Rajinikanth, Stalin Samman Ilaiyaraja at a grand ceremony, call for Bharat Ratna

Under the Tamil Nadu government, Chief Minister MK Stalin, on 13 September, Jawaharlal Nehru felt Sangeet Mestro Isgani Ilaiyaraja at a special event at the Indoor Stadium. Among the attendees of the event were actors Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan, who have collaborated with Mestro many times.

While speaking at the event, Rajinikanth said, “A film that is being released in the present time can become a hit if it has a song composed by Ilaiyaraja. Even in ‘Cooli’,Two of his songs were depicted. ,

The experienced actor also recalled the time when Ilayaraja sought his help. While sharing the same, he said, “Ilaiyaraja requested me to help his brother Bhaskar, and I easily agreed to work with him. The film was ‘Rajathi Raja’, directed by R Sundarjan, who was given a hit, but it was a peculiar director. Arunachalam was not available, I am not able to change, Will go. ‘

“To which he replied,” I don’t know what this film is. But if this film does not run from Silver Jubilee (25 weeks), I will not touch the harmonium and I will not sing anymore. ” I was surprised by this because he is a person who works on his words.

Finally, Rajinikanth appreciated the composer, saying, “Ilaiyaraja is an incredible person. Leaves for the great master. Long live.”

During the ceremony, Stalin urged the Central Government to honor Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian honor, 82 -year -old music legend in the recognition of its brilliant five -decade career. He appealed to a state government, marked as a composer to 50 years of Mestro.

Stalin further announced the institution of a state award in the name of Ilaiyaraja, which to honor persons who excelled in the field of music. Addressing the composer directly, he requested him to create compositions based on Tamil classical literature and release them as an album, ensuring that the prosperity of the language is passed on the future generations.

In this incident, Ilaiyaraja expressed gratitude, given that this was the first time a government organized a ceremony to honor a musician. He thanked Stalin for recognition.

While reflecting the process of composing his symphony, he shared that he had consciously avoided the influence of Tamil folk traditions with his village, film songs, or any music.

Ilaiyaraja has composed music for many Rajinikanth filmsWhich includes ‘Thalpathi’, ‘Mullam Malaram’, ‘Johnny’, and ‘Evely Appadithan’.