Topic started by alexmathew (@ 203.197.150.66) on Thu Sep 6 12:04:48 .
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I am a malayalee, an ardent fan of Maestro IR , but i find now a days while looking at the discussions at this forum that some people hate his music. I read the psting from one man who went on insulting him saying that the greatest thing that ARR did was to replace the most boring person from the industry. He also added that the age of Dabbangoothu music is over. I also read one posting which wished IR would go to beggars for composing further. Another said that IR is giving now only "BOX INSIDE HITS" reading all this , i am very much surprised and do feel so sad and doubtful about the taste of people. It is a fact that IR is not giving much hits now. But, is it true that he has given only "Dabbangoothu " ?? why tamilians are forgetting the wonderful melodies he composed , which are even now enjoyed even by malayalees like me?

I also like ARR's music and i do admit that he is the most sought after MD now. But, to praise him, y should one insult another , who worked for years tiredlessly for the tamil film industry , giving us most unforgettable melodies??

Is the opinion about IR's music very bad among tamilians now? Are all of them after the new trend of music only ? I would like to conduct a survey about this among my tamilian friends.

so , i request all of u , dear friends to actively participate in this discussion and post ur opinions

regards,
alex

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• From: SOMEONE (@ 202.95.84.164) on: Tue Mar 26 23:38:28
  
  HERE'S ANOTHER ONE:
  
  AR RAHMAN CAN CLOSE HIS EYES N COMPOSE A SCORE LIKE ILAYARAJA,
  BUT ILAYARAJA CAN TRY ALL HIS LIFE TIME TO TRY N COMPOSE ANYTHIN CLOSE TO AR RAHMAN'S MUSIC!
  
  HAHA....
  
  I AGREE HIS MELODIES WERE GOOD....
  BUT IF WE HAD AR RAHMAN'S KINDA MUSIC IN 70S N 80S..... AND IF ILAIYARAJA CAME AFTER THAT WITH HIS SONGS, NO WAY WE WUD HAVE GIVEN CREDIT TO HIS MUSIC....
  
  "HAY RAM" SONGS WERE A DRAG.....!!!
  AND ONLY ONE SONG IN "BAARATHI" WUZ GOOD....
  
  ILAYARAJA HARDLY GIVES HIT SONGS NOW.... EVEN IF HE DOES, IT'S NOT COMPARABLE TO AR RAHMAN'S...
  
  AND SOMEONE SAD ILAIYARAJA'S BACKGROUND MUSIC WUZ GOOD? WHO RU TRYING TO KID HERE??!
  I GET SO IRRITATED BY ALL THE WEIRD SOUNDS THAT COME IN BETWEEN THE LYRICS OF HIS SONGS.....!!
  YUCKS!
  
  SO MANY YEARS OF COMPOSING MUSIC, HAS HE EVER DONE AN ALBUM LIKE "VANDE MAATARAM"?
  
  
  
• From: Chimpu (@ 202.88.155.139) on: Thu Apr 4 12:34:04
  
  Mr Someone Illayaraja did compose an album called
  "How to name it" and dont foeget he has done a symphony.Illayaraja always wanted and wants to work with tamil films and thats why he has been the best all these years.AR went to bombay for getting Hindi films and he ignored tamil films.He just used his old compositions in Hindi for tamil films like Star,Alli Arjuna ect,ect.
  
  
• From: SOMEONE (@ 202.95.84.164) on: Fri Apr 5 00:40:28
  
  YA, AND HOW MANY PPLE NOE ABOUT THIS ALBUM THAT ILLAYARAJA CREATED??
  ALSO, WHY SHUD WE BE ANGRY THAT RAHMAN IS COMPOSING MUSIC FOR OTHER LANGUAGES AND EVEN FOR OTHER COUNTRIES? IF INDIAN MUSIC IS TO GET POPULAR, WE NEED TO GO INTERNATIONAL...
  PPLE FRM ALL OVER THE WORLD NOE ABOUT HOLLYWOOD MOVIES AND ENGLISH SONGS BCOS THEIR ARTISTS R WILLING TO GO GLOBAL...
  THE SAME WAY, WE SHUD ALSO ENCOURAGE OUR ARTISTS TO GO GLOBAL SO THAT INDIAN MUSIC N MOVIES GET WORLD-WIDE RECOGNITIONS....
  
  
• From: nallavan (@ rev.tatanova.com) on: Sat Apr 6 02:04:49
  
  Ilayaraja Rules.
  
  
  
  
• From: aravind (@ 203.199.62.149) on: Mon Apr 8 10:15:19
  
  illaiyaraja is not composing movies (for any reason) for rajinikanth, kamalhaasan (in recent times except hey ram), balachander, baarathi raja, baalu mahendra, mani ratnam and such big shots in tfm.
  imagine how the songs and BGM would be if he starts composing for such people. i bet all movies if he composes for abv listed people will become hit just for the songs. a.r. rahman is not able to give good music even for rajinikanth, kamal haasan, balachander, mani ratnam??? can anyone tell a movie where ilaiyaraja has scored music for rajini, kamal, balachander, baarathiraja, balu mahendra, mani ratnam and the songs are a flop??
  the truth is he has got sick of making music for movies (except for movies like bharati,kamaraj, kasi where he concentrates fully for the bgm).
  
  
• From: Tamil Movie Fan (@ webcachem08b.cache.pol.co.uk) on: Mon Apr 8 19:15:53
  
  In my view,Isai Gnani is still composing excellent music.This is clearly from movies like Kasi and Bharathi.The background music in both movies were superb.
  Isai Gnani was solely responsible for bringing the Tamils back to Tamil music.After the golden era of the 60s MS Viswanathan lost his innovative abilities and Tamil music lost its mass appeal.But Isai Gnani saved it and the Tamil movie industry(to an extent) with his music.His music from Annakili to Chirai Salai will be prove of this.
  However we cannot deny that AR Rehman has succeeded not only in taking Isai Gnani's mantle but far exceeded the latter in fame and commercial success.For one reason that is AR Rehman gives Fusion to the fans.This is to welcomed by all.The Mylapore boy who was a keyboard player for Isai Gnani is now composing music for the London theatres under the stewardship of Andrew Lloyd Webber.This should encourage and motivate hundreds of musicians in Tamilnadu and India.For that reason AR rehman should be complimented.
  But his success could not have achieved with Isai gnani giving the pedestal for music directors in South India.Isai Gnani is the foundation on which AR Rehman's success is built.
  Lets hope the next generation of musicians from the Tamil movie industry venture into Hollywood and achieve success
  
  
• From: @@ (@ 202.95.84.164) on: Mon Apr 8 23:21:33
  
  Tamil Movie Fan,
  I agree that ilayaraja was responsible for bringing tamils back to tamil music...
  but ar rahman even brought the northerners to tamil music.... that's the difference between their powers...
  
  
• From: Jammy (@ cwpp-p-144-134-187-141.prem.tmns.net.au) on: Tue Apr 16 22:00:10
  
  Illayarajah was great in his time, but then he got knocked down by the new sensation, Rahman, who brought us somehting different, something new and exciting that jazzed up our lives! Illayarajah shouldn't be insulted so Rahman is praised, nevertheless we don't have to remember for the rest of our lives, all the great things that Illayarajah did.
  
  Very son what Rahman did to Illayarajh, could happen to Rahman himself, some smart MD could come and knock him right off his high horse.
  
  Good contenders would be Yuvan shakar Raj, the Maestro's son or even Harris Jeyraj!
  
  
• From: therock (@ 210.187.151.253) on: Sun Apr 21 16:51:00
  
  rock n roll baby
  
  
• From: senthilv.com (@ 12-239-160-236.client.attbi.com) on: Sun Apr 21 22:08:47
  
  Jammmy:
  
  Good contenders would be Yuvan shakar Raj, the Maestro's son or even Harris Jeyraj!
  
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  Are you kidding???.
  
  
  
• From: Jammy (@ cwpp-p-203-54-200-48.prem.tmns.net.au) on: Mon Apr 22 02:01:09
  
  senthilv.com
  
  Have you got any better ideas?????/
  
  
• From: d. sukumar (@ 61.11.9.152) on: Tue Apr 23 08:15:39
  
  Ilayaraj is the gifted music composer not only in India, but in Asia. He has done almost 800 films in all languages. His songs and composing of music is excellent compare to other music director in India. He is not only genius but he is gyani of music. He uses guitars and Violen most effeciently not any other music director can ever dream of it. He is the maestro. Talking about ilayaraja about music is never ending....
  
  
• From: Me (@ 3.ppp144.rsd.worldonline.se) on: Tue Apr 23 20:09:49
  
  NO!!!
  hes is old.
  
  
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• From: resh (@ bkj-cache83.jaring.my) on: Thu May 2 04:00:00
  
  Dear friends,
  
  IR music is evergreen but AR is seasonal musician.yuvan is good contester for his father.
  
  
• From: resh (@ bkj-cache83.jaring.my) on: Thu May 2 04:00:41
  
  Dear friends,
  
  IR music is evergreen but AR is seasonal musician.yuvan is good contester for his father.
  
  
• From: Jeevan (@ 210.186.9.66) on: Sat May 4 01:55:39
  
  IR mettamaitha paadalkal kaalathaal azhayaathavai. Ithai yaaraalum marukka mudiayaathu. Avarudaya paadalgalai indru keattalum mei maranthu poga mudigirathu. Avarudaya paadalgal aarpaattam illaamal inimayaaga irukkum, keatpavargalai vaanathil mithakka cheiyum. Paadalin raagam mattum illaamal idayani isayum avvalavu inimayaaga irukkum. IR vuchchiyil iruntha pozhuthu avar isai amaitha paadalgal pol indraya paadalgal illai. Ithu yen karuthu. AR Rahman paadalgal nandraaga illaamal illai. But can never compare with IR's songs of his time. ARR's songs too are nice. But just nice. They never carry me anywhere.
  
  
• From: pl (@ inktomi4-ltn.server.ntl.com) on: Tue May 7 14:33:41
  
  illayaraja plans to quit tamil films and go round the world experimenting with music..
  
  
  
• From: Shridhar (@ 203.196.229.124) on: Wed May 8 11:04:00
  
  Ilairaja is the evergreen king of music.AR's music may be catchy but are notworth remembering for long time.that's the diffrence
  
  
• From: KrishnaMohan (@ 203.196.229.124) on: Wed May 8 11:35:53
  
  Please do not insult maetroIR by comparing him with a kid like AR.AR came into scene when the era when there is lot more exposure to the regional music through MTV's & V channels.How many people in the north know that the hits given by musicdirectors like KalyanjiAnandji,UshaKhanna,AnandMilind are copies of IR.AR just plays with sounds using new instuments which are catchy but are not longlasting.But thats not the case with IR.His compositions are evergreen.AR is just 8 years old in industry and how many songs did he compose and he repeats his tunes in different languages.IR has worked for 800 movies.So it would be a great injustice to IR if U compare him with AR
  
  

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