Projekt Ilaiyaraaja Season II – 61/365 – Telugu Special – Priyathama
The article you are reading is from www.sylvianism.com Priyathama (probably the name was inspired by the song from Prema) released when actor Rahman was in his peak acting all the South Indian...
View ArticleProjekt Ilaiyaraaja Season II – 62/365 – Telugu Special – Shubhalekha Andukunna
The article you are reading is from www.sylvianism.com Kondaveeti Donga is one of the biggest hits in Chiranjeevi’s career. A vigilante Robin Hoodish movie (pretty similar to Malaiyur Mambattiyan)...
View ArticleProjekt Ilaiyaraaja Season II – 63/365 – Telugu Special – Ku Ku Kokila Raave
The article you are reading is from www.sylvianism.com Sitaara was the debut movie of Bhanupriya and it was based on the novel by Vamsy – Mahal Lo Kokila. It’s an interesting story of how Bhanupriya...
View ArticleProjekt Ilaiyaraaja Season II – 64/363 – Telugu Special – Sandhya...
The article you are reading is from www.sylvianism.com Indran Chandran is one of the most underrated movies of Kamal Hassan (so is the music). Kamal as GK Rayudu, a corrupt mayor was one of his best...
View ArticleProjekt Ilaiyaraaja Season II – 65/365 – Telugu Special – Hope Original Score
The article you are reading is from www.sylvianism.com Hope was 2006 Telugu movie that dealt with teenage suicides forced by the current education system. A critically acclaimed movie directed by...
View ArticleProjekt Ilaiyaraaja Season II – 72/365 – Alangara Ponnunjale
Sonnathu Neethana is a 1978 movie directed by CN Muthu. Don’t confuse it with another movie with Suresh in the lead that had a musical score from Malaysia Vasudevan. This 1978 movie had Vijayakumar,...
View ArticleProjekt Ilaiyaraaja Season II – 73/365 – Unnai Pola Aatha
There is no other music composer in this world who could bring the greatness of motherhood like Ilaiyaraaja. Be it pathos or happiness, he makes sure, he will tear you up. And this song is one such....
View ArticleProjekt Ilaiyaraaja Season II – 74/365 – Nandavanam Poothirukkuthu
Illam was the remake of Sanmanassullavarkku Samadhanam – a sleeper hit in Malayalam that cemented the position of Sreenivasan as a writer. The Malayalam version was directed by Sathyan Anthikad with...
View ArticleProjekt Ilaiyaraaja Season II – 75/365 – Vaanilla Thenila
There are many music composers who provide good songs to certain movies but don’t concentrate enough in another – it could be because of the inability of the directors to narrate their requirements or...
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Projekt Ilaiyaraaja Season II – 76/365 – Vel Muruganukku
Ilaiyaraaja fans from the previous generation tell me that this song was quite popular during the late 1980s. This song epitomises of what people call as “Ilaiyaraaja Genre” – funky, groovy and crazy...
View ArticleProjekt Ilaiyaraaja Season II – 77/365 – Endrum Vanaveliyil
Kelviyum Naane Bathilum Naane is an entertaining thriller – A mother’s revenge on a guy who she thinks is the reason for her daughter’s suicide. I don’t know whether the movie did well, but a couple...
View ArticleProjekt Ilaiyaraaja Season II – 78/365 – Kanavu Palithathu
Vetri Padigal is one of those movies that followed the Ramki – Nirosha pair. It would be an interesting exercise to check the number of movies that these two acted. Vetri Padigal also had Sarath Kumar...
View ArticleMovie Review : Adhe Kangal – Half-blind
Adhe Kangal starts perfectly and sets up the tone for the movie. In fact, the love that blossoms between Varun (Kalaiarasan) and Deepa (Shivada) is tentative, and it gives you that uneasy feeling. But...
View ArticleProjekt Ilaiyaraaja Season II – 79/365 – Jal Jal Salangai Kulunga
There was a time in Tamil cinema when Ramarajan churned out movies targeted towards B and C centres. Ponnuketha Purushan was one such that didn’t do well at the box office. It had some interesting...
View ArticleProjekt Ilaiyaraaja Season II – 80/365 – Karaiyoram Kaathu
Pagalil Pournami is a confusing horror movie directed by VMC Hanifa. The first half and the second half will be disjointed. I think VMC Hanifa got inspired by Shining and the setup will be pretty much...
View ArticleProjekt Ilaiyaraaja Season II – 81/365 – The Greatest Love Themes of Ilaiyaraaja
Navin Mozart is the person I go to when I need Ilaiyaraaja’s background score. Another Raaja devotee who painstakingly decodes the background scores and uploads them to Youtube. All my BGM scores...
View ArticleProjekt Ilaiyaraaja Season II – 82/365 – Ival Yaaro
If Vijay and Ajith decide not to act together in the future, Raajavin Paarvaiyile will be the only movie to have both actors. Ajith’s role is an extended cameo but Ilaiyaraaja had some interesting...
View ArticleMovie Review : Bogan – Limited Pleasures
The first scene of any movie is important as it sets the tone of the film. The best example that I could think of is Indian (Tamil), when an old man murders the Corporation commissioner, it grabs your...
View ArticleProjekt Ilaiyaraaja Season II – 83/365 – Alai Meethu
Apologies for not posting for the past three days but here you go – a brilliant melody rendered by SPB and Vani Jayaram. The songs show the dilemma of a single mother whether to fall in love with a...
View ArticleProjekt Ilaiyaraaja Season II – 84/365 – Idhayame Naalum Kaadhal
Aduthathu Albert is one of those movies that had an interesting take on inter-religious love story. Prabhu’s sister and Oorvasi’s brother (who are from different religions) fall in love and commit...
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