Manobala started his career as an Asst.Director to Bharathiraja. He was the most trusted lieutenant of Bharathiraja after Bhagyaraj. His talent was evident when he started his solo career with the horror genre – Shalini’s portrayal in Pillai Nila still
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Projekt Ilaiyaraaja Season II – 103/365 – Vizhiye Nalama
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Projekt Ilaiyaraaja Season II – 104/365 – Gundu Onnu Vachirukken
Ilaiyaraaja has a ball when it comes to fun songs. These songs show how he can switch genres with ease in one single song. Arangetra Velai was the remake of Ramji Rao Speaking. The original was directed by Siddique-Lal and
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Movie Review : Yaman – Confused cocktail
Unlike Hollywood, political drama is not usual for Tamil cinema. But every movie will have a politician character, but they are usually stereotyped versions. We get a Muhammad Bin Tughlaq or an Amaidhipadai once in a blue moon.
Yaman doesn’t
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Projekt Ilaiyaraaja Season II – 105/365 – Parijatham
There is no other music composer in India who has explored and experimented genres like Ilaiyaraaja. The way he mixes electronic pop sound with traditional instruments brings out the best of two genres and that’s why I most people them
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Movie Review: Kuttram 23 – Well-executed
I have tried my level best to give the Kuttram 23 Review with minimal spoilers. I have refrained discussing the main conflict but I have made some remarks that might give you a hint. So discretion is advised.
Firstly, hats
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Projekt Ilaiyaraaja Season II – 106/365 – Electronic/Disco Special – One and Two Cha Cha Cha
Ilaiyaraaja goes crazy with his electronic, pop and disco songs. I am planning to feature some of the electronic/pop/disco songs that he composed from the past. Of course, most of the songs will be rare. Some of the songs are
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Projekt Ilaiyaraaja Season II – 107/365 – Electronic/Disco Special – Hey Maina
Maaveeran was quite an ambitious project but Rajinikanth was remaking Amitabh’s movies. Maaveeran was the remake of Mard that had an audacious plot but somehow became a box-office hit. Maaveeran couldn’t repeat the magic but definitely had some interesting music
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Projekt Ilaiyaraaja Season II – 108/365 – Electronic/Disco Special – Naane Raaja
Neengal Kettavai was a detour to what Balu Mahendra was doing but he did take the usual vengeance story in his style. And casting Thiagarajan and Banu Chander was even a bigger detour for the director and it did fetch
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Projekt Ilaiyaraaja Season II – 109/365 – Electronic/Disco Special – Appappa Thithikkum
Japanil Kalyanaraman is the first sequel in Tamil cinema. Kalyanaraman was an interesting character and could have spawned a series of movies. But the screenplay and storyline of Japanil Kalyanaraman didn’t help the box-office fortunes of the sequel. The majority
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Projekt Ilaiyaraaja Season II – 110/365 – Electronic/Disco Special – Va Va Pakkam Va
I just wanted to go for a popular choice because this song has been ringing in my head since I started this electronic/disco special. There are only handful of songs that can match the brilliance of this song. I am
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Projekt Ilaiyaraaja Season II – 111/365 – Onnum Theriyatha Papa
There was a string of movies that had Silk Smitha as the lead actress. Soorakottai Singakutti is one of them. It was a fun revenge based masala movie at had some quirky songs.Onnum Theriyatha Pappa is one such fun song
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Projekt Ilaiyaraaja Season II – 112/365 – Tell Me Tell Me
Manamagale Vaa was a successful heroine-centric movie from the 1980s. The popularity of Radhika buoyed it and she was having a great run during that period. The movie was about a woman trying to reconcile her sister’s marriage by marrying
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Projekt Ilaiyaraaja Season II – 113/365 – Disco Queen
I didn’t know about this song until recently. It was intriguing initially, and Sivakumar’s antics didn’t help much. At first, it will sound like electronic-pop to you, then the song moves into an Abbaish tone. It’s not a usual dance
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Projekt Ilaiyaraaja Season II – 114/365 – Disco Sound
Warning: Please use your headphones when you listen. Some sounds in the song are NOT SAFE FOR WORK.
I took a break yesterday as I didn’t want to do anything but sleep. And I want to give you a crazy
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Projekt Ilaiyaraaja Season II – 115/365 – Paaku Vethalai
My Dear Marthandan is an album that I go back to every now and then due to sheer enjoyment that it gives me. The songs are exuberant (except for a sad number) and all of them are different with respect
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The Case for Ilaiyaraaja
When someone complaints on the social media, he becomes the hero, and the appellee becomes the villain. This forms the crux of the issue between Ilaiyaraaja and SP Balasubramanhyam
- Ilaiyaraaja sent notices to SPB asking him not to sing his
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Projekt Ilaiyaraaja Season II – 117/365 – Raasave Unnai Vidamatten
It’s indeed true that Rajkiran gets the best folk based songs from Ilaiyaraaja (along with Ramarajan). It could be because of the stories that stuck to the roots or the interesting situations that he came with – Solai Pasungiliye and …
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Projekt Ilaiyaraaja Season II – 118/365 – Siru Kootula
Paandi Naatu Thangam is an album that every Ilaiyaraaja fan should have on their playlist. The entire album is a folk-based brilliance with some beautiful lyrics from Gangai Amaren. If I am not wrong, I think some of the verses
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Projekt Ilaiyaraaja Season II – 119/365 – Adi Kaana Karunguyile
Poonthotta Kavalkaran was directed by Senthilnathan – son of Jambulingam who directed Nam Naadu with MGR. He went on to make many other movies but none made a mark like Poonthotta Kavalkaran. It was one of the hits that pushed
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Projekt Ilaiyaraaja Season II – 120/365 – Barla Barla
This song is what I call a Ilaiyaraaja Genre – A folkish tune but the interludes are filled with western wind instruments and techno beats – the seamless transition will baffle you. I thought that this song was rendered by
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