Focus of the series is to dig up not so often heard gems of IR compositions. Based on time I may start treasure hunt on other composers also (yes, this is a threat 😀). Disclaimer: I am a music listener. I don’t have much understanding of technicalities of music. For me, the composition has to connect, stir something inside, call it feeling or emotion or just pure joy. Nitham Nitham
Focus of the series is to dig up not so often heard gems of IR compositions. Based on time I may start treasure hunt on other composers also (yes, this is a threat 😀). Disclaimer: I am a music listener. I don’t have much understanding of technicalities of music. For me, the composition has to connect, stir something inside, call it feeling or emotion or just pure joy. Manitha Manitha
Not everyone gets to live their dream. Few lucky ones do. I hit upon a 1979 radio interview between Abdul Hameed (the man with lovely golden voice 😍) and Ilayaraja (IR). When Abdul Hameed posed the question IR’s future goals, he touches upon his desire to compose a Western Symphony. In 1979!! That is the trigger for my first line. With Valiant, he has lived up to his dream. To
Official Trailer: Modern Love Chennai is a fine example of how an anthology series need to be made. In previous Tamil anthology series (Amazon Prime and Netflix), few episodes worked well and overall, the episodes didn’t come together. In Modern Love Chennai, we see a common theme with colors, sets linking the six episodes on love in modern Chennai. And we have characters from Super Deluxe popping up here. Stories
IR celebrated his 77th birthday June 2, 2020. Even though I wanted to write about him, I held back since I don’t have anything new to say about them. IR has been in the industry for more than 40+ years. His life has been pretty much an open book, meaning, everyone from last 3 generations of people from South India know about him. So much has been written about him.