Maestro ilaiyaraaja news & titbits

[JamesDap]

What a style , Raja sir in full form during 80's , the lion King was pulled down by all ways , and it was cornered. Now , the whole of south india miss the energetic melodies of Indian kind , and started hearing back IR's old melodies. After all IR sir is also a human , who struggle to compete with the new hitech musical era..Really his early 90's songs are more clarity and confident than his contemporary works.

Sorry if this sounds cynical, but I am not sure what exactly is hi tech about the present state of IFM. They mostly ape Western trends with a lag of 5 years or so, if not more and this has been going on for years. At least IR has his own approach to selection of instruments and tones and has stuck to it. Even if a Sattru Munbu reminds people of this or that IR composition from the 80s, it at least has his own stamp all over it. And by the way he uses lots of contemporary tones in his music...he may not however imitate some particular pop trends that his peers might be. Which is not necessarily a bad thing because most Western pop of the last three-four years is pretty dire.