The controversy over Ilayaraja refusing the National Award for the best background score for Thaarai Thappattai` is raging on and we caught up with the maestro`s brother and jury member Gangai Amaran ...

The doyen of film music in South India, Ilayaraja is best known to Hindi music buffs for his song Ae Zindagi Galey Laga Le from Kamal Hassan, Sridevi starrer Sadma. It’s not an easy feat for someone ...

Salem: Legendary music composer Ilayaraja, hailed as the ‘God of Music’ by both his Tamil cinema and classical music fans, made a fervent appeal to the younger generation to preserve and promote Tamil ...

Chennai: State Minister for Tamil Development and Information, M P Saminathan, congratulated the State's celebrated musical genius Ilayaraja on completing 50 years in Tamil film music after starting ...

Despite their age, the 4,000 verses are written in a style easily decipherable by even those with a knowledge in modern Tamil. National-award-winning music maestro Ilayaraja announced his next project ...

Music maestro Ilayaraja made his debut as a composer with 1976 Tamil film 'Annakili' and has been ruling the roost since over 45 years. Music maestro Ilayaraja made his debut as a composer with 1976 ...

Ilayaraja came into the Tamil film industry in 1976, and became its demigod. He is possibly the world’s most prolific composer, having composed over 7,000 songs, provided film scores for more than ...

CHENNAI: The Madras High Court on Monday admitted a plea from music maestro Ilayaraja to stay the operation of a single judge's order that permanently restrained him from claiming copyright over ...

CHENNAI: Lata Mangeshkar regarded colossus of Tamil cinema, late Sivaji Ganesan (1927-2001) as her elder brother and not only the duo, but their families too shared a strong bond of friendship. The ...