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Ilayaraja breeze becomes a tsunami. Tiff with SusheelaThe Eighth Column

By Rangaraj | Oct 20, 2018 | 1 min read

This article was first published in 2018. How did Ilayaraja reach cult status? Coming from a small village in southern Tamil Nadu, with virtually no education and no musician in sight except his elder brother Paavalar Varadarajan whom he would accompany for music performances as part of...

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Annakili plagued by bad omens; Panchu was blasted by his family for signing IlayarajaThe Eighth Column

By Rangaraj | Oct 17, 2018 | 1 min read

In the early days, Ilayaraja’s brother R D Baskar would visit the offices of producers in Chennai, seeking an opportunity for the Ilayaraja-led Pavalar Brothers to compose music for their forthcoming films. However, there were no takers. At one stage, Raja even told Baskar not to visit these...