With KJ Yesudas and S Janaki apparently on a trampoline вЂ“ so infectious is their energy. Vijayakumar:В вЂ Poovizhi VaasalilвЂ from Dheepam.But IвЂ™ll write about all that another time. Incidentally, itвЂ™s songs like this latter one that taught a certain city boy some major fundas like parisam pottu-fying and manjal arachu-fying. Try вЂ ParijaathamвЂ ( Nilavu Suduvadhillai), the bouncy вЂ PoonthendraleвЂ ( Bhuvana Oru Kelvikkuri), or if in a more rustic mood, the utterly joyous вЂ Adadada Maamarakiliye вЂ ( Chittukuruvi). Along with Mohan, he was the second-rung star who got some of the best Ilaiyaraaja songs. Sivakumar: Probably IlaiyaraajaвЂ™s most memorable hero, the leading man of the maestroвЂ™s very first film.And, in general, the вЂњasymmetricвЂќ nature of the composition (a three-line pallavi, a charanam with lines of jagged length)! All, in one foot-tapping, four-minute package. The surprising colour in the last line of the charanam. I mean, the call-response between S JanakiвЂ™s humming (at the start) and those strident drums, which are such a contrast to the singerвЂ™s softness. (He just listens and basks in the ego-massaging lyrics.) But the song is a superb example of how even the most generic situations could inspire a specific kind of genius in Illaiyaraaja. IвЂ™m going to pick the awesome вЂ Aayirathil Nee OruthanвЂ ( Naanum Oru Thozhilaali). So itвЂ™s probably best to search the вЂњcrap filmsвЂќ list (and itвЂ™s quite a long one, mind you). I think a lot of the younger generation would have seen quite a few of his important films, and therefore heard a lot of the songs. Another fun Malaysia Vasudevan-Sivaji Ganesan number where the music sweetens the moral science lesson in the lyrics? вЂ Yeriyil Oru OdamвЂ ( Jallikattu). Malaysia VasudevanвЂ™s voice sits surprisingly well on the legend, and the stanzas of this waltz, with bird-like (thatвЂ™s the opening line, remember?) flute trills between lines, are especially lovely. But if you canвЂ™t handle TM Soundararajan, try вЂ Oru Koottu KiliyagaвЂ., from Padikkadhavan. But letвЂ™s not count the child-actor years.) I have a soft spot for вЂ Thenmalli PooveвЂ ( Thyagam), as the prelude is one of the earliest вЂњtextbookвЂќ preludes by Ilaiyaraaja, the kind that lays out the contours of the song. (Technically, yes, Kamal Haasan, who started his career in 1960, would be a legacy actor, too. Sivaji Ganesan: The biggest legacy actor that Ilaiyaraaja worked with.If youвЂ™re game, dive in and discover a rarer kind of magic. (Plus, thereвЂ™s a good chance youвЂ™d have heard those songs anyway.)Д¬learly, old-timers and long-time Ilaiyaraaja listeners will know many of these songs, but I am thinking about the Sid Sriram generation. LetвЂ™s focus on the older leading men вЂ“ in the sense that if a Suriya or Vijay or Ajith are not here, itвЂ™s because their careers are not instantly identified with by the maestroвЂ™s music, even if there are the odd hit songs/albums. LetвЂ™s pick a few Tamil film heroes, so many of whose careers were bolstered by IlaiyaraajaвЂ™s songs. How to whittle down an oceanic oeuvre? HereвЂ™s how I did it. But there are so many films with such songs. So in this piece, I wanted to talk about some of these lesser-heard songs. The reason these songs/compositions spring instantly to mind is because they are so legendary, so defining, so popular вЂ“ and yet, they вЂњrestrictвЂќ the perception of an artist (or a band), when the work contains so much more than just these Greatest Hits. ItвЂ™s fantastic music, of course вЂ“ but it felt a little like remembering Beethoven only through the вЂ Fifth SymphonyвЂ or The Police only through вЂ Every Breath You TakeвЂ. HeвЂ™s an entire generation removed from me, and when I asked him to talk about IlaiyaraajaвЂ™s music, he picked вЂ Kanne KalaimaaneвЂ and вЂ Thenpaandi CheemayileвЂ. Given that an orchestra from Hungary will be playing, should I make a list of my favourite non-vocal parts (i.e., the preludes and interludes) from his songs? Should I make it even more personal, recalling how I used to record his songs on cassettes in five-year groups (because the вЂ76-вЂ81 songs sound different from the вЂ81-вЂ86 songs, and so on)? I thought about listing some of the popular songs that donвЂ™t work for me (like вЂVandhaal Vandhaal RajakumariвЂ™) and yet I admire at various levels, but that was negative-sounding and hardly celebratory.ДЄnd then, the recent Sid Sriram interview gave me the idea. I wanted to write something to commemorate the Ilayaraja 75 concert, but I kept getting stuck.

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