The baadshah of BGM - Illayaraja

Although I keep teasing my dad that he still lives in the 50's and 60's because that is the only cinema music he approves of. I am just proving that I am his daughter since I seem to be very picky in liking any song these days. I still delve in illayaraja music of the 80's and 90's. Every time I hear illayaraja's songs, I get nostalgic and remember listening to them on our age old radio just before leaving to school - If I heard விவித்பாரடியின் வர்தக ஒளிபர்ரப்பு then I knew I was late for school. Who can forget the mounaragam trademark BGM or veedu BGM? Illayaraja made the best use of violin and that is his forte - Remember the violin interlude in andhi mazhai pozhigirathu or poonkathave thalthiravai or kalyana malai.


Here are some of my favorite BGM: