Inner self of Ilayaraja reflects in his music
Inner self of Ilayaraja reflects in his music 🎹🎼🎻🎸🎺🎷🎼🎼🥁🎼🎸🎺🎷 Many in the industry, including Rajinikanth, call Ilayaraja ‘Saami’, while the maestro’s sobriquets include ‘Isaignani’ and ‘Raaga Devan’. And these are not without reason. Ilayaraja’s spiritual side is as in-depth as his music and one can feel this in his devotional songs – both in films and in albums. If the mesmerising Janani, Janani… made the layman understand Carnatic music without much effort, the mass Mariyamma, Mariyamma… grabbed the attention of the ‘elite’ with ease. Thus, Ilayaraja acted as a great leveller in society with his music. A follower of Ramana Maharishi, Ilayaraja is a regular visitor to Tiruvannamalai. His Ramanamalai is one classic gift from a sishya to his guru. His Thiruvasagam is a cultural crossover in which he blended Carnatic with Western classical effortlessly. It would be no exaggeration to say that Ilayaraja is perhaps the only musician who can comb...