MAESTRO ILAIYARAAJA NEWS & TITBITS VER.2010-2011

[raagas]

You guys need to be more specific ..too much of quoted quotes is throwing me off. I'd love to listen to that "Rahman piece in Raaja style". Yesterday, I was listening to Bombay and was enjoying the uyirE. Both my wife and mother-in-law commenting this is how Rahman got the critical acclaim/broke into the mainstream, which I completely agree with.
BTW, my wife quipped the padithuRai title theme is ninnai charanadainthEn.. sounds like that to me too. And is unna maadhiri kalyani based ?

Kiru, it was not a piece in Raaja style.it was a western classical piece and hence it feels like Raaja's style. It is from the BGM of Lagaan.
The title theme indeeds sounds very Raaja-ish and yes, it reminds us of Ninnai charandainthen (because of Panthuvaraali raagam usage).