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Echoes of the Maestro – Song 87 – Priyane Uyir Neeye
A soulful melodious number from K.J. Yesudas and S. Janaki
Echoes of the Maestro – Song 86 – Naguva Nayana
One of the most popular Kannada songs revered by Illayaraja fans across languages.
Echoes of the Maestro – Song 85 – Manasa Sirasa
A beautiful Western and Carnatic fusion from Illayaraja for this Telugu film
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Echoes of the Maestro – Song 84 – Mizhiyil Meen Pidanju
A perfect Midnight Illayaraja playlist song
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Echoes of the Maestro – Song 83 – Navvindi Malle Chendu
Abhilasha is the first combination of Illayaraja and Chiranjeevi. This movie is based on a novel by the same name by legendary Telugu writer Yendamuri Veerendranath, exploring the theme of capital punishment. The novel seems to have taken inspiration from Two American films The Man Who Dared (1946) and Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956).
Echoes of the Maestro – Song 81 – Santhoshakke
Geetha (1981) film by Shankar Nag has a popular song album I guess as mentioned in my previous posts many songs from this album has been reused by Illayaraja himself for other languages (mostly Tamil though). Despite him reusing the original tunes he changed the base and we saw the difference in Kelade Nimageega and Devadhai Ilam Devi
Echoes of the Maestro – Song 16 – Oththa Rooba
Illayaraaja has given us another fantastic song from the same album, Badrakaali. A few weeks ago, I shared a song that was banned from All India Radio; that song was very folksy. However, this one is more of a song where both lovers respond to each other. As usual, Illayaraja’s touch with Malaysia Vasudevan and S. Janaki’s voices adds more fun. Do give it a listen!
Echoes of the Maestro – Song 10 – Neeyo Njano
Vyaamoham is the Malayalam musical debut of the Maestro and this movie is a remake of a 1962 Tamil Movie Policekaaran Magal directed by legendary C.V.Sridhar.
Echoes of the Maestro – Song 9 – Sugamo Aayiram
Sugamo Aayiram is such a mesmerizing song rendered by P. Susheela Amma. The biggest highlight of this song apart from the voice of Susheela Amma is the single Veena played throughout the song.
Echoes of the Maestro – Song 82 – Kiliye Kiliye
Okay, this is one of those Malayalam songs that became a trend across the globe and never in my wildest dreams I thought it was composed by Raaja himself. I mean I understand old Tamil compositions finding their way to the New generation and becoming a hit but this is a surprise for me and I’m glad that it was composed by Raaja.
Echoes of the Maestro – Song 80 – Kelade Nimageega
I was shocked to learn that Devadhai Ilam Devi from Aayiram Nilave Vaa movie was actually from the Kannada song Kelade Nimageega and the use of the songs in these two films is completely different while the Tamil version is more of a Ghost song and the Kannada original is a love song and all these
Echoes of the Maestro – Song 79 – Veene Veene
Aalolam is your 80’s Malayalam family drama which is a commentary on the decaying Village life directed by M. Mohan. Veene Veene is such a poignant song that shows the Mother’s love for her unborn child and possibly a song that would put the child to sleep. As usual, Janaki Amma brings life to this song with her rendition and Illayaraja takes it up a notch in the emotion through his music.
Echoes of the Maestro – Song 78 – Yarigaagi Ee Aata
Yarigaagi Ee Aata is from the Kannada movie Bhaari Bharjari Bete, directed by Rajendra Singh Babu, which is a Western Action film. This song is set in Puriya Dhanashree, a Hindustani raga. In one of the interviews, Illayaraja mentioned that the song demanded Cabret-style music, but he didn’t want to be predictable. He gave the song a choppy and modern beat, and it was said to be unconventional in its sensibility.