Ilaiyaraaja was born as Gnanathesigan in a Dalit family in Pannaipuram in present-day Theni district, Tamil Nadu, India, on 3 June 1943. [13] [14] At the time of joining school, his father, Ramasamy [15] changed his name from Gnanathesigan [16] to "Rajaiya", and the people in his village called him "Raasayya". [17]When he joined Dhanraj Master as a student to learn …

Jun 2, 2023 · He is one of the most famous music composers in South Indian cinema whose compositions have been used mostly in Tamil and Telugu films. He belongs to a poor rural Dalit family. Since his childhood, he has a great interest in Tamil folk music.

Ilaiyaraja is a gold medalist in classical guitar from Trinity College of Music, London. 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. [8]

Ilaiyaraaja. Composer: Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja. Born and brought up in an obscure village near Kambam in Southern Tamil Nadu, Ilayaraja became the first Asian to score a symphony for the London Philharmonic Orchestra, besides scoring over 1000 feature films in a …

Ilaiyaraaja meets ‘Stranger Things’: Netflix releases music video. Filed Under: News. Netflix on Twitter wrote, ‘Ilaiyaraaja’s Stranger Things theme has turned our world upside down!’ Netflix has collaborated with Ilaiyaraaja for its upcoming season of Stranger Things with the latter delivering iconic theme music for the series.

4 days ago · The official biopic of legendary music composer Ilaiyaraaja, featuring Dhanush, is not shelved and is progressing with a finalised script, as per the latest report. Listen to Story Dhanush’s Ilaiyaraaja biopic was announced on March 20, 2024 Arun Matheswaran will be directing the film Recent ...

Jun 1, 2023 · Ilaiyaraaja’s music creates such an obsession in fans that they love to go back to the irrecoverable past — what science calls the reminiscence bump.

Apr 16, 2024 · Ilaiyaraaja is a multi-talented music composer, orchestrator, conductor, arranger, songwriter, singer, writer, and producer. Additionally, he is a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of...

Ilaiyaraaja (born Gnanathesigan) is an Indian musician, composer, arranger, conductor, orchestrator, multi-instrumentalist, lyricist and playback singer popular for his works in Indian cinema, predominately in Tamil, in addition to Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi films.

Ilaiyaraaja: Directed by Arun Matheswaran. With Dhanush. The Official Biopic of the life and journey of the world's finest 'Isaignani'/'Maestro' Ilaiyaraaja.