Mani Ratnam is one of the leading filmmakers who is known across India. He is the director who took Tamil cinema to the next level and made people from across India turn ahead with his film Roja. His recent film two-part film Ponniyin Selvan is called his Magnum Opus and has been his dream to make the books written by Kalki around the Chola empire into film. He is celebrating his 67th birthday today.
Music composer 'Isaignani' Ilayaraaja is known for making films and revolutionizing the music industry. The celebrated composer Isaignani has worked in over 1000 films in various languages and is celebrating his 80th birthday today, Many members of the film fraternity had shared their wishes with him. Mani Ratnam and Ilaiyaraaja has worked together on a hand full of projects in the 1980s and 1990s. Here is a list of the projects they worked together:
Pallavi Anu Pallavi
The Kannada film marked the debut of Mani Ratnam as a director with Anil Kapoor in the lead role. He worked with Ilaiyaraja in the film.
Unaroo
The Malayalam film has Mohanlal in the lead role and marked the second collaboration of Mani Ratnam and Ilaiyaraaja.
Pagal Nilavu
Pagal Nilavu marks the debut of Mani Ratnam in the Tamil film industry and he continued to work with Isaignani after the two film.
Idhaya Kovil
The filmmaker's debut of Ilayaraaja as lyrics and songs from the film were huge hit.
Mouna Raagam.
The album of Mouna Raagam is one of the most popular albums that is still heard by many of his fans in repeat mode. The film Mani Ratnam is remembered even now by many movie buffs as one of the classics in the romantic genre.
Nayakan.
Nayakan was the seventh collaboration of Mani Ratnam and Ilaiyaraaja. The film is celebrated as one of the trademarks of Tamil cinema and is celebrated by everyone.
Agni Natchathiram.
Agni Natchathiram was another commercial hit film by the hit combo released in 1988.
Geetanjali.
After his success in Tamil, The filmmakers and the composer duo did the Telugu film Geethanjali with Nagarjuna in the lead role.
Anjali
It marked the 500th film of Isaignani Ilayaraaja. The film was one of the pop-culture hits and was a family drama that connected well with the audience.
Thalapathi
Thalapathi would be one of the favourite albums for any Ilayaraaja fan and was a modern adaptation of the epic Mahabaratham by Mani Ratnam. It has Superstars Rajinikanth and Mammooty in the lead roles.
