Echoes of the Maestro – Song 72 – Maan kidaave Nin Nenchum

Dooram Arike is the second direct Malayalam composition of Raaja and he used familiar voices of Malayalam and Tamil for all the songs. Maan kidaave Nin Nenchum even though the setup of the song seems grim the music doesn’t and is kinda soul stirring if you ask me. Do give it a listen 🙂

Echoes of the Maestro – Song 24 – Adi Raja Ponnu

“Orey Muththam,” directed by C.A. Mugilan, is his only directorial movie. Unfortunately, this movie was a big box office flop. If you’re lucky, you might find a poor-quality print of this movie on YouTube. I haven’t seen the movie, but the biggest saving grace is Illayaraja’s songs.

Echoes of the Maestro – Song 11 – Poonthendrale

Bhuvana Oru Kelvikuri is one of the rarest films in Tamil that changed the trajectory of an actor who we now fondly call Superstar. Until this film, Tamil audiences knew Rajnikant only as a villain actor and this film proved them wrong. The same happened to veteran actor Sivakumar who until this film only acted as Goody Two Shoes and this film showed the audience another side of the actor.