Last week music fans like me celebrated the birthdays of these two giants by listening to their songs.
“Maestro” Illayaraja turned 65 on 2nd June. Happy birthday, Sir.
“Balu” turned 62 on 4th June. Happy birthday, Balu.
Much has been said about their greatness and influence on Indian cinema music, especially South Indian. Here I list a few movies made in their combination, shut my trap, and let them enslave our souls.
I selected the movies covering all major directors and based on: overall ensemble, Balu as the main male singer, lyrical richness, unobviousness.
1. Aditya 369: Mohini, Balakrishna; Singeetam Srinivasa Rao.
Listen – Raaga. Listen – Dishant.
2. AlApana: Bhanu Priya, Mohan; Vamsy?
Listen – Raaga. Listen – Dishant.
3. ArAdhana: Radhika, Suhasini, Chiranjeevi, Rajasekhar; Bharatiraja.
Listen – Raaga. Listen – Dishant.
4. daLapati: Bhanu Priya, Sobhana, Aravinda Swamy, Mammooty, Rajnikanth; Maniratnam.
Listen – Raaga. Listen – Dishant.
5. jagadeka vEruDu atiloka sundari: Sridevi, Chiranjeevi; K Raghavendra Rao
Listen – Raaga. Listen – Dishant.
6. Ladies Tailor: Archana, Rajendra Prasad; Vamsy.
Listen – Raaga. Listen – Dishant.
7. rudravENa: Sobhana, Chiranjeevi; K Balachander.
Listen – Raaga. Listen – Dishant.
8. Siva: Amala, Nagarjuna; Ramgopal Verma.
Listen – Raaga. Listen – Dishant.
9. sUrya IPS: Vijaya Santi, Venkatesh; Kodi Ramakrishna
Listen – Raaga. Listen – Dishant.
10. svAti mutyam: Radhika, Kamal Hasan; K Viswanath
Listen – Raaga. Listen – Dishant.
P.S. I apologize for not knowing the director a couple of times. If any of you do, drop in a comment please.
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