Ilaiyaraaja

About Ilaiyaraaja

Ilaiyaraaja is an other crew and music director working in Tamil cinema and Telugu cinema. Clapnumber holds 1004 titles for Ilaiyaraaja, from Avalukkendru Oru Manam in 1971 to Valmiki Ramayana in 2026. By decade, that is 70 in the 1970s, 405 in the 1980s, 298 in the 1990s, 92 in the 2000s, 68 in the 2010s and 48 in the 2020s. Those titles are mostly drama, action and comedy.

Biography

Ilaiyaraaja (Gnanathesikan) is an Indian Music Director, Music Composer, Singer, Lyricist and instrumentalist. He is popularly Known as 'Ilaiyaraaja' and 'Maestro'. He predominantly works in "South Indian" Film Industry. He also worked in Bollywood film industry. He is the first Asian Composer to score a Symphony. He is one of the greatest music composer in India. Ilaiyaraaja has composed more than 6000 songs and he worked in more than 1000 films. He is a "Gold Medalist" from Trinity College of Music from London. Ilaiyaraja is known for creating music by fusing 'Symphonic Orchestration' with traditional Indian Instrumentation and often performed by 'Budapest Symphony Orchestra'. He has won the title called Isaignani, means 'savant of music'. He has awarded with the "Padma Bhushan" by Government of India. He has received five "National Awards" for Best Music Director. He composed many non-Film music, he also composed a variety of music like Religious, Melody, Devotional songs, an Oratorio and World music.