Maestro ilaiyaraaja news & titbits

[thumburu]

TV9 Interview - Raja speaks Telugu like a veteran !!! He seems relaxed and that Telugu "kArigai" also doesn't seem overwhelmed by his presence unlike thw Thamixh counterparts who end up annoying the enigmatic man. Now Iam left guessing about the interesting parts. Could somebody plz translate the key parts alone?

[V_S]

Great day to start with Maestro's interview. Thanks a lot skr. All our questions are answered here again by Maestro. Few places I too did not get what he was saying. Mainly regarding preserving his notes (staff notation), remastering his classics. I think he was telling that yesterday's sunlight and moonlight will not happen today, something of that sort, but did not get fully. Great questions, even our channels didn't ask him these questions. The songs and the clips they featured truly brought the show the needed liveliness! When he said I am zero that is 100% sathyam, . I was truly delighted when he said (even though we know this, every time he says this, I get closer and closer to him), "music should happen and you cannot make it, if you make it, your mental reflection will be there".

[sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar]

With my little telugu knowledge(0.0001%) i hink most of the answers he said are not new, said already in different interviews.

at same time, i think, his media presence is slightly becoming more... excess aa irunthaalum nallaarukkaathe!

[skr]

Nasser speech on Dhoni Audio Release.
Though they have edited some portions of what he spoke , still listening to him makes us all Maestro Fans emotional.

[MumbaiRamki]

Music has no language and so does his intervies - Fantastic thoughts , we have atleast some body who has the courage to speak what he thinks as truth . Of one sees this as an interview of a music professor , we get the perspective !

[skr]

Kv and others
Just to update , Gowtham Menon has read the post on his wall and liked it
https://www.facebook.com/GauthamVasudevMenons
Now , its upto him whether or not to take the ideas.

[teja]

Another interview, from Sakshi TV:

[V_S]

skr and teja,
Thanks for the videos. Towards the end of above video, there was one quesion which I didn't understand for which he says, 'we should wait till the dish is cooked and ready' sort of that. What was the question and what was his answer? Could you please explain.

[teja]

V_S,

Question: "Why do some composers take for ever to deliver the tunes?".

IR was defending the composer fraternity. Says composing is like cooking a dish. There are so many steps right from getting the vegetables from the market, chopping, turning on the stove.. this and that, and only when the final product is ready, it comes to the table. There is no point in forcing them to deliver faster. Let them take their own time, in their own capacity.

Interviewer: "Then how could you do it so fast "

IR skips the answer by cutting a joke.

[V_S]

teja,
Thanks for the translation. Hmmm... interesting and contrasting point of view from Maestro on the same subject, compared to the earlier video.