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The examples are innumerable…( Raja of Agninatchathram is undoubtedly the best)Ģ. Ranging from tabla, mridangam, ghatam to drums and pads it has suited his songs to yield an ultimate output. Percussion is again something that provided a strong base to most of his numbers. This song made them lookout and dig the background of Ilayaraja. Trivia: Ilayaraja started playing the guitar so well the first time he handled it, that it made the onlookers spellbound.Įven non-Tamil speaking guitarists in Malaysia were moved to give glowing tributes to Ilayaraja for what they considered a masterpiece. Coupled with beautiful lyrics this song is a les classique. The way he uses the acoustic guitar in Ilayanila Pozhigirathu of Moodu Pani is fantastic. He has been very careful and has executed it to perfection that it seems to have been our own music. Some of his songs actually have strong influences from Deep Purple. I strongly assure one thing, but Ilayaraja’s sense of music has derived styles from Western Rock numbers. He has brought an exquisite touch be it village & folk ( Raasave Varuthama of Muthal Mariyathai & Manguyile of Karagaattakaran) or urban, youthful and peppy numbers ( In Agninatchathram and Punnagai Mannan). His music has always suited the situation in the films so much that there couldn’t have been better way the director could have tried to express and bring impact. His strength and génre are predominantly lite melody, which he incorporates in his songs in a multitude of ways. I am giving you these to relate to what I am saying, but there are umpteen more songs which I could exemplify, the problem is that the list is unending! Listen to Kalyana Maalai of Puthu Puthu Arthangal and Rakkamma kaiyathattu of Thalapathi. This part of Ilayaraja’s music impresses me the most. (Believe me they are impossible to reproduce even with latest equipment). The charanams (stanzas) are too good… and the best fact is that in most of his songs both the charanams are not identical…Īdded to this, the complexities lie in the fact that the music bits between the pallavi (start and repetitive part of song)and charanam and between the charanams are incredible.
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The greatest avantage of Ilayaraja was that he made hits, he made music reach so much into the common man, and yet made it complex in its own way. ( Nilave Vaa of Mouna Raagam/ Kalyana Thenila of Mounam Sammadham) This shows how much of Carnatic Music was inside him, without which such compositions would have not been possible at all. The ragas he uses are splendid, raga combos- simply mind-blowing. Ilayaraja’s talent and music knowledge is transcendental. But wait, I am not trying to bring out their lives… I am going to write on how their music has affected me….how it has impressed me…and what I find so lovable and enjoyable in their music… The reason was endurance, sincerity, relentlessness and of course sheer talent! Each of the aforesaid characteristics have reinforced each other to have made him succeed and still remains the backbone of his long lasting career.Ī R Rahman, similar to Ilayaraja, was an embodiment of those characteristics. A ‘young king’ as his name translates indeed he has been the king, but only after undergoing stressful days, months and years.
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I clearly dont want to draw a comparative analysis, which will create a barrage to free flowing thoughts and will not create an actual representation of what my mind has envisaged- after all blogs are supposed to justify this. The former reigned in the eighties and the latter in the nineties. Here, I deliver my first blog on Ilayaraja and A R Rahman.īoth, musicians, have mesmerized millions, perhaps billions with their divine sense of captivating music - a wonderful way of delivering it to us. Its been bothering me for so long, its been pushing me to vent my views about this …finally the blogsite came to rescue. It has been so many times when I wanted to write about this topic.