Ilaiyaraaja Tamil Movie News

Premam director Alphonse Puthren's full-fledged Tamil film is titled Gift - poster teases new love BGMs from 'Maestro' Ilaiyaraaja and an intriguing cast

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Alphonse Puthren is one of the notable directors of Malayalam film industry who made his big break with the film Premam. The next film the director is to be a Tamil directorial with the producer Raahul of Romeo Pictures. Now, the makers of the film have released the title and cast details of the film. It is titled Gift and has an exciting cast with dance choreographer Sandy, veteran actress Kovai Sarala, Sampath Raj and Sahana Sarvesh in pivotal roles. The film will also have music composed by Maestro Ilayaraaja. The poster shows the letters of the title made with cycle chain and a fidget spinner. They have also revealed that the film will have 7 songs and original soundtracks with Maestro's new love BGMs. The poster also says the veteran music composer has also sung a song in Gift and has also penned the lyrics.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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With the title announcement poster, Gift team have also revealed the film will have Charlie, Magalakshmi Sudarsan, Raahul, Charlie, Raichal Rabecca, Gopalam Palakaad and Cycle Mani in important roles. The poster also announced the technical crew who are a part of the film and the shooting of the film is in progress. Alphonse Puthren and the produccer Raahul have also revealed that the audio rights was bagged by Sony Music.

The recent release of the director Alphonse Puthren was Gold which was a hyperlink film that has Prithviraj Sukumaran in the lead role. He made his debut with the Tamil-Malayalam bilingual Neram starring Nivin Pauly and his second film was Premam which became a blockbuster hit. The director announced his collaboration with the producer on March 23 and also announced a open audition. He has also shared a video from the auditions. Now, the cast and crew of the film have been announced by the makers and that the shooting of the film is in progress.
 

'Isaignani' Ilaiyaraaja celebrates his 80th birthday - Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin pens a heartfelt note! VIRAL PICS

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Ilaiyaraaja is a veteran Music composer who is called by his fans 'Isaignani' for his genius in music compositions. The composer is celebrating his 80th birthday today. He has composed music for over 1000 films in various Indian languages but has worked primarily in the Tamil film industry. He has received many awards including Padma Vibhushan and Padma Bhushan and has also won the National Film Awards nearly five times. Recently, he composed music for the anthology web series Modern Love Chennai and stunned his fans yet again with his music. Many leading celebrities in the Tamil film industry have shared their wishes with the music composer.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin visited the legendary music composer in-person and has shared his wishes with sweet gift. He has also penned a heartfelt-note wishing Isaignani on his birthday and shared it on social media. Stalin said "Tamil Nadu chooses 'Isaignani' Ilaiyaraaja to make their morning great, travels smooth, for celebrations, to turn struggles to dust and to turn nights sweet". He further went on to say that not just for the film industry but also for the music world, he is a revolution. The Chief Minister further went on to say that he would like to wish Ilaiyaraaja as a fan on his birthday and ended the note by saying "you are really a King as you have conquered our hearts." 

Apart from the Chief Minister, singer K.S. Chithra, shared a video message wishing the birthday of the music composer and said Ilaiyaraaja is one of the main reasons, she is here as a leading singer.

Bharathiraja one of the Veteran filmmakers and a longtime friend of the music composer penned a note in honour of his birthday saying "crossing language and national barriers, 'Isaignani' is ruling the hearts of listeners for about hakf a century now. Happy birthday to my best friend Ilaiyaraaja".

One of the Leading directors Pa Ranjith has wished 'Isaignani' with a fan heart and a short not saying "Please take me far high sir..."

Venkat Prabhu's cop entertainer Custody first single - an Ilaiyaraaja and Yuvan Shankar Raja musical treat! WATCH HERE!

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Blockbuster director Venkat Prabhu's next big film, Custody, starring Naga Chaitanya and Krithi Shetty in the lead roles is a Telugu-Tamil bilingual and is scheduled to open cinemas worldwide on May 12. The upcoming film has been carrying tremendous buzz right from the moment it rolled into production as it also includes music by 'Maestro' Ilaiyaraaja and 'Little Maestro' Yuvan Shankar Raja, and their reunion for a collaboration after Vijay Sethupathi's 2022 hit, Maamanithan, has left fans super excited. With a major chunk of production on Custody already completed and an intriguing and action-packed teaser unveiled a few weeks back, the highly-anticipated first single 'Head Up High' song video has now been released and is a musical treat from beginning to the end. 

Featuring vocals by Arun Kaundinya, Asal Kolaar, and Yuvan Shankar Raja to the lyrics written by Karunakaran and Shri Shivani VP for the Tamil version, the first single in Custody 'Head Up High' is a peppy number and will leave fans wanting to hit the dance floor. The foot-tapping beats in the song are a trademark of Yuvan's work over the years and the composer has once again packaged and delivered it in a fresh manner yet again. The Custody first single 'Head Up High' also gives fans a glimpse of Naga Chaitanya in his policeman avatar showing his dance skills and also emoting well to the song, which will undoubtedly scale the charts as the days go by. 

Produced by Srinivasaa Chitturi under the Srinivasaa Silver Screen banner and being presented by Pavan Kumar, Custody is set to be yet another power-packed entertainer and the visuals so far have assured us that it will be yet another film to be enjoyed in theatres. The cop entertainer also includes in its ensemble cast Arvind Swami, Sarathkumar, Priyamani,  Sampath Raj, Premji, Vennela Kishore, Premi Vishwanath, among others in crucial roles. 

Watch the Custody first single 'Head Up High' song video below: 

A.R.Rahman and Ilaiyaraaja meet at one of the rarest occasions - know the reason behind their meet?

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On one of the rarest occasions, two legendary composers Isaignani Ilaiyaraaja and A.R.Rahman met recently and the picture from their meeting has set social media on fire. Ilaiyaraaja recently visited A.R.Rahman's new music recording studio, Firdaus Studio in Dubai and the Academy Award winning composer took to his official Instagram page to share his excitement about the same. He termed it to be a special moment to have the legendary Ilaiyaraaja visiting his studio and also hoped that the Maestro uses Firdaus Studio and the orchestra to play for any of his upcoming projects.

Sharing a picture with Ilaiyaraaja at the Firdaus Studio, A.R.Rahman wrote, "Such a pleasure welcoming the Maestro to our Firdaus studio... hope he composes something amazing for the @firdausorchestra to play in future!". It is not often that we see such things happen and this picture has come as a delightful treat for fans. A.R.Rahman is currently working on multiple projects that have a good level of buzz. His next release will most likely be Cobra, the Chiyaan Vikram starrer which is set to release on May 26. Among the lot, Rahman's highlight project happens to be the historical epic, Ponniyin Selvan which has got huge expectations among the film buffs.

Ponniyin Selvan will have Chiyaan Vikram, Karthi, Jayam Ravi, Trisha, and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in the lead roles. Ponniyin Selvan is scheduled to hit the screens on September 30, 2022. Rahman was recently announced to compose music for the upcoming Udhayanidhi Stalin starrer Maamannan, directed by Mari Selvaraj. Sivakarthikeyan's Ayalaan, Silambarasan TR's Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu and Pathu Thala, Prithviraj Sukumaran's Aadujeevitham, Parthiban's Iravin Nizhal, are the other prominent films that will have music by A.R.Rahman.

On the other hand, Ilaiyaraaja also has some interesting projects in his pipeline including Vetri Maaran's Viduthalai, Vijay Antony's Thamezharasan, Vijay Sethupathi's Maamanithan, Vishal's Thupparivaalan 2, Susi Ganesan's Vanjam Theerthaayaadaa and more.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Santhanam's Dikkiloona - 'Per Vachaalum Vaikkaama' video song | Ilaiyaraaja | Karthik Yogi | Anagha, Shirin

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Comedian turned hero Santhanam's Dikkiloona is gearing up for its grand premiere on September 10 on the ZEE5 Tamil OTT platform on the auspicious occasion of Vinayagar Chathurthi. Jointly produced by Rajesh Kotapadi's KJR Studios and Balloon director Sinish’s Soldiers Factory banners, the upcoming science-fiction comedy will see Santhanam in triple roles and was initially planned for a theatrical release. With Dikkiloona's premiere date announced and an interesting second trailer also unveiled a few days back, the makers have now released the much-awaited 'Per Vachaalum Vaikkaama' video song, which has Santhanam tapping his feet to the Ilaiyaraaja classic alongside female leads Anagha of Natpe Thunai fame and Nenjamundu Nermaiyundu Odu Raja heroine Shirin Kanchwala. 

'Per Vachaalum Vaikkaama' in Dikkiloona was composed by ‘Maestro’ Ilaiyaraaja and was first featured in 'Ulaganayagan' Kamal Haasan's Michael Madana Kama Rajan, which has since gone on to become a cult classic among film aficionados. The 1990 blockbuster comedy film directed by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao and written by Kamal Haasan, with Crazy Mohan penning the dialogues incidentally featured the multi-talented actor in four roles and continues to be one of his most memorable and admired performances to date.

Dikkiloona is the directorial debut of Karthik Yogi, who earlier appeared in a supporting role in Master director Lokesh Kanagaraj's Maanagaram. Featuring music by Yuvan Shankar Raja, the film's supporting cast includes former Indian cricket team cricketer Harbhajan Singh, followed by Yogi Babu, Anand Raj, Munish Kanth, Motta Rajendiran, Chitra Lakshmanan, the late Arun Alexander, Sha Rah and YouTuber Prashanth in pivotal roles.

Watch the fun-filled 'Per Vachaalum Vaikkaama' video song from Dikkiloona below: 

Dikkiloona - Per Vachaalum Vaikkaama Lyric | Santhanam | Ilaiyaraaja | Yuvan Shankar Raja | Karthik Yogi

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Comedian turned hero Santhanam's latest release, Parris Jeyaraj, has turned out to be a success for the actor, with fans and critics praising him for his performance. Santhanam's Biskoth released last year as a Diwali treat incidentally is the first Tamil film to hit theatres after the lockdown in the state shut down cinema halls for nearly eight months. As Tamil cinema is slowly coming back to its usual form with more new releases, Santhanam's much-awaited comedy entertainer, Dikkiloona, is gearing up to come out in the days ahead. 

Dikkiloona has Santhanam playing a triple role in his career for the first time, with the film billed to be a science-fiction romantic comedy. The upcoming film has a number of big highlights apart from Santhanam and that also includes celebrated composer Yuvan Shankar Raja, with fans looking forward to yet another memorable album from him. After the first single 'Cycle Wheela Pola' released in December last year received a largely positive response, the Dikkiloona team has now dropped the highly-anticipated 'Per Vachaalum Vaikkaama' song. A remix of the 'Per Vachaalum Vaikkaama' song composed by 'Isaignani' Ilaiyaraaja from the 'Ulaganayagan' Kamal Haasan blockbuster Michael Madana Kama Rajan released in 1990,Yuvan has given the track a new spin with fresh beats to the vocals of original singers Malaysia Vasudevan and S. Janaki and lyrics penned by "Kavignar" Vaali. 

Directed by newcomer Karthik Yogi under the joint production of KJR Studios and Balloon director Sinish’s Soldiers Factory banners, Santhanam's Dikkiloona also includes in its star cast names like Indian Cricket Team and Chennai Super Kings cricketer Harbhajan Singh making his Tamil cinema debut. The film will also see Santhanam paired opposite Anagha of Natpe Thunai fame, with Yogi Babu, Shirin Kanchwala, Anand Raj, Munish Kanth, Motta Rajendiran, Chitra lakshmanan, Arun Alexander, Sha Rah and YouTuber Prashanth forming the supporting cast. 

Watch the 'Per Vachaalum Vaikkaama' song from Santhanam's Dikkiloona below: 

One more Ponniyin Selvan project announced - Isaignani Ilaiyaraaja onboard!

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As we all know, ace filmmaker Mani Ratnam is in the process of making Ponniyin Selvan as a film and the shooting for the film is underway. Mani Ratnam’s version of Ponniyin Selvan is going to be made as a two-part film and it features an ensemble star cast. Meanwhile, a new web series based on the epic novel of Ponniyin Selvan has been officially announced and this series is titled Chiranjeevi Ponniyin Selvan. The series is written and directed by Ajay Pratheeb who will also crank the camera for the mega project. Eternitee Motion Krafte Pvt. Ltd and Eternity Star will bankroll this web series which will be released in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, and Hindi.

Isaignani Ilaiyaraaja will be composing music for this web series and if everything goes as planned, this will mark the legendary composer’s debut in the digital space. The series will stream on a popular OTT platform from April 14, 2022, and we are more than a year away from its release. Segregated into 9 seasons, there would be a 45 day interval between each season. Ajay Pratheeb, the director of this series is known for directing several ad films in the past and he is a product of the Film Institute. Ajay’s mother Omana, was paired with MGR in the bilingual Jenova. She was the heroine of the film in its Malayalam version.

Talking about this web series, writer and director Ajay Pratheeb says, "The meticulous efforts we put forth in the past 6 years to make MGR's dream come true is noteworthy. When we met Isaignani Ilaiyaraaja with the complete script, drawings, and the entire plan, he was convinced and agreed to be on board". When MGR planned to produce Ponniyin Selvan with a leading artist under the direction of a renowned director, Ilaiyaraaja was roped in for music composition, but the project did not take off as planned. This project 'Chiranjeevi Ponniyin Selvan' was officially launched with a special pooja, last year on October 26.

The series has some of the big names in the technical team - Sabu Cyril for art direction, Anthony for editing, Viswanathan Ananth (Baahubali fame) for visual effects, and Maniyan Selvam for costume design. The cast and crew of the project will be officially announced on April 14, this year. The music composition will begin on Ilaiyaraaja’s birthday. The shooting is expected to begin from August 18. The first episode will go on air on April 14, 2022 and the series will have 9 seasons.

Aayiram Mugangal Video Song | Hero | Sivakarthikeyan | Ilaiyaraaja | Yuvan Shankar Raja | Arjun

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Actor Sivakarthikeyan’s third and final film of 2019, Hero, under Irumbu Thirai director PS Mithran released in theatres on December 20 and was produced by KJR Studios. Featuring music by Yuvan Shankar Raja, the film had a bold theme about a youth transforming himself to become a superhero with fans of Sivakarthikeyan predominantly appreciating the actor's efforts in bringing life to the character.

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Sivakarthikeyan's Hero has since been released on the Amazon Prime streaming service with KJR Studios doing post-release promotions in the form of releasing clips and video songs with the production banner now bringing out the video for the 'Aayiram Mugangal' song, which has vocals by 'Isaignani' Ilaiyaraaja featuring lyrics penned by Pa. Vijay.

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Hero had Sivakarthikeyan in the role of a boy-next-door character named Shakti, whose aim is to become a superhero and eventually dons a cape and a mask to fight the corruption and scams surrounding the education system, which is the core plot of the film. Since the film's release, many have lauded Sivakarthikeyan and director PS Mithran for speaking about a prevalent issue. Hero's cast also includes names like Kalyani Priyadarshan as the female lead followed by ‘Action King’ Arjun, Bollywood actor Abhay Deol making his acting debut in Tamil as the antagonist, Naachiyaar fame Ivana and Robo Shankar in major supporting roles.

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Watch the 'Aayiram Mugangal' video song from Hero below:

Vijay Antony's Thamezharasan teaser | Remya Nambeesan | Ilaiyaraaja | Babu Yogeswaran

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Composer turned actor Vijay Antony has made a name for himself over the years as a credible artiste in films namely Naan, Salim, Pichaikkaran, and Kolaigaran, earlier this year. The star has his hands full with his upcoming projects among which include a political film with Metro director Anandakrishnan while also playing the role of a police officer in two back-to-back ventures namely Thamezharasan and Kaaki Da. Among them, the Babu Yogeshwaran directorial, Thamezharasan has had its action-packed teaser released now and includes actress Remya Nambeesan playing the female lead role and features music by ‘Isaignani’ Ilaiyaraaja.

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Produced by S. Kowsalya Rani under the SNS Movies banner, Thamezharasan also includes in its star cast apart from Vijay Antony and Remya Nambeesan names like popular Malayalam actor Suresh Gopi making a comeback to Tamil cinema after playing the role of the villain in the director Shankar and ‘Chiyaan’ Vikram starrer, I, in 2015.

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Furthermore, Sangeetha Krish, Sonu Sood, Radha Ravi, Chaya Singh, Robo Shankar, Yogi Babu among others are playing major supporting roles in Thamezharasan, which has cinematography by R.D.Rajasekhar, editing by Bhuvan Srinivasan, art direction by Milan, choreography by Dinesh Kumar and Sathish Krishnan and stunts by Anl Arasu.

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Watch Vijay Antony’s Thamezharasan teaser below:

Much-awaited Hero special video | Sivakarthikeyan | Ilaiyaraaja | Yuvan Shankar Raja

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2023-07-05T14:41:12 +05:30 alphonse puthren tamil movie titles gift with sandy master music maestro ilayaraaja - Movie Cinema News

Actor Sivakarthikeyan’s third film of 2019, Hero, directed by PS Mithran, came out in theatres worldwide on December 20 under the KJR Studios banner with music by Yuvan Shankar Raja. The film had been carrying tremendous expectations prior to its release with reviews as well now out. KJR Studios has been carrying extensive promotions for Hero with the team now releasing the much-awaited lyrical video of the 'Aayiram Mugangal' song sung by 'Isaignani' Ilaiyaraaja and penned by lyricist Pa. Vijay.

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Hero has Sivakarthikeyan playing the role of a boy-next-door character named Shakti, who aims to become a superhero. With the corruption and scams surrounding the education system forming the core plot element of the film, many have been praising Sivakarthikeyan and director PS Mithran for tackling a prevalent issue. Hero also includes a solid star cast featuring names like Kalyani Priyadarshan as the female lead followed by ‘Action King’ Arjun, Bollywood actor Abhay Deol making his acting debut in Tamil as the antagonist, Naachiyaar fame Ivana and Robo Shankar in major supporting roles.

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Check out the 'Aayiram Mugangal' song from Hero below: