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Superstar Rajinikanth despite having close to three million followers on Twitter, rarely logs in to tweet something. Yesterday's sudden death of veteran producer, screenwriter, lyricist Panchu Arunachalam has drawn the Superstar to the social media again. Rajinikanth has tweeted that he will really miss his "Panju sir". The departed legend has had a vital role in the shaping up of Rajinikanth's career as an actor/star. He has worked in as many as 23 films of Rajinikanth either as a producer, writer or lyricist. Their last association was for the 1994 super hit flick 'Veera'. In the early years of his career, it was the film's written Panchu such as 'Bhuvana Oru Kelvikkuri', 'Aarilirundhu Arubathu Varai' and 'Engeyo Ketta Kural' have revealed to the world,the real prowess of Rajini the actor. These films proved that Rajini could equally fit well into realistic films and emotional characters as much as he fits for mass masala action entertainers. Not only this. Panchu also unearthed the phenomenal comic talent of Rajinikanth with his films such as 'Thambikku Endha Ooru' and Guru Sishyan'. It will be an extremely painful loss for the Superstar indeed.
Bag full of films for Ragava Larencce
Choreographer-actor Ragava Larencce will join hands with producer Hitesh Jhabhak once again. The two had ventured to do 'Pandi' a few months ago and the movie witnessed a good response at the box office. Ragava Larencce is currently busy with 'Rajathi Raja' which is produced and directed by Sakthi Chidambaram. Hitesh Jhabhak is producing 'Pokkisham', which is directed and enacted by Cheran. Upon completion of both the films, Ragava Larencce and Hitesh would come together for a movie to be directed by director K S Ravikumar's associate Pon Raman. The film is expected to be a commercial entertainer and plans are on to name it as 'Gaana' or 'Masala'. Ragava Larencce has been assigned to act in a movie which is to be produced by R B Choudhry's Super Good Films. All these developments mean that his plans to remake 'Thambikku Endha Ooru', a yesteryear Rajinikanth classic will be delayed.
Happy B'day Ilayaraja - Part II
A complete music director who does everything-composing, orchestration, arrangement of instruments, writing notations, conducting and even sound recording and balancing of tracks, Ilayaraja is a one-man band of harmony and rhythms. Ilayaraja has been so acclaimed because his film numbers run the entire gamut ----folk, western, rock and roll and carnatic classical. Listening to him over the years is to visit a comprehensive music library. As demand mounted for his 'new' sound increased, Ilayaraja emerged the King of Tamil film music in early 1980s. Besides Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films, he has scored music for Hindi films and has worked with noted Indian poets and lyricists such as Gulzar, Kannadasan, Vairamuthu and T S Rangarajan (Vaali) and worked with directors such as Mani Ratnam, K Balachander, K Vishwanath and Singeetham Srinivasa Rao. Ilayaraja's genius lies not in his orchestrated lilt but in his intuitive feel of instruments and their melodies thereof. And it is not just in film music. The recording of his Symphony No1 with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) of London under the baton of John Scott in July 1993 is a good case in point. Recently, he came up with the symphonic rendition of Thiruvasagam. That was not so much muci but ambrosia from heaven. Ilayaraja's composition (Rakkama Kaiya Thattu) from the movie Thalapathi (1991) was the top most in a BBC World Top Ten music poll. His music for Nayakan (1987) was ranked by TIME Magazine as one of the all-time 100 best movies. Ilayaraja has composed music for events such as the 1996 Miss World beauty pageant that was held in Bangalore and for a documentary called India 24 Hours. Ilayaraja has won the National Film Award for Best Music Direction for the films Saagara Sangamam (1984), Sindhu Bhairavi (1986) and Rudraveena (1989). He was conferred the title Isaignani by Tamilnadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi and received the Kalaimamani Award, an annual award for excellence in the field of arts from the Government of the State of Tamilnadu. He was conferred honorary doctorates by Annamalai University and Madurai Kamarajar University. He has received an Award of Appreciation from the Foundation and Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America and later was presented with an honorary citizenship and key to the Teaneck Township by John Abraham, Mayor of Teaneck, New Jersey, USA. Still going strong is Ilayaraja has groomed several talents like S P Balasubramaniam, K J Yesudas, Chitra, Mano, and Swarnalatha among others. Talking of Ilayaraja's songs individually is a futile exercise. Like a great poem, its impact lies in what you are and who you are. It can appeal to the poet, philosopher and the play child equally. We have not, if you noticed carefully, talked individually about Ilayaraja's songs here. In fact we wanted to. But where do start? Where do we end? More difficultly, what do we leave out? How do we do justice in mere mortal words to his works in Uthiripookal, Johnny, Mudhal Mariyadhai, Sindhu Bhairavi, Thambikku Endha Ooru, Idhaya Kovil, 16 Vayathinale, Sagara Sangamam...the list is actually inexhaustible. It is an impossible task. All the roses in his musical bouquet are fragrant and fresh forever. Rather than we telling you about his songs, we will let you do one thing: Just close your eyes, and let some of the best film music in the last twenty years play in your mind. The odds are high for them being Ilayaraja's. That is his success. He is forever playing inside you. His is the music of life. It is the music of nature. It is the throb of heart, the strum of wind, the rhythm of trees, and the taps of rain. It is this world.
Happy Birthday to our Super Star!
The man with a magnetic personality. Charm, that spells success at every step of the way. Yes indeed, we are talking about Rajinikanth, a name that is capable of wooing millions, not just in the desi scene, but all over places where Tamil cinema is familiar. Called the Super Star by people here in India and the 'Dancing Maharaja' by the Japanese post his super-hit film 'Muthu,' Rajinikanth is the perfect example of a man who came, saw and conquered, with his sheer persona, charisma and of course, his unique style. Rajinikanth is truly a legend, for his beginnings were humble, in the truest sense of the word. He has risen to the level of an icon with his hard work and determination. Be it the baddie in films like 16 Vayadhinile, Avargal, Netrikann and Moondru Mudichu, or the romantic hero in Thambikku Endha Ooru, Kodi Parakudhu, Maapillai and many other films, Rajinikanth proved himself capable of many dimensions. He suited the roles given to him to a T. Which is why, he is still the reigning Super Star, the uncrowned Baadshah. 'What makes a person a success? Nature of Nurture?' is a common debate among psychologists worldwide. Rajinikanth defies the debate, for by nature, he is a bundle of talent and his mentor K. Balachander's nurture moulded him to perfection. Today is the Super Star's birthday. We at musicmazaa.com, the one stop portal for quality film content, take utmost pride in wishing the son of our Indian soil a very happy birthday and many more years of fame, happiness and success.