MAESTRO ILAIYARAAJA NEWS & TITBITS VER.2010

[jaiganes]

More than Raja getting the award, I am amazed that the committee chose him for the award !!! For once, an award has been newly constituted and it goes to the most eligible person. Very difficult to believe in our NA context But then, something good done has to be appreciated. I am happy because this will let people know that he is still a giant in this field and is still producing top class stuff.

Personally I felt that 'Pazhassi Raja' probably deserved the best music. I find it much better in quality than 'DevD' but I am not complaining. Amit Trivedi has done a nice job in 'DevD' and it is always good to encourage new talent.

DevD was a near perfect musical and an angry one at that.
Though garage music had been heard before in indian movies, never in its angriest form. The emotional expression that DevD's music had was unbelievably pristine, raw and unformatted. For a movie to give such a prominence to its music and let it carry forward all the contextual emotion without creating a slow down - it is an unbelievable feat. So DevD is the winner hands down - though PR had its traditional strength as a music with vision that kept it a tad alien. However if the NA committee had a category of best song, I would have rooted for "Ambum Kombum" - as a song it simply brings forward all necessary contexts and packs it in harmonically and in an organic manner.

[app_engine]

தட்டிச்சென்றுள்ளார்

[MelHarmony]

Hearty congrats to Raaja!
If "music to the film context" alone is the criteria IR should won more than hundred awards. If "brilliance of musical content" is alone the the criteria, IR should have won few hundreds of awards.

Since award committee is changing fast, a mistake committed in one year stays committed and there is very little chance to take a corrective action. The new committe takes a fresh set of films and give a fresh look into films. Hence luck plays a MAJOR role!
I am expecting "Happi" to be recognised on this category!

Not able to prevent the thought that "Nallathor veenai sethaen, adhai nalam keda..............."

Even after 13 years I am still not able to digest the fact that malayalam film "GURU" didnt receive any award in music. What a masterpiece to go unnoticed.............sheer waste. Even it was not recognised with other "ditchy" movies of 1997.

Ilaiyaraaja for best Background score, for Pazhassi Raja!

[NormalMan]

Even after 13 years I am still not able to digest the fact that malayalam film "GURU" didnt receive any award in music. What a masterpiece to go unnoticed.............sheer waste. Even it was not recognised with other "ditchy" movies of 1997.

Concur. One of the topnotch and greatest ever soundtracks produced. I wish someone remaster's it.

[sivasub]

http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfee...on/324513.html

Ilayaraja says music is his passion

[app_engine]

Awards and accolades did not matter

Note the pointtu

[njv]

This new award is now honored.

[ananth222]

This new award is now honored.

Well said! That is what I was thinking too... now this award has some meaning...

[rajasaranam]

இப்போது மகிழ்ச்சியாக இருக்கிறேன்.இந்த விருது ஊக்குவிப்புதானே தவிர, அங்கீகாரம் இல்லை.


முன்னதாக

ராஜா களத்தில் இருக்கிறார் என்பதற்காகவும், இந்த விருது அவரை இன்னும் நிறைய இசை அமைக்க ஊக்குவிக்க வேண்டும் என்பதற்காகவும் வரவேற்போம் மகிழ்வோம்

தலைவன் எவ்வழியோ தொண்டர்களும் அவ்வழியே :P

[raj_musing]

More updates from Sep:

http://geniusraja.blogspot.com/2010_09_01_archive.html