Did you see any tweets/news about
#ChessOlympiad
on the Indian National media? I am not even talking about coverage of the event, how about the winners? Indian Team has won two bronze medals and also plethora of medals in individual events! Because TN hosted it?
Outdated 17 years back. He hasn’t made a thriller, sci-fi, or good comedy movie. He reduces social problems into interpersonal relationships. He made half-baked political movies without making any effort to understand the nuances. Technical brilliance alone doesn’t make him good.
Give him a Mani Ratnam movie. He will defend everything. Have you read his Kadal review?! And he called Jai Bheem as a crying baby movie! I am not defending other reviewers but he is no different.
#Vijayakanth
I don’t know why it feels so personal. He is just an actor, right? His memes are mainly used as comedic troll material. His political career is not hugely successful. I don’t know him personally, nor have I met him. But why does it feel so personal?
Anirud has ripped Ordinary Person from Otnicka, a Bulgarian Artist’s soundtrack. He has just added the lyrics over the track. And, looking at the comments here and credits in Leo Song, it seems no permissions were taken. Thanks,
@strangeratlife
for pointing.
Observe when
#ilaiyaraaja
starts the score, only when Velu Naicker talks about his wife - the most significant loss of his life. It has a lasting impact on the scene. He gives the space for the actors to perform, for us to soak it in and strikes you hard.
South Korea has one of the highest rates of physical and digital crimes against women. K Drama construct an utopian version of the culture. They even enacted anti-stalking law in the country.
Everyone is thinking that
#VidaaMuyrachi
is an adaptation of Breakdown. What if it’s an adaptation of the Ma Dong-Seok’s Unstoppable. My argument has always been that Ma Dong’s movies will suit Ajith perfectly. Idea illatha directors!
Film Bros tweeting that it’s an old dialogue from Ranga (1982). The problem is that they consume old movies as bite sized content. It’s the lyrics of Jagame Thanthiram from Ninaithale Inikkum (1979) by Kannadasan. Composed and sung by MSV. Why credits are important :)
#Coolie
In the recent birthday celebration for
#Bhagyaraj
, Lingusamy mentioned this and I was blown away because I didn’t know about this. Bhagyaraj and Bharathiraja snuck in a nice little Easter egg to let us know the ending of
#16Vayadhinile
- Watch it till the end.
I shared this as an article yesterday after Gangai Amaren’s sly remark on
#Ilaiyaraaja
during the Malaysia Vasudevan space. Sometimes when I see those remarks, I wish Ilaiyaraaja talks more about his work. Yes, it’s his own trumpet, he has the right to blow it.
Wrong interpretation of the law? The law was created to prevent female foeticide and the intention of this couple is to celebrate the birth of their child (irrespective of gender). And they also did it in a foreign land. 🤷🏾♂️
After four years of toiling, many sleepless nights and sacrifices (of mine and people close to me), I have successfully defended my thesis. So, officially, I have become a Doctor (of course, there are minor corrections). Should I mark myself as Doctor on the profile or not? ;)
Halfway through! One of the best interviews (so far), and probably most people will not agree with his ideas on art. And, of course, there were questions about
#Ilaiyaraaja
-
#ModernLove
is the epitome of what these two minds can produce.
#thiagarajankumararaja
That one video is the epitome of a concert experience. He does one more thing: the audience start clapping prematurely before the song ends, and he says, “Wait, innum mudiyala”. The next time, they wait for the complete piece to finish when KJY sings it again
#ilaiyaraaja
RGV, in his latest interview, reveals that ARR had a row with Subhash Ghai because he was delaying music for Yuvvraaj. And he asked Sukhwinder to make a tune. ARR apparently said, “You are not paying for my music but for my name”. That tune was later used as Jai Ho. So humble!
The
#PaRanjith
Video and the subsequent reactions are interesting. Galatta releases YT shorts from a 3 3-year-old interview. He uses the paper cup example to indicate that the discrimination is invisible (he uses அரூபம்), and that part is specifically edited out.
For all the people who are asking about producers and claim they own everything. As of now they don’t get anything if they had given the rights to the audio companies. That’s what those companies are claiming.
#Ilaiyaraaja
said he will give 50 Crores to the council.
#Nizhalgal
Maha misunderstands that Gopi is trying to draw attention to him by clapping. But he usually orders the free tea from the tea shop boy. So, the score starts with the clapping and moves on to other instruments.
#Ilaiyaraaja
(more from the movie later)
Penn (1991) is an anthology series directed by Suhasini and had music from
#Ilaiyaraaja
. The episode titled Love Story later became a full length movie - Dumm Dumm Dumm (2001). Series or movie, the quality of the score doesn’t change for Raaja :)
He is fighting against a corporate entity, and if he wins, it will help many other music directors, too. But, for all those idiots who say that he is arrogant - If the Echo recording company makes money, you are fine, but how can he make money? Read -
#JUSTIN
| "ஆமாம், நான் எல்லோருக்கும் மேலானவன்தான்" - பாடல்கள் காப்புரிமை வழக்கில் இசையமைப்பாளர் இளையராஜா தரப்பு பதில்
இளையராஜாவின் 4,500 பாடல்களை பயன்படுத்த எக்கோ, அகி ஆகிய இசை நிறுவனங்களுக்கு விதிக்கப்பட்ட தடையை எதிர்த்து நிறுவனங்கள் சார்பில் தொடரப்பட்ட மேல்முறையீட்டு வழக்கில்
Some of you might know this. Some of you might not know. How a 1971 RD Burman - Lata Mangeshkar hit song from Caravan became a 1995 Tamil Hit song by Deva in Baasha!
Bharath Shankar (MD of Maaveeran) discusses Un Paarvayil Orayiram from Amman Kovil Kizhakkale. He talks about how Western classical phrasing is incorporated into the song. And the song sounds like it’s based on a Carnatic Raga. I am not sure about the raga though.
#ilaiyaraaja
I don’t think anyone explored music and dance based subjects like
#KVishwanath
did. He also made specially abled lead characters who find their agency through music and dance. Someone who never compromised on his stories and narratives. Thanks for making movies that we loved.
*Spoilers Ahead*
I defended
#PonniyinSelvanPart1
, and I shouldn’t have trusted Mani Ratnam, or I didn’t see the signs.
#PS2
is a 101 on butchering a novel without considering the original author’s intentions. You might call this is his interpretation, but what if it’s flawed?
Although the first part of the interviews was usual, the second part was brilliant. And, in this one he talks about his daily practice and how he still works on the exercises from western classical text books. I wish I had that dedication.
#ilaiyaraaja
Never in my life had I thought I would retweet this guy’s post positively. But he is on point here and got everything right :) This is another example of why you should see the views, not the person.
#ilaiyaraaja
Post this, and Sean Roldan uses
#Ilaiyaraaja
as an example of when not to score a scene and how he enhances a moment to provide an impact. He talks about Indru Poi Naalai Vaa. After Radhika uses false pretence to reject their advances, two of them take revenge on her father and
I guess when Manushi comes out, they might say the music was not composed by Ilaiyaraaja. Don’t try to fix your ideology on him. He doesn’t give a damn, and all that matters to him being true to his work.
There is a reason why voice is not copyrightable - it’s the identity of the person, and only the individual can give consent to use it. What you have done is legal but unethical. It’s a dangerous precedent and opens a pandora box of deepfaking. It’s not the right way to use tech.
We took permission from their families and sent deserving remuneration for using their voice algorithms ..technology is not a threat and a nuisance if we use it right…
#respect
#nostalgia
🙏
I was watching
#EeraVizhiKaaviyangal
and I will talk about Raaja’s music later. But this was an interesting short clip in the movie. Written by Ananthu, Directed by BR Ravishankar. Watch it fully :)
33 years back, Chinnathambi released on April 12. En Raasavin Manasile on April 13. Captain Prabhakaran on April 14. All three movies were blockbusters. People talk about the range of music in a year. But the crazy level of output that
#Ilaiyaraaja
was giving is unimaginable.
I still can't imagine how Mahendran wrote this movie just by seeing a woman jogging on Marine Drive. A young woman running from her woes. Ashok Kumar obliged and shot a beautiful sequence. Ilaiyaraaja made it perfect. Happy Birthday, Mahendran. Thank you for making movies.
This is something new. So, Anuradha Sriram’s first song as a track singer was Arumbagi Mottagi from Enga Ooru Kavalkaran. The song was sung later by Deepan Chakravarthy and P Susheela. She says that made her confident to start as a playback singer.
#Ilaiyaraaja
#ilaiyaraaja
has explained this before. Violinist Ganesh (of Shakti, a recent Grammy winner) explains it succinctly and shows how Raaja gradually reveals the raga. You can’t term the raga by the first few lines. Glad that the anchor didn’t ask Ganesh about Oru Veedu Iru Vasal.
Ok, I thought I should stay away from this. I give up. The audacity of this post is what is wrong with the Carnatic Music fraternity. A
#MeToo
accused later sanitised slowly and steadily is coming out against
#TMKrishna
. Please stop performing; that would be better.
RETURNING SANGITA KALANIDHI AWARD from ACADEMY: I’ve taken this step after careful consideration as principles much larger than all of us are at stake. However I’ll always remain deeply grateful to the org for its role in my career from childhood 🙏
#musicacademy
#award
#Music
One of the good things that came out of
#RaajaPaarvai
show was the cute reactions of
#ilaiyaraaja
for the interjection of timely songs that’s pretty usual in reality tv shows. I hope I have compiled everything :)
Do you know why they fear
#PTRPalanivelThiagarajan
the most? He never shies away from giving it back to them. And it’s not plain rhetoric, he backs each of his arguments with facts. They fear them the most.
I want Abhishek Raja to go as far as possible in
#BigBossTamil5
- we can be saved from his decoding of Maanadu, Valimai, Annathe and if possible Beast! Idhu evalo periya vishayam makkale!
The climax of Avatharam is the recreation of Soorasamharam, and the entire sequence lasts for 14 minutes with minimal dialogues entirely backed by
#ilaiyaraaja
. In the end, after he kills the villain, Nasser shows anger, sadness and relief in a single shot. Wait for Raaja.
Whenever people ask me for a good horror flick in Tamil, I always point out to
#PillaiNila
.
#Manobala
was brilliant in conceptualising scenes and always had a knack for creating interesting conflicts. I think he worked 16 movies with Bharathiraja.
Guna Soundtrack on Spotify and Apple - In India, it’s licensed to Music Masters and to Pyramid (Singapore) overseas. See screenshots. Do you know who owns these companies? Do you know what kind of license they have? Any clue?
#Ilaiyaraaja
(1/n)
Also, why did they use that font in the old Tamil script? It all goes back to the start :) This is how the title card looked in Annakili. The simplified Tamil script was standardised by the government only in 1978.
#Ilaiyaraaja
Amazing translation of the original post. I didn’t feel I was reading a translated piece. Read what Sathyan Anthikad had to say about
#Ilaiyaraaja
(all their collaborations are amazing). Also, how Chendaikkoru Kolundeda was composed :)
ராஜா பற்றி மலையாளத் திரைப்பட இயக்குநர் சத்யன் அந்திக்காடு எழுதி மாத்ருபூமி இதழில் அண்மையில் வெளிவந்திருக்கும் ஒரு மிகச்சிறந்த பதிவு. சத்யனே அதை Facebookஇல் பகிர்ந்துள்ளார். அதைத் தமிழாக்க முயன்றிருக்கிறேன்.
#Varusham16
is one of my favourites. Fazil changed the main conflict of Ennennum Kannettante (1986) to weave a beautiful love story and family drama. The main theme by
#ilaiyaraaja
is haunting, but he also tucked in this love theme for Kannan (Karthik) & Radhika (Kushbu). (1/5)
Much is spoken and written about how
#Ilaiyaraaja
is a bitter person. He is authentic and real. Listen to Balu Mahendra explaining about the first National award for AR Rahman. When Balu informed Raaja that he voted for Rahman, he said, “You did the right thing”. That’s Raaja!
There is a word in English - Ethereal. That’s the word I would use to describe
#UmaRamanan
’s voice—the most delicate voice that gives us a mystique feeling. Thanks for singing those songs. Farewell. The first song that came to my mind was this from Nandu.
In the same interview, Nandhakumar talks about the background score of Senthamizh Paatu and how
#ilaiyaraaja
did it in parallel with Thevar Magan. In 1992, Deepavali had 8 releases; Raaja scored 5 movies. Senthamizh Paatu - the songs were done by MSV - Raaja.
As I always say, Thanks for keeping me sane. To the gift that keeps giving, Happy Birthday :)
#Ilaiyaraaja
. I will leave it to Kamal to say what I want to say. This was during a book release written by Raaja.
He never explains these things to us because it’s so habitual for him. When someone like Ananthu explains it, you go, “damn, how did I miss this”. I always try to find these nuances :? Just another day at work for
#ilaiyaraaja
Enna Samayalo shows the mastery of
#Ilaiyaraaja
as a lyricist and composer. The song is a Ragamaligai (multiple ragas in different segments), and the lyrics contain Swaraksharam where the swaram and syllable in the lyrics are the same. Listen to Sikkil Gurucharan explaining it.
Although it suits the situation, I don’t know what people will say when they see songs of Mohan, Karthik, Prabhu, Sathyaraj and, more importantly, Ramarajan. For everyone, it’s Ilaiyaraaja only. My humble request is celebrate these songs and scores when people are alive.
I have to take the big sword. Here is a short demonstration from Chithra on how to sing Unna Vida in a live performance. And, of course the perfection of the Budapest Symphony Orchestra and the crowd appreciating it. Unna Vida is just perfect.
#ilaiyaraaja
LoL. Do you know who is M Karnan and curry western movies? Jaishankar was the OG Wild West star - Kaalam Vellum, Ganga, Enga Paatan Sothu and Jamboo are some of them. Even Rajini acted in Thaai Meedhu Sathyam. Why do you think Chimbudevan named the town Jaishankar Puram in IKMS.
number of Tamil movies with a Wild West theme: 2
number of Wild West Tamil movies with Raghava Lawrence as the protagonist: 2
what a weird niche to have monopoly over
I can never forget this climax. The entire theatre was stunned and silent. Only, the voice of
#Ilaiyaraaja
echoing while the inevitable choice of Sethu is panning out on the screen. A classic example of how to enhance the impact of the movie.
Of all the songs
#Swarnalatha
sang, she chose Paaradi Kuyile Paasamalargalai from Naangal as her favourite. Like many other
#Ilaiyaraaja
songs, charanam is special.
In Dharmathin Thalaivan’s score, I like the Veena adaptation of Thenmadhurai.
#Ilaiyaraaja
uses it in only two places. Panchu Arunachalam writes a leitmotif scene that shows the transference of affection, and Raaja obliges with this very short piece.
Whenever you listen to a song of
#VaniJayaram
, you will think about how she touched that range or how she could do those variations in her voice. The control she had while rendering a song is just scintillating - be it any genre. Celebrating her songs would be the best send-off.
#ilaiyaraaja
is a lot more playful when it comes to scores. Again, it depends on the scene. Here, he does a wedding/folkish version of Oh Butterfly and then moves to the original version seamlessly. Also, this album came in 1992 - He scored for 40 Tamil movies that year.
I expected
#Vaazhai
to break me, and I feared I would sympathise with Mari Selvaraj rather than empathise with him. On the contrary, it was a cathartic experience for me. How do our traumas shape us into what we are? Are we just products of our past?
You might think “Oru Ponnu Onnu Naan” is original. As I always say, with Deva you either know the source or you don’t. He flicked this from Jadoo (1951) composed by Naushad and sung by the great Shamshad Begum.
#DevaAyyaAtrocities
#Bhavatharani
’s first two lines of singing on screen was with KS Chithra in En Bommukutty Ammavukku (1988). The pallavi is sweeter where she welcomes the little girl to singing.
சொல்லடி சொல்லடி முன்னே என்
சுந்தர செந்தமிழ்ப்பெண்ணே
மெல்லிசை பாடடி கண்ணே என்
முத்து முத்து
The rights for the
#Ilaiyaraaja
75 show are with Sun TV. I uploaded a video of Kamal singing Ninaivo Oru Paravai with Shruthi on Facebook. The post became popular in a few days. Sun TV gave a copyright strike and removed it. I didn’t monetise it.
Ilaiyaraaja would wholeheartedly agree that he is not above the trinity. He has consistently said he is not above his seniors like MSV, Naushad, SD Burman or Madanmohan. But for a judge to use that is what caste-based discrimination is all about.
The musical trinity Muthuswamy Deekshidar, Tyagarajar & Syama Sastri can claim to be above everybody but such a claim cannot be made in the case of music composer R Ilaiyaraaja, says Justice R Mahadevan, the seniormost judge of
#MadrasHighcourt
@THChennai
When I watched this movie in the theatre, tears started rolling in my eyes, and it didn’t stop until the song's end. It breaks me every single time.
#ilaiyaraaja
Thread:
Pulavar
#Pulamaipithan
passed away yesterday and usually his works for MGR are remembered more than others. But his work for
#Ilaiyaraaja
is beyond comparison and here are some of their brilliant collaborations.
In this group, there is not a single lawyer or copyright expert. And look at the title! Do you expect any meaningful debate in this? TRP mining and nothing more. This is how PR hack jobs are done.
People talk about the number of streams for an artist or YouTube views. They don’t understand the qualitative experiences of people like this man who listen on a non-smartphone device or other ways like radio and USB. It’s impossible to quantify how
@ilaiyaraaja
makes you feel.
அப்பார்ட்மெண்ட் செக்யூரிட்டி 😒 பட்டன் மொபைல்ல ராஜா சார் பாட்ட கேட்டு செல மாறி உக்காந்துட்டு பழச நெனச்சு பாத்துட்டு இருந்தாரு… அவ்வளவு தடவ கூப்டேன் காதுல விழல, அவுரு பர்மிஷனோட இந்த காணொளி உங்களுக்கு 😍😇
#ilaiyaraaja
@ilaiyaraaja
#SidAwsm
The Flac Monkey Podcasts on
#Ilaiyaraaja
are nice but they are rife with factual errors. There were so many in the first one but this one in the second is nonsense. Ilaya Nila was the original and a simple search would have helped. Look at the mythical story that guy is creating.
Roja Poonthottam has an unreleased version - Endhan Kuyil Enge. We get to listen two completely different lyric sets written by Pazhani Bharathi. Looking at the poll, Devathaiyai Kanden will win this round. But,
#ilaiyaraaja
comes first for me - every time. Also, Shalini ❤️
The album made me understand fusion and explore Western classical. It introduced me to Bach and made me realise that
#Ilaiyaraaja
is beyond comparison.
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In recent times,
#Irugapatru
is the only movie that made me sit through without a break (except for that Justin appreciation tweet). Well-written characters, wonderfully portrayed by good actors and above all, makes you smile at the end. Just watch it, you will not regret it.
In the discussion around sequels, I will put my money on this being the best sequel ever made in Tamil cinema.
@csamudhan
, the world needs a Gangster Adhiyayam!
#TamizhPadam2
#Thamizharasan
has four beautiful songs, including the one with
#SPB
- The reviews are bad for the movie, and most people will forget those songs. But it will probably remembered as a movie that brought two friends back together again for one final piece.
#Ilaiyaraaja
Lydian Nadaswaram and his sister Amrithavarshini performed impromptu at a hotel in Australia. Four songs from
#NEPV
- Lydian remembers the complex chord progressions and explains why Sattru Munbu is special. Full video in the link
#ilaiyaraaja
-
Do you remember that Vadivelu meme that in which he does Poojai to his parents or the one in which he says to Vivek - Pechada Pesina. All those are from
#TPGajendran
. Sometimes I feel for the directors and writers like them because the uninformed media 1/n
This episode of Flac Monkeys featuring Berty Ashley is fantastic. Watch it to understand the bass lines of
#Ilaiyaraaja
and Berty breaks the sound myth too.
Just posting the video of prelude to Part 2 - and yes, I completely agree with Berty here.
Don’t read any of these books. Self-help books are written to make you a good product for the market and nothing more. They also prescribe standardised solutions to individualised problems.
Adam ruins Alpha male for you. I repeat Alpha male is a myth. The biologist David Mech who proposed the idea retracted it later when he got new evidence. That’s how science works.
I am always curious about Title card tracks. This is a more happy and slightly peppy version of Thene Thenpandi Meene. Udhayageetham had a silver jubilee run because of the songs, and the same week, Mohan had Pillai Nila and Deivapiravi.
#Ilaiyaraaja
This is how copyright works people. He didn’t mention the audio label (company). It’s Maajja, founded by AR Rahman and a bunch of others in Canada. Now, I will wait for the outrage and memes.
Will you see this as a news card by any media outlet? The way they create news stories out of every word
#ilaiyaraaja
says, but a good deed will never become news. Negativity sells on social media, and that's what they serve you.
இளையராஜாவின் பெருந்தன்மை
தமிழ்நாடு அறக்கட்டளை அமைப்பின் பொன்விழா ஆண்டு நிகழ்வில் இசைஞானி இளையராஜா கலந்து கொண்டு விழாவை சிறப்பித்து அமெரிக்காவின் பல்வேறு மாநிலங்களில் இருந்து வந்திருந்த தமிழர்களை இசைக்கடலில் மகிழ்ச்சியில் ஆழ்த்தினார்! அதுவல்ல செய்தி!
தமிழ்நாடு அறக்கட்டளை என்ற