We owe Ilayaraja a lot, first thing being RESPECT.
Just watched R Balki's interview with BR and I realise we all owe Ilayaraja a lot. It's easy being hateful or to troll someone online like when he was rightfully claiming royalties or is being boastful about himself or when his biopic's news dropped (people commenting 'he will file a case on the film too').
This kollywood toxicity should stay with actors' fandom and not seep into music. One can disagree with him but nobody has the right to troll/disrespect Ilayaraja. For me, I love ARR and Ilayaraja equally because Ilayaraja's music feels like I'm borrowing something from my dad's generation but I grew up with ARR. But I'm not streching when I say an entire generation was raised by Raja. Both make great music and are true representations of Kollywood, more than most actors.
I found this image on someone's story on Instagram last year and I took a screenshot:
Just watched R Balki's interview with BR and I realise we all owe Ilayaraja a lot. It's easy being hateful or to troll someone online like when he was rightfully claiming royalties or is being boastful about himself or when his biopic's news dropped (people commenting 'he will file a case on the film too').
This kollywood toxicity should stay with actors' fandom and not seep into music. One can disagree with him but nobody has the right to troll/disrespect Ilayaraja. For me, I love ARR and Ilayaraja equally because Ilayaraja's music feels like I'm borrowing something from my dad's generation but I grew up with ARR. But I'm not streching when I say an entire generation was raised by Raja. Both make great music and are true representations of Kollywood, more than most actors.
I found this image on someone's story on Instagram last year and I took a screenshot: