Illayaraja's most memorable

dear meera,

poongadhave thal thiravaai is one of master pieces of illayaraja.It is a very difficult to sing and compose.Umaramanan's voice really great.unfortunate she didn't come up like chitra.maestroji has used many instruments in this song.

Dear Kamala,

Poongadave is such a well made song isn't it,

I too always liked Uma Ramanan's voice....her other songs like Aanandha Raagam ketkum kaalam are simply beautiful......true she did not come up much like other singers....


Regards

Originally Posted by AbhiSing

Hi meera

un pArvaiyil OrAyiram
kavithai n-An ezuthuvEn kARRil n-AnE
n-ithamum unnai n-inaikkiREn
n-inaivinAlE aNaikkiREn (un pArvaiyil)

asain-thu isaiththathu vaLaikkaramthAn
isain-thu isaiththathu puthu suramthAn
siriththa sirippoli silampolithAn
kazuththil iruppathu valampurithAn
irukkum varaikkum eduththukkodukkum (2)
manathai mayilidam izan-thEnE
mayangki thinam thinam vizun-thEnE
maRan-thu piRan-thu paRan-thu thinam makizha (un )

thanks abhising for all the beautiful songs,

cheers

dear meera,

check this link for all illayaraja songs.

techsatish.com™ - you love it!: ILLAYARAJA SONGS INDEX

hey all,
I am a great fan of IIlayaraja too...i luv his sympony albums"nothing but wind" and "how to name it" ...such a wonderful treat to the ears..when i hear them it makes me feel so light...that too in a moody weather on a long drive....
wow its great!!!!to illayaraja....

hi, who don't like him!I'm a craze for him & I love almost of his songs!we lovingly call this genius as "samiyar"! My childhood song (when i was 5) my favourite song was idhu oru pon malai pozhudu & kanchi pattuduthi kastoori pottu vachu! In 80's almost of his fillm songs are super hit! I really love all his songs which are with karnatic raagas! True I learned karnatic raagas by comparing his raagas only.

I've almost of all his collections thought the film may be flop too,.

hello friends...
count me also in the fan's list..like to share few things...

[IMG]file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/ADMINI%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/msohtml1/01/clip_image001.gif[/IMG]Birth: June 2nd, 1943.
Birthplace: Pannaipuram , Tamil Nadu.
Profession: Music Director, Bollywood.
Family: Wife , three children.
Ilayaraja was born on 2nd June 1943 in Pannaipuram, a little hamlet Pannaipuram ,near Madurai,Tamil Nadu . He was the third son to Ramasamy and Chinnathayi. Although he was named as Gnanadesikan he was affectionately called as Rasaiyya. Later in his life, he began to stick the Raja named by his tutor Dhanraj Master under whom he learnt a considerable chunk of instrument skills. Finally Ilayaraja name was given by the tamil film director Panju Arunachalam. Later he was known by many titles like "Isaignani" ( given by politician Karunanidhi ),Nadhabramam (God of music creation), Ragadevan (king of tunes), Maestro.
After Ramaswamy's demise (ilayaraja's father), his mother took the realms of the family and struggled hard to raise her kids. Ilayaraja had extreme love and affection towards his mother which could be sensed in his compositions even today.
Chinnasami's dream was to leave permanent impressions in the field of cinema. His interests in cinema brought him to Madras in 1968 to learn music.Simultaneously he had his grounding in Indian classical music. During this period he had begun writing experimental music and was trying to form an orchestra 'Pavalar brothers'.He scored music for some drama houses, performed on the stages, played choir music in churches, besides hop-skiping VIPs entreating music openings in the tinsel world. He managed to land in the orchestra of G K Venkatesh who was an assistant in the popular Viswanathan - Ramamurthy's orchestra and later on became a film music director.
With no formal education either in music or otherwise, Illaiyaraja has been a path breaker.He won a gold medal in Classical Guitar Trinity college of Music, London .Ilayaraja produced some movies later in his life under the banner --Pavalar productions in rememberance of his brother who died when the family faced exteme poverty.
Ilayaraja entered the tamil film industry and composed his first tamil music in 1976 for the movie 'Annakili". The score for this film was a runaway success. It took the audience by surprise as it was totally a different kind of music than the other leading music directors at that time.Most of his movies were a instant hit at the stake of the music alone. Directors used his name to make profit.He adores the music composers like Ramachandra, Madan Mohan. J S Bach is his favorite in the West, and never fails to express his views about him either with the baton or with words, when opportunity strikes.
With his arrival on the scene, for the first time in India, we got a complete music director who does every thing-composing, orchestration, arrangement of instruments and writing notations.Since then he holds a record of composing songs for more than 750 feature films which include composing songs and also the background track for each one of these movies in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi and English.
And even today there is no one like him who can carry an entire film on the strength of his background music alone - the success of at least 100 movies in India have been solely due to his background score. Innovations in chords, progression of chords, strings, percussion, points & counterpoints, harmony, melody, polyphony, bass in the foreground, waltz like movements, baroque style & symphonic interludes- there is nothing this man has not interpreted in his own inimitable grandiose style.
In July 1993 recorded his first major work in western classical music, his Symphony No.1 with the world famous Royal philharmonic Orchestra of London under the baton of John Scott. Ilaiyaraaja is the first Asian whose symphony was performed by the prestigious RPO (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) whose patron is Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth and the president is Lord Yehudi Menuhin.
He is also the first Indian who has written a western classical symphony. Composing a symphony is the ultimate in composing music in the western classical tradition. That is on the lines of such great composers like Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, who had given us so much of great music. The time taken to complete a symphony to be played by a full scale symphony orchestra varies from composer to composer; depending upon his mood, the complexity of music, etc. If Mozart took a few days to complete a symphony, Brahms took fourteen years to complete one of his symphonies. And Ilaiyaraaja well known for his speed of composing completed this symphony in just one month's time.
Equally adept at Indian classical, Western classical and modern music, Illaiyaraja’s works have won him praise and accolades from great artistes like Zubin Mehta, Paul Mauriat, Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia (a reknowned flautist from India), Joseph Egar, L. Subramaniam and critics like Victor Rangel Rebeiro (a respected musicologist in the United States of America). The man has been keeping a low – profile since the emergence of A. R. Rahman from his own troupe. He has recently composed the score for Kamal Hassan’s Hey Ram and ‘Janmon ki Jwala’ and the title track are reminders that he is only lying low.

hi friends..
its very hard to list the best of illayaraja's songs...
he's a man of quality with perfection....
as his name.. day by day he is getting younger n younger by delivering the best of the bests...

u know he always selects the notes... ragas... beats... in such a way that it comforts the ear-veins to maintain balance in our moods... by communicating with our brains nerves....
to name a few ...thiruvasagam, geethanjali etc ...
no words to express...

First Indian Oratorio Thiruvasagam by Maestro Ilayaraja

cheers...!!!:)
ashu

hello friends...
few of my lists...

Devotional such as…Early mrn…
"Malar pola malargindra.." ; "Janani Janani" ;“Siva puranam”;“Thiruvasagam”; “Geethanjali”
my few lists…
1) Kavi Kuyil/Tamil/1977
2) Kaatrinile Varum Geetham/Tamil/1978
3) Priya/Tamil/1978
4) Sigappu Rojakkal/Tamil/1978
5) Azhage Unnai Aarathikkirean/Tamil/1979
6) Niram Maaraatha Pookkal/Tamil/1979
7) Rosaappo Ravikkai Kaari/Tamil/1979
8) Ullasa Paravaigal/Tamil/1980
9) Moonraam Pirai/Tamil/1982
10) Payanangal Mudivathillai/Tamil/1982
11) Ilamai Kaalangal/Tamil/1983
12) Naan Paadum Paadal/Tamil/1984
13) Neengal Kettvai/Tamil/1984
14) Geethanjali/Tamil/1985
15) Idhaya Koil/Tamil/1985
16) Kaakki Sattai/Tamil/1985
17) Mudhal Mariyaadai/Tamil/1985
18) Amman Koil Kizhakkaalae/Tamil/1986
19) Mella Thiranthathu Kadhavu/Tamil/1986
20) Mouna Raagam/Tamil/1986
21) Rudra Veena/Telugu/1988
22) Apoorva Sahodarargal/Tamil/1989
23) Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal/Tamil/1989
24) Raajadhi Raaja/Tamil/1989
25) Bobbili Raja/Telugu/1990
26) Chinna Thambi/Tamil/1991
27) Idhayam/Tamil/1991
28) Chembaruthi/Tamil/1992
29) Chinna Gownder/Tamil/1992
30) Senthamizh Paattu/Tamil/1992
31) Singaaravelan/Tamil/1992
32) Ejamaan/Tamil/1993
33) Marupadiyum/Tamil/1993
34) Moha Mull/Tamil/1995
35) Kaadhalukku Mariyaadai/Tamil/1997

Few other…w.r.t. acots, singers...

• sattam enkaiyil = ore idam, sorgam madhuvile, aazhakadalil
  2. aval appadi thaan -uravugal thodargathai, vaazhkai odam sella, panneer pushpangale
  3. kalyanaraaman -kaadhal deepamondru, malargalil aadum, ninaithaal inikkum
  4. uyarndha ullam - kaalai thenral, enge en jeevane, vandhaal mahalakshmiye
  5. tik tik tik - idhu oru nilaakaalam, poo malarnthida, netru indha neram
  6. kaadhal parisu- kaadhal maharani, koo koo enru, hey unnai thaane, puraakale, kaagidha poo
  7. vikram - vanithamani, vikram, meendum meendum, en jodi, sippikkul oru muthu
  8. sippikkul muthu - manasu mayangum, varam thandha saamikku, thulli thulli, raaman kadhai keungal
  9. satya - valai osai, nagaru nagaru , pottaa theriyudhau, one Asha SONG
  10.SOORASAMHAARAM - aadum neram, naan enbadhum, neela kuyile
  11. Vetri vizhaa - marugo marugo, poongaatru un per solla, thathom thalaanga
  12. kalaigyan - endhan nenjil, kalaigyan kattu kaaval, edakku mudakkaana sarakku
  13. thevar magan - inji, sandhu pottu, potri paadadi penne
  14. virumandi - onna vida, andha kaandaamani, kombulle poovai suthi, virumandi theru koothu
  15.Hey raam - nee paartha, isaiyil thodanguthamma, vaishnava janatho, ram ram

best I always carry with me

Melodies....
1. Ilayanila - Payanangal Mudivathillai
2. Engego Sellum - Pattakkathi BHairavan
3. senthoorappoove - 16 vayathinile
4. Pothi Vacha malliga Mottu - manvaasanai
5. Raathiriyil poothirukkum - Thangamagan
6. Sangeetha Megham - udayageetham
7. Chinnamanikkuyile - Amman koyil Kizhakkale
8. Adi aathaadi - Kadalora kavithaigal
9. Putham Puthu Kaalai - Alaigal Oyvathillai
10.Enna Satham - Punnagai Mannan
11.Ilamayenum - Pagalil Oru Iravu
12.poonthalirada - Panneer Pushpangal
13.En Iniya pon Nilave-Moodupani
14.Raaja Raaja Chozhan-Rettai vaal Kuruvi
15.Kaanan vanthu paadukintrar - Rettai Vaal Kuruvi (What a Composition!!!!)
16.Oru Poongavanam -Agninatchathiram
17.Vegam vegam - Anjali
18.malayil yaaro-Chathriyan
19.Kalyana Thenila-Mounam Sammatham
20.Maasimaasam - Dharmadorai
21.Oh Butterfly-Meera
22.Kaathal kavithaigal-Gopuravasalile
23.Irandum Onrodu-Panakkaran
24.Maanguyile Poonkuyile -Karagaattakkaran
25.Mannil Intha-Keladi Kanmani
26.Raasathi onna-Vaideghi Kathirundal
27.Thendral vanthu-Thendrale Ennai Thodu
28.Ithazhil Kathai Ezhuthum-Unal Mudiyum Thambi
29.Naan Kaadalil-Mandira Punnagai
30.Kanmani Anboda Kathalan-Guna
31.Ilam kaatry veesuthe-Pithamagan
32. megham karukkayile- vaidehi kathirunthaal

Tamil-Disco
1. Ilamai itho itho - Sakalakalavallavan
2. Thathom Thalangu - Vetrivizha
3. Vikram - Title Song
4. Megham Kottattum-Enakkul Oruvan (At the age of manual orchestra...)
5. Pavala Malligay- Manthira Punnagai
6. Vaanmegham - Punnagai Mannan
7. Hey Unnaithaaney - Kaathal Parisu
8. Nethu oruthara Oruthara parthom-Puthuppattu(Ultimate, but unnoticed!!)
9. Raaja - Agninatchathiram
10.Rojappoo - same-
11.Nalliravu Mella Mella - Vetrikkarangal
12.Ilavattam Kottattum-My Dear Marthandan
13.Attaama-Captain Prabhakar
It goes no


sorry 4 my long list... as i'm unable to control...
chers...!!!:)
ashu

Hey ashukrishna,

that's soooooo much valuable information about the maestro,thanks.


cheers