Sithara, Anveshana, Maharshi, Chettukinda Pleader, Ladies Tailor to an extent he has given music to almost all of Vamshi's films which were super hits. Ilayaraja gave many memorable hits in Telugu and had a special affiliation with director Vamsi. He was one of the earliest Indian film composers to use Western classical music harmonies and string arrangements.
He gained recognition in Telugu with Tamil dubbed films which were quite a hit starting from the 80s. He first composed music for a Telugu film titled Bhadrakali in the year 1976. Ilayaraja started his career with Tamil films and made his debut with Annakkali, as a music director The Isaignani has directed over 5,000 songs and 1000 films in various languages including Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Kannada and one Marathi in his film career spanning 40+ years. Incidentally, his first National Award was for the Telugu film Sagara Sangamam directed by K Viswanath. Sagara Sangamam and Rudraveena are the Telugu films for which he won National awards. The 'Raja' of South Film Industry has won five National Awards, three for Best Music Director and two for Background Score category Ilayaraja was the third son of Ramaswamy and Chinnatayammal couple.
Ilayaraja's real name is Gnanathesikan and was born on Jin Panniyapuram, Theni district of Tamil Nadu. The musical genius brought a new dimension to film music and set new milestones in film songs with his diverse music. a name that needs no introduction celebrates his 78th birthday today (June 2).
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