Projekt Ilaiyaraaja Season II – 85/365 – Kanna Varuvaya Meera Ketkiral
Manadhil Urudhi Vendum is one of the favourite movies of my mum. The song is when a divorced woman falls in love with a single man but unable to accept the fact that she is in love. The scene is … The...
View ArticleProjekt Ilaiyaraaja Season II – 86/365 – Ore Murai Un Dharisanam
Tamil films sometimes come up with outrageous concepts, En Jeevan Paaduthu is nothing short of craziness. A college student inspired by the poems of another college student falls in love with him. The...
View ArticleProjekt Ilaiyaraaja Season II – 87/365 – Pullai Kooda Paada Vaitha
The only reason this song hasn’t been featured so far is the fact that I thought I have already featured the song. One of my favourite songs ever because of the lyrics, situation and above all an...
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Projekt Ilaiyaraaja Season II – 88/365 – Hey Rasathi
This is one of my favourite songs and features in my all-time best songs list of Raaja. Actor from street plays tries to woo a village girl, and the song is based on his exploits. En Uyir Thozhan is a …
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Projekt Ilaiyaraaja Season II – 89/365 – Oru Pachai Kodi
If you allow me, I will have all the songs from this movie on the list. Calling this album as underrated is an understatement, Innisai Mazhai left without traces because of the weird storyline and...
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9 underrated love stories in Tamil cinema
It’s February and posts on Tamil romantic movies are inevitable. Be it the mainstream media or bloggers, romance in Tamil movies starts with Mani Ratnam and ends with Gautam Menon. It’s not that I...
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Projekt Ilaiyaraaja Season II – 90/365 – Minmini Paarvaigal
I deliberately stayed away from posting any songs on Valentine’s day. But I will post rare love songs from Ilaiyaraaja stable for remaining days of the month. Julie Ganapathy was based on ‘Misery’ and...
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Projekt Ilaiyaraaja Season II – 91/365 – Adho Andha Nadhiyoram
One of the most ambitious political movies of Vijayakanth came nearly 12 years before his actual entry into politics. It was directed by Liaquat Ali Khan (he was the default dialogue writer for...
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Projekt Ilaiyaraaja Season II – 92/365 – Oru Ragam Tharatha Veenai
If you are a hardcore Ilaiyaraaja fan, this song will be on your list because this is one of those songs that gets featured in discussions. The speciality of the song is the conversation between the...
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Projekt Ilaiyaraaja Season II – 93/365 – Sengamalam Sirikkuthu
Dhavani Kanavugal was an interesting movie with a stellar star cast. Bhagyaraj got Sivaji and Bharathiraja to do extended cameos for him. And most of the supporting actors made it big later. You can...
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Projekt Ilaiyaraaja Season II – 94/365 – Thendral Kaatre Thendral Kaatre
Gangai Amaren had quite a run in the late 80s and 90s with his rural-based movies that had simple plots, amazing comedy from Goundamani – Senthil duo and of course brilliant songs/score by...
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A story (and songs) of love – beyond Ilaiyaraaja and Rahman
It was an idea that stemmed out of a contest from Chennai Bloggers Club (more on it later), and I was out of my comfort zone. Krupa (my partner in crime for this post) and I came up with this …
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Projekt Ilaiyaraaja Season II – 95/365 – Sivappana Chinna Pappa
Prathap Pothen is a lucky director when it comes to the music of Ilaiyaraaja. He got some funky, quirky and not the usual tunes from Raaja. This one is no different. Magudam was not a successful movie...
View ArticleProjekt Ilaiyaraaja Season II – 96/365 – Ennavendru Solvathamma
As we are nearing the end of February, I am moving towards the popular love songs and this is one of my favourites when it comes to a song that describes a dream girl. கண்ணோரம் ஆயிரம் காதல் கதை...
View ArticleProjekt Ilaiyaraaja Season II – 97/365 – Kannale Kadhal Kavithai
It’s tougher to choose songs that are popular. The idea of this series is to bring back songs that are not usually featured in lists and FM stations. I am continuing with the popular selections to end...
View ArticleProjekt Ilaiyaraaja Season II – 98/365 – Thavikiren Thavikiren
Time is one of those movies with a brilliant album and bad “everything else” (maybe, I can accept picturizations of a couple of songs). It will go from a simple love story to the extent of copying...
View ArticleProjekt Ilaiyaraaja Season II – 99/365 – Mudhal Murai Partha Nyabagam
Needhane En Ponvasantham had one thing that wasn’t there for other recent Ilaiyaraaja movies – “good marketing”. The quality of Raaja’s music never changes but it’s not the only thing that can make...
View ArticleProjekt Ilaiyaraaja Season II – 100/365 – Love and Love Only
No, it’s not from Kadhalukku Mariyadhai. An independent film-maker from Australia wanted to make a cross-cultural love story with Ilaiyaraaja’s music and the maestro obliged. I don’t know how many...
View ArticleProjekt Ilaiyaraaja Season II – 101/365 – Enthan Kaikuttaiyai
Some of you might have forgotten this beautiful song from Isai Paadum Thendral. The song has a Hindustani touch it but I might be wrong. Isai Paadum Thendral is a slightly different take on rich guy...
View ArticleProjekt Ilaiyaraaja Season II – 102/365 – Adichen Kadhal Parisu
Every actor has this step-son based family drama movie. The step-son takes care of the father and mother while their off-springs abandon them. Kamal had Per Sollum Pillai while Vijayakanth got Ponmana...
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