This song, featuring Mammootty and Amala, is another of the maestro’s super-hit romantic melodies. This one in Shyam Kalyani, sung by Chitra and Mano, makes it to the top ten of most people’s favourite love songs. In this beautifully shot song, featuring Kamal Haasan and Saranya, from Mani Ratnam’s Nayagan, Ilayaraja displayed his flair for working with classical ragas. More than a few fans of this song say it transports them to another plane. Ilayaraja himself sang this song from Metti, by Mahendran, with Janaki providing the humming. The ‘80s were marked by dozens of melodies of this sort.
This vibrant song in the sweet voice of Janaki will always remain a favourite with those who listened to the radio in the late ‘70s.
For the songs in this sensitive, black & white film about unrequited love Ilayaraja combined folk rhythms with the film music techniques of the times. It marked the arrival of a phenomenon on the South Indian film scene. In 1975, a young man who had come to Chennai seeking his fortune was given the opportunity to score the music for Annakili. We attempt the impossible, drawing up a list of 20 most-loved Ilayaraja songs, conceding there are hundreds more that should have made it. The Pongal release Tharai Thappattai marked the 1000 th film of Isaignani Ilayaraja, the incomparable maestro of Tamil film music.
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