Ilaiyaraaja (born R. Gnanathesikan, 3 June 1943) is an Indian musician, composer, arranger, conductor, orchestrator, multi-instrumentalist, lyricist and singer, popular for his works in Indian cinema, prominently in Tamil films. Reputed to be one of the most prolific composers in a career spanning over forty-seven years, he has composed over 7,000 songs and provided film scores for over 1,000 films,[1] apart from performing in over 20,000 concerts.[2] He is nicknamed "Isaignani" (the musical sage) and often referred to as "Maestro", the title conferred by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London.[3]
He has composed a set of Carnatic kritis which were recorded by electric mandolinist U. Srinivas for the album Ilayaraaja's Classicals on the Mandolin (1994). Ilaiyaraaja has also composed albums of religious/devotional songs. His Guru Ramana Geetam (2004) is a cycle of prayer songs inspired by the Hindu mystic Ramana Maharshi, and his Thiruvasakam: A crossover (2005) is an oratorio of ancient Tamil poems transcribed partially in English by American lyricist Stephen Schwartz and performed by the Budapest Symphony Orchestra.[47][48] His most recent release is a world music-oriented album called The Music Messiah (2006).[49]
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He has announced on his birthday that his 'Isai OTT' application will be launched soon and promised the app will contain much more than just his songs, like behind-the-scenes trivia about how each of his songs were conceived, produced, delivered and collaborations with other musicians.[53][needs copy edit]
Ilaiyaraaja's song "Mella Mella Ennaithottu" from Vaazhkai was sampled by Rabbit Mac in the song Sempoi.[59] Popular American rapper Meek Mill sampled one of Ilaiyaraaja's hit songs for Indian Bounce.
The basslines in his songs tend to be melodically dynamic, rising and falling in a dramatic fashion. Polyrhythms are also apparent, particularly in songs with Indian folk or Carnatic influences. The melodic structure of his songs demand considerable vocal virtuosity, and have found expressive platform amongst some of India's respected vocalists and playback singers, such as T. M. Soundararajan, S. Janaki, P. Susheela, K. J. Yesudas, K. S. Chithra, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, M. G. Sreekumar, Rajkumar, Asha Bhosle, Lata Mangeshkar, Jayachandran, Uma Ramanan, S. P. Sailaja, Jency, Swarnalatha, Minmini, Sujatha, Malaysia Vasudevan, Kavita Krishnamurti, Hariharan, Suresh Wadkar, Udit Narayan, Sadhana Sargam and Shreya Ghoshal. Ilaiyaraaja has sung more than 400 of his own compositions for films, and is recognisable by his stark, deep voice. He has penned the lyrics for some of his songs in Tamil.[68][69] It is widely believed that he is the only composer in the world to have composed a song only in the ascending notes.[70][additional citation(s) needed] He considers M. S. Viswanathan as an overwhelming influence on his music.[37]
He is reputed to be the world's most prolific composer[72] having composed more than 7,000 songs, provided film scores for more than 1,000 movies and performed in more than 20,000 concerts.[2][70][73][74] In 1993, he became the first Indian to compose a full symphony, performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London[5][70] and is also known to have written the entire symphony in less than a month.[75][76] Composed by Ilaiyaraaja, the critically acclaimed Thiruvasakam in Symphony (2006) is the first Indian oratorio.[7]
According to musicologist P. Greene,[clarification needed] Ilaiyaraaja's "deep understanding of so many different styles of music allowed him to create syncretic pieces of music combining very different musical idioms in unified, coherent musical statements".[39] Ilaiyaraaja has composed Indian film songs that amalgamated elements of genres such as Afro-tribal, bossa nova, dance music (e.g., disco), doo-wop, flamenco, acoustic guitar-propelled Western folk, funk, Indian classical, Indian folk/traditional, jazz, march, pathos, pop, psychedelia and rock and roll.[citation needed]
In 2003, according to an international poll conducted by BBC of more than half-a million people from 165 countries, his composition "Rakkamma Kaiya Thattu" from the 1991 film Thalapathi was voted fourth in the top 10 most popular songs of all time.[85]
The soundtrack of Thalapathi was included in The Guardian's 100 Albums to Hear Before You Die.[88] In 2003, according to an international poll conducted by BBC, more than half-a million people from 165 countries voted his composition Rakkamma Kaiya Thattu from the 1991 film Thalapathi as fourth in the world's top 10 most popular songs of all time.[85]
Ilayaraja also often writes keyboard-and-guitar chords. That is, keyboard-AND-guitar chords rather than a keyboard based song or a guitar based song. Now that is something you can hear on, for instance, Steely Dan songs. But in film music, this level of complexity in chord writing was unthinkable before Ilayaraja. And I have to say it is not exactly commonplace post Ilayaraja either.
Very true. Agni is a phenomenal soundtrack and it was what turned me from a fan to a mega fan. When I mentioned that I doubt Raja has done another like this I was not referring to the musical or melodic qualities. Of course, he has done hundreds of songs that equal or even better this. But I was thinking of ninnukori as being very unique, one of a kind.
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There was a wave of shock when he served a legal notice on singer SP Balasubrahmanyam (SPB), who has given a huge number of hits with the composer when he was performing concerts in the US. SPB had to stop performing songs composed by Ilayaraja. This created a huge controversy, and it was time for the Tamil music industry to discuss how royalties should be shared between musicians, lyricists and singers. Everybody was confused about who owned the song. The confusion has persisted ever since.
Ilaiyaraaja moved to Chennai to take a plunge in the cinema at a very early point in his life. In 1975, he got his break when producer Panchu Arunachalam, who was impressed by a song casually sung by Ilayaraja, in 1976 commissioned the musician to compose the songs for his movie Annakili.
We know of various film artistes, musicians and upcoming bands paying tribute to the Isaignani. One has only to go to YouTube to see bands come up with their own unique version of their favourite Ilayaraja song. We have seen the reverence with which Tamil film industry holds the composer. And his music goes beyond films. His achievements with solo albums and symphonies have added to his reputation. His songs have also been remixed for the yuppie crowd.
Some see the evergreen qualities of Ilayaraja in this new trend. Moreover, the new generation with little exposure to the films of the eighties and nineties, quickly grasps the comic intent behind the songs, which are anyways quite familiar. The out-of-context quoting of his songs thus convey their comic potential.
The juxtaposing of the songs in a new milieu often takes place in the comedy track of a movie. Comedian-turned-hero Santhanam often uses the songs of Ilayaraja when he was all the rage. In a way, these songs are a reminder of the era gone by when Ilayaraja was the final word for film music in tinsel town.
Comedian NS Krishnan, who was in the field 40-50 years ago, made fun of Carnatic keerthanas. In more recent times, actor Vivek has used songs and dialogues of vintage films to devastating comic effect.
Come on! that song is not even in top hundred of Ilayaraja's songs
(subjective here). Though, there are some really bad songs which
nobody likes, rest of them need not be liked by all. My friend has this idea that many individuals have a set of favourite
ragas (knowingly or unknowingly), and they tend to like most of the
songs based on those ragas. I can't recollect in what raga "annakili"
song is based on, but if u dig more, u might discover that you tend
to like songs based on that raga.In my opinion, it is impossible to get a top hundred, let alone
top ten of Ilayaraja. We can try though. Better even, try to get
top ten movies in which Ilayaraja directed music.ASrinivasan
.
How about the song"Ammaavaendrazhaikkaatha uyir illaiyae
Ammaavai ninaikkaatha......."from the movie "Mannan". Whether it is one of the best songs of
Isai Gnyaani or not, Jesudas has mentioned that it is the song which
made him very emotional while recording. A superb song indeed !It is extremely difficult to select the top 10 or even top 100
of Ilayaraaja. But anyway, its worth trying !Anpudan,V R Kumar"Thamizhaa thamizhaa naalum unn naalae ......"--
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Both Ilaiyaraja and his younger brother Gangai Amran had influence
from their elder brother, late Paavalar Varadharajan. He was with
communist party and had a troop to sing propaganda songs for the
party in folk style. In fact Ilayaraja was supposed to have been
singing in female voice (hard to believe, though :-)) in his
brother's troop. That was his initial training in music. Most of their
earlier songs had the influence of his brother's propaganda songs,
both in lyric (by Gangai Amaran) and music (Ilaiyaraja). I think
Ilayaraja's film company name is 'Paavalar creations' in memory of
his late brother.
BTW, the song in 'kELdi kaNmaNi',
'maNNIl ingu kaadhal inRi yaarum vaazhdhal koodumO'
was a written by Pavalar Varadharajan.
All the songs (isai_p paadalgaL) sung in traditional style, no matter
they are sashtriya sangeetham or therukkooththu or any others,
would conform to raagams and thaalams (I am not very knowledgable
to comment more on this).
M. Sundaramoorthy
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