Biography (Ilayaraja)

Ilayaraja ( இளையராஜா in Tamil; ഇളയരാജ in Malayalam) (born June 2, 1943) is an Indian film composer. He has composed over 5000 songs and provided background music for more than 840 Indian films in various languages in a career spanning more than 30 years. He has won the Indian National Film Awards for best music composition thrice. He had completed a course in classical guitar (higher local) with the Trinity College of Music in London.

Career and music

Ilaiyaraja was born in a rural family in Pannaipuram near Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. His career in music composition was launched in 1976 when he began composing film music scores in the South Indian film industry. His earliest work for the movie Annakkili earned him recognition for its successful fusion of Tamil folk music and popular Tamil film music.

Ilaiyaraja is renowned for his orchestration technique, characterised by an effective synthesis of Western and Indian instruments and musical modes. The popular appeal of...

Album Records (Ilayaraja)

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Ilaiyaraaja' Neethaane En Thalapathi