Ilaiyaraja's New Albums 2016-18, News and Titbits

[krish244]

IR gets best BGM national award for Thaarai Thappattai.

http://m.ibnlive.com/news/movies/63r...s-1222045.html

thanks,

Krishnan

[suivipa]

How come it is awarded for last year when film released this year for pongal 2016.
Do they go by certification date?

[Shankar.P]

இசைஞானி இளையராஜா அவரது வாழ்வில் ஏராளமான பட்டங்களையும், விருதுகளையும் வென்றுள்ளார். சிறந்த இசையமைப்பாளருக்கான தேசிய விருதை கடந்த 30 ஆண்டுகளில் 4 முறை வென்றுள்ளார். இப்போது ஐந்தாவது முறையாக தேசிய விருது அவருக்கு கிடைத்திருக்கிறது. அதுவும் குறிப்பாக அவர் இசையமைத்த 1000-ஆவது திரைப்படமான ‘தாரை தப்பட்டை’ படத்திற்காக இந்த விருது வழங்கப்பட்டிருப்பது மிகவும் பொருத்தமானது. அந்த படத்தில் மனதை வருடும் வகையில் இளையராஜாவின் பின்னணி இசை அமைந்திருக்கிறது. இது அவருக்கு மிகவும் பெருமை சேர்ப்பதாகும்.

சம காலத்திய இசையமைப்பாளர்களில் என்னை மிகவும் கவர்ந்தவர் இளையராஜா. மிகவும் எளிய பின்னணியிலிருந்து வந்து திரையுலகில் கண்டங்களை கடந்து சாதனைகளை படைத்து இசையுலகின் முடிசூடா மன்னராக திகழ்பவர். பலருக்கும் பல நேரங்களில் தனிமையை வெல்ல இளையராஜாவின் இசை தான் உதவியாக இருந்திருக்கிறது. இதற்கு நானும் விதிவிலக்கல்ல. அவ்வகையில் இளையராஜாவுக்கு தேசிய விருது கிடைத்தது எனக்கும் தனிப்பட்ட முறையில் மகிழ்ச்சியளிக்கிறது. -
டாக்டர் ராமதாஸ் (பாமக)

[rajsekar]

A Big Congratulations to Maestro. Fifth National Award for 1000th Film. Indian Film Board and I&B Ministry can rename the Best Background Score category as "Isai Gnani Ilayaraaja Award". Long Live our Maestro Ilayaraaja.

[rooky]

A big congrats to Raja and a big thanks to awards committee for acknowledging his work..Happy for raja

[thumburu]

I second Rajasekar's suggestion of naming the BGM award in Raja's name. He is above any contest.

[suivipa]

Absolutely.
Who else can even know what is RR or BGS.

P Vasu rightly pointed out one of the traits in the recent felicitation ceremony.
He cited Chinna Thambi example and one of the crucial moments in the screenplay and how IR just stuck to his belief and let the audience fulfill the connection .
Wow, how much he has understood the medium of story telling, screenplay , narratives.
Same with Myshkins Nandhalala climax 30 mins. He carried the characters and the whole movie on his shoulders.
Prathap pothens first directorial " Meendum oru kadhal kadhai" . If we remove the soundtrack and RR that movie will look very Odd in places, Immature characters moving on the screen for 2.5 hours?
Metti- what a sound track . He outplays in few places and under plays where the daughters are on the screen emoting and living their characters (natural acting)
Aboorva sagotharargal - masterpiece RR start to finish
Geethanjali/ Idhyathai thirudathe- another master piece
How can we miss Nayakan/ Devar Magan/ Hey Ram- outstanding contribution and taking the screenplay to greater heights.
DM should have been his 4Th National award but for Blau mahendra who casted his vote the other way to encourage new talent!

For someone to just watch a silent movie , feel every frwme and encrypt that into his brain cells and within minutes start notations and by end of the day complete about 40% of the RR the same day? Who else can do it.

Except very few movies that took several days 99% of the times he has done it in 3 to 4 days and with live orchestra, no cut and paste or loops or stealing from music banks.

Hollywood musicians take months to complete one project. The greatest ones who win oscars travel with the movie from pre/ production and post production stages and take part in every aspect to know the movie , watch them in different phases of its production and keep improvising on their RR by adding or deleting the appropriate ones. For them it is only one project in that year and will spend the whole year chiseling every frame after watching it N number of times.
Our man watches once , 3rd day the movie is ready to go for prints. No corrections after that. My goodness.

It is very evident now , nobody can even come close to his achievements in this universe.

Others if they can cross 300 movies in their lifetime then that is greatly deserving on their part for having been in the field.

[suivipa]

I missed out the other MFM gems
Olangal/ Guru/ Kaalapaani/ Pazhassiraja

[krish244]

Pretty decent job by a French guy in grasping the tune and reproducing it. Not heard on headphone, but the orchestra is also decent. Probably they are playing the original music as well??

http://www.vikatan.com/cinema/tamil-...ech-singer.art

Edit: Just heard it on headphone. Music/BGM is a mix of original plus super imposed??. Sounds nice

thanks,

Krishnan

[Russellmtp]

http://www.indiaglitz.com/gangai-ama...ws-156133.html

Not sure what GA was expecting. I thought TT songs were very good. BGM was extraordinary and richly deserved the national award. But songs were good too.