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Friday, November 13, 2020,
Chennai
'Malayalam' Dakshinamoorthy, as was called the famous music director, had composed for over 125 films including 13 in Tamil, and had groomed Ilayaraja, Yesudas, NC Vasanthakokilam, P Leela, P Susheela, Kalyani Menon and Bhavatharini among many other singers and music directors. Yet his birth centenary last year was totally ignored by the film industry in Chennai
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Saturday, September 26, 2020,
Chennai
Those were the days when Ilayaraja and his brothers struggled for even one square meal in two days. They would conduct music for Bharatiraja's plays and occasionally get a chance to play the guitar for a film recording. Bharatiraja requested SPB, then an up-and-coming singer to engage them in his orchestra which used to perform light music programmes in Chennai. SPB took them on board. Later, Ilayaraja rose to such dizzy heights as a music composer that SPB wondered where that talent came from.
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Monday, July 6, 2020,
Chennai
கர்னாடக இசை உலகின் ஜாம்பவானாகத் திகழ்ந்த எம்.பாலமுரளி கிருஷ்ணா, 1930-ம் ஆண்டு ஆந்திர மாநிலம் கிழக்கு கோதாவரி மாவட்டத்தில் சங்கரகுப்தம் என்ற ஊரில் பிறந்தவர் (ஜூலை 6). தனது 6-வது வயதிலேயே இசைப் பயணத்தை தொடங்கியவர்.
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Thursday, April 18, 2019,
Chennai
Noted singer K J Yesudas has recorded a song for a Tamil film after a long gap. He has now sung a song for the film Tamilarasan with maestro Ilayaraja scoring the music.
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Monday, March 28, 2016,
New Delhi
The Tamil feature film Visaranai bagged three National awards on March 28 including best Tamil film. Maestro Ilayaraja bagged the National award for best re-recording for the film Thaarai Thampattai directed by Bala.
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Wednesday, January 6, 2016,
Chennai
Discovery Tamil and B Studios and Company Productions have entered into a brand association for ace director Bala’s film ‘Thaarai Thappattai’.
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Friday, August 14, 2015,
Chennai
Music composer Ilaiyaraaja has launched his official website ilaiyaraajalive.com and ilaiyaraaja Official Youtube channel.
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Saturday, January 24, 2015,
Acting with Amitabh a great honour: Akshara
Akshara Haasan, who is making her debut in Hindi film Shamitabh, says she deemed acting with Amitabh Bachchan a great honour. Akshara Haasan is the daughter of veteran actor Kamal Haasan.
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Tuesday, July 1, 2014,
Chennai
A music group for charity, Aarohi, comprising professionals who sing retro Bollywood and South Indian film songs, presents Pancham Meets Isaignani in Chennai on July 4, 2014.
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Sunday, April 6, 2014,
Madurai
Huge crowds thronged Tamukkam grounds here on April 5 to watch maestro Ilayaraja and his son Karthik Raja perform. The crowd included over 2,000 persons from his village Pannaipuram to watch Ilayarajavin Sangeetha Thirunaal.
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Thursday, March 20, 2014,
San Francisco
The Taste of Cinema web site has positioned Ilayaraja no. 9 in the global ranking of top 25 Film Composers ever.
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Sunday, March 16, 2014,
Chennai
Music maestro 'Isaignani' Ilayaraja suffered a mild cardiac arrest at his residence in Chennai on December 23
