Chennai, June 11 (IANS) Legendary Tamil filmmaker Bharathiraja, whose pioneering work reshaped the landscape of Tamil cinema and brought rural life to the forefront of storytelling, will be laid to rest with full state honours at his farmhouse near Vathalagundu in Theni district on Thursday. The acclaimed director passed away in Chennai on Wednesday due to age-related health complications, triggering an outpouring of grief from the film fraternity, political leaders and admirers across the count…
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Chennai, June 10 (IANS) Actress and well known producer Radhika Sarathkumar has now penned a heart-touching tribute to her mentor, ace director Bharathiraja, who passed away in the city on Wednesday after battling age-related ailments. Taking to her Instagram page to pen a heart touching post in Tamil, Radhika said, “There were two people who made me what I am. One was my mother. The other was my guru (teacher) Bharathiraja. In just this one year, I have lost both of them. Words cannot describ…
Chennai, June 10 (IANS) Superstar Rajinikanth on Wednesday joined scores of others in paying homage to his friend and one of Tamil cinema’s iconic directors Bharathiraja, saying the late pioneer’s name would continue to remain in the hearts of the Tamil people forever. Talking to the media soon after paying homage to the late director, Rajinikanth said, “He has been a friend for 50 years. Everybody knows about his talent, his achievements. He introduced several actors, actresses, techinicians to…
Chennai, June 4 (IANS) Paying glowing tributes to legendary singer S P Balasubrahmanyam on the occasion of his birth anniversary, one of India’s greatest music composers, Ilaiyaraaja, on Thursday said that no one understood a composer’s vision faster, and no one poured more focus into a song than SPB. Taking to his X timeline to post an audio clip that contained his thoughts on his close friend S P Balasubrahmanyam, Maestro Ilaiyaraaja wrote, “No one understood a composer’s vision faster, and no…
Chennai, May 22 (IANS) Ace director Karthik Subbaraj, who is now working on his next film, the music of which has been scored by renowned music director Ilaiyaraaja, has announced that the background score of this film will be released as a separate album. Even more significantly, the director has said that this BGM album will release before the film. Taking to his social media timelines to share a statement, director Karthik Subbaraj said, “My tenth film is a story that is rooted deep in my hea…
Chennai, May 19 (IANS) Clarifying that they had no intention to offend, hurt, or disrespect music director Ilaiyaraaja, his contribution, or his rights in any manner, the makers of director RJ Balaji’s courtroom action drama ‘Karuppu’ have now expressed regret to the ace music director for a dialogue in the film that referred to him. The makers have also announced that they had decided to remove/modify the concerned portion in future versions and subsequent exploitations of the film.In a stateme…
Mumbai, May 18 (IANS) Filmmaker Karthik Subbaraj is set to collaborate with veteran music composer Ilaiyaraaja for an upcoming Tamil feature film. The film marks their first collaboration, while also standing as Karthik Subbaraj’s 10th directorial venture and Ilaiyaraaja’s 1540th film as a composer. Karthik Subbaraj has built one of the most unique cinematic voices in contemporary Indian cinema. A longtime admirer of Ilaiyaraaja, the director has often paid tribute to him, and his music thro…
Mumbai, April 12 (IANS) Actress Mouni Roy used social media to share a fond memory with the late legendary singer Asha Bhosle. The clip dropped by the ‘Brahmastra’ actress on her official Instagram handle showed Asha Bhosle singing her melodious Bengali track “Jete Dao Amay Dekona”. Towards the end of the video, Asha Bhosle also expressed her admiration for Mouni in Bengali. The ‘Naagin’ actress also reciprocated the love, again in Bengali.In the caption, Mouni revealed that she has grown up lis…
Chennai, April 1 (IANS) Ace music director Ilaiyaraaja is to score music for director D D Balachandran’s upcoming film ‘Lenin Pandiyan’, which incidentally also happens to be the debut film of Dhaarshan, a grandson of the legendary Tamil actor Sivaji Ganeshan. Sivaji Ganesan’s grandson Daarshan is to make his acting debut with this film. Sources claim that Daarshan plays a police officer in the film, which will also feature actor and music director Ganga Amaran as one of the leads. Incidentally,…
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has passed an ex-parte ad-interim injunction in favour of Saregama India Limited in a copyright infringement suit against noted music composer Ilaiyaraaja, restraining him from exploiting certain cinematograph films’ sound recordings and musical works claimed by the company.A single-judge Bench of Justice Tushar Rao Gedela was hearing a commercial suit filed by Saregama seeking to restrain Ilaiyaraaja from granting unauthorised licences to third pa…