hi guys , this weekend me some friends watched a kannada movie "aa dinagalu" just got stunned by song "shi galli".But a big time surprise was when we came to know the name of composer and singer of the song.It was "illayaraja".Imagine a 64year old with a superb blended voice just cant stop listening .
ILAIYARAAJA Biography Personal
• Year of Birth - 1943
• Lives in Chennai, India, with his wife Jeeva, sons Karthik Raaja (Composer), Yuvan Shankar Raaja (Composer) and daughter Bhavatharini (Composer & Singer).
Professional Experience
• India's leading music composer since 1976.
• Composed more than 5000 songs and background music for over 840 Indian films in various languages. • First Asian to compose Symphony (Symphony No. 1) with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) of London.
• Composed "Thiruvasagam - A Symphonic Oratorio" utilizing the services of Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Schwartz, Oscar winning song writer, Richard King, Grammy winning Sonic Engineer.Formal Education
• Learnt Carnatic° music and Western music under the tutelage of several renowned teachers.
• Passed successfully the classical guitar (Higher Local) examination conducted by the Trinity College of Music, London, with honors and gold medal. °South Indian classical music
magic of illaraja in bollywood
A soulful track in its Tamil version transforms very beautifully in Cheeni kum, title song, while Sooni sooni retains the original’s feel, quite appropriately. Baatein hawa reworks the original’s playful nature amazingly well, even in the Hindi version. That the backgrounds are considerably updated and spruced-up, works in their favor. Even Jaane do na’s Hindi reworking showcases the amazing interludes of the veteran composer in full glory, amidst an elegant tune. The theme melody and sax melody are simply enchanting, going with the film’s mood. If this doesn’t get Ilayaraja closer to Hindi film audiences, chances are, nothing else will!
Police police rehashes Raja’s own evergreen Botany class in a zingier package. Shapath has a morose sound, bears strikingly beautiful interludes but Raja’s vocals is a problem. Kaise kahen, despite being an 80s Raja tune, sounds amazingly fresh in its renewed avatar, while the other rehashes - Josh mein and Saara yeh, despite being classics in the original versions, are out of sync in Hindi and too South Indian for Bollywood, respectively. Dheemi dheemi carries the composer’s current sound and is a competent melody. Ilayaraja’s cult status may not expand to the North with this soundtrack. But, well tried, RGV!
Any body know complete list Illayaraja's Hindi albums? i hardly managed to know the following films
1. Sadma (1982) -all are good (impressive) songs far ahead of their times with awesome orchestrations.
2. Kamagni (1985) -No idea, but got chance to read impressive comments by an non-indian (i feel so) in some website
3. Mahadev (1989) - No idea about the songs. I think the movie itself was a crap.
4. Aur ek...... (remake of sathi leelavathy) (1996) -Shelved.
5. HeyRam (2001) - Excellent songs. its amazing that IR tuned songs for the already picturized songs by another MD!
6. Mumbai Xpress (2005) - Not impressive for me.
7. Shiva (2006) - Surely a Class album (atleast 3/4 songs are brilliant).
Did Illayaraja copy ?
To me Illayaraja is a musical God. So, when someone said he had copied a song, I was deeply shocked. Not because he cannot copy, but because the song was my personal favorite ever. This really triggered an argument when we were discussing the song “Ilaya nila Pozhigirathu”. There also exists a Hindi version which is remarkably similar to this one. Apparently it is one of Kishore Kumar’s best (Neele Neele Ambar par from Kalaakaar) and the one’s speaking for it were not willing to budge.I had to prove those who were arguing with me wrong. So, I set out on doing some groundwork. I was so glad to find out that the Tamil version was released in 1982 while the Hindi version came in 83. And I also sat down and listened to both the songs completely. True that both the songs are great in their own respects, but one has to acknowledge the Hindi version was inspired by the Tamil. The use of guitar is strikingly similar and the entire first stanza sounds exactly the same as the Tamil version.Listen to the songs when you have the time. Both of them are amazing
To me Illayaraja is a musical God. So, when someone said he had copied a song, I was deeply shocked. Not because he cannot copy, but because the song was my personal favorite ever. This really triggered an argument when we were discussing the song “Ilaya nila Pozhigirathu”. There also exists a Hindi version which is remarkably similar to this one. Apparently it is one of Kishore Kumar’s best (Neele Neele Ambar par from Kalaakaar) and the one’s speaking for it were not willing to budge.I had to prove those who were arguing with me wrong. So, I set out on doing some groundwork. I was so glad to find out that the Tamil version was released in 1982 while the Hindi version came in 83. And I also sat down and listened to both the songs completely. True that both the songs are great in their own respects, but one has to acknowledge the Hindi version was inspired by the Tamil. The use of guitar is strikingly similar and the entire first stanza sounds exactly the same as the Tamil version.Listen to the songs when you have the time. Both of them are amazing
guys who like to share more information about him feel free to contact.
No comments:
Post a Comment