Maestro ilaiyaraaja news & titbits

[Gregorysab]

I agree plum!

you brought back the memories of K.Raghavendra Rao's fruity-erotica concepts, by referring to Maradalaa song So Keeravani won NA for that! ouch! (digression/ i still find it amusing that some of the raaja fans I know, rate Keeravani much higher than ARR - not that Keeravani is not talented, but i prefer his Hindi albums only and thats where he did some nice work. Thats about it. His telugu albums, barring Kshana Kshanam, are extremely disappointing and way too mass-y that I find the comparison with ARR & rating Keeravani higher than ARR to be very funny & ridiculous - but thats my opinion anyway - digression ends//).

But i still wonder. If anything with classical music wins NA, how come Swarna Kamalam missed it? And if the same trend was continuing, how come Uliyin Osai missed it? I was expecting a NA for Uliyin Osai (not because the jury really recognize the music, but by blindly following the thumb rule that it has rich classical music). As i quickly looked into wikipedia now,i see that Ousepachan won NA for Ore Kadal that year. Haven't heard Ore Kadal though. But was Uliyin Osai atleast a forerunner that year?