have to be creative.
  
  When he came to Madras in search of fortune, he learnt Western music and quickly became familiar with Western Classical. In fact when Ilayaraja went for his first audition in 1968, the piece that he played on his harmonium was Laura's theme from the film "Dr. Zhivago." Much later, in 1989 after dominating the film music scene for a decade, he brought out his first independent album "How To Name It" in which he established his mastery in fusion music. One critic (C.S.G. Prasad) has suggested four factors as the basis of Ilayaraja's success as a music director: his fidelity to the form he chooses, whether it is folk or classical, his musical imagination that provides evocative background score, his sense of harmony which keeps each song under control as it were and lastly his brilliant orchestration.
  
  But most of all, Ilayaraja's understanding of the role of music in films is what set him apart. He realises that film music is not just music placed on the sound track of a film and that it should not be created as if it was a mere aural experience, isolated of the images of a film. It is applied music. It has to integrate with the narrative, not intrude upon it. It has to go with the images that appear on the screen and enhance the quality of cinema. It is part of a viewing experience. To achieve this, the music director should be familiar with the aesthetics of cinema, with its form and with its possibilities.
  
  In cinema, a good music composer is not necessarily a good music director. Ilayaraja's comprehension of cinema is evident in his background scores, which add a new dimension to it. He pays closer attention to this aspect as few have done before. He watches the film fully, grasps the basic thrust of the film and adds appropriate musical score in the soundtrack. Ilayaraja has shown that just as imaginative lighting could enhance the visuals and their cinematic quality, so can background music. This can be pointed out as his defining influence. One film in which this is evident is Balu Mahendra's "Veedu." The film had no song. He also composes music to suit the lead characters of a particular film. This is new to Tamil cinema,. He says that he tries to understand the character, her/ his inner feelings and then decides on the appropriate music and instruments that would go with the particular character.
  
  The director of the film "Bharathi" told me that when he showed him the film script and screened the rushes, Ilayaraja was quick to grasp that the liet motif of the film was the poet's famous lines "Having crafted a fine Veenai, would you fling it, so its timbre is ruined, in the dust"? In the last scene, this song has been placed as an off screen voice. At a poignant moment Ilayaraja joins in with his mellifluous voice to close the song and the film.
  
  
• From: Sam (@ 132.235.18.139) on: Tue Jan 8 12:29:41 EST 2002
  
  Can someone tell me where i can get mp3 for the song Niram Pirithu from the movie Time. Its one of my fave songs
  
  
• From: yarro (@ 170.164.241.122) on: Tue Jan 8 20:12:05 EST 2002
  
  Hi Guys,
  Try this link below
  http://music.windowsmedia.msn.com/Artist/?artist=184132
  
  There is no place for our Ilaiyaraja - May be the site content is loaded by the hindi people and for the hindi people.
  
  
• From: Jag (@ 35.9.20.177) on: Wed Jan 9 15:24:29 EST 2002
  
  
  
  Can anyone list some movies in which IR had 80's style western pop music. In some other thread someone was mentioning
  Thathom from Vetri Vizha Kokkaroko kozhi from Kalaignan and so on TIA
  
  
  Jag
  
  
• From: hihi:-) (@ 128.111.113.76) on: Wed Jan 9 15:34:01 EST 2002
  
  This is not a question about new albums: i'm listening to Oh pApA lAli in thamizh for the first time now. it sounds awful compared to the (original) telugu version. who has sung this one in thamizh? manO or spb? how about other songs in IT?
  
  
• From: KS (@ 165.122.128.246) on: Wed Jan 9 16:11:59 EST 2002
  
  hihi:-),
  All songs in IT are by Mano and undoubtedly all are much better in Telugu. I guess IR gave this to Mano just as an opportunity to sing those tunes. He has done similarly with many other songs and has tried to help singers improve. Listen to Jagada Jagada in IT if u haven't:)
  
  
• From: hihi:-) (@ 128.111.113.76) on: Wed Jan 9 16:44:27 EST 2002
  
  Thanks KS. i have listened (long time ago) to the tamil version of Om namaha and AmaNi pAdavE. i have listened to all the other songs only in telugu. after listening to Oh pApA lAli (which ranks among top 10 for me) in tamil, i am not sure if i really want to listen to the other songs in tamil :-) thanks once again.
  
  

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