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Chennai Island was Ilayaraja’s music stadium yesterday. Ilayaraja’s concert in Chennai after almost two years.
The king of music came on stage in the evening to gather thousands of fans.
Event postponed by corona spread
Ilayaraja, who has performed more than 20,000 concerts, said Corona has been unable to hold any concerts for the past two years. Recently his concert took place in Dubai. The music was composed by A.R. Raghuman and Anirudh were present.
The photo of Ilayaraja visiting Rahman’s Dubai studio was also shared on social media and caught the attention of both the fans.
It was in this context that Raja’s concert ‘RockWithRaja’ took place at Chennai Island yesterday. The show started at 7pm and lasted till 12pm.
S.P. Charan, Singer Karthik, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Dhanush, Gangai Amaran, Devi Sri Prasad and many more celebrities were present at the event.
Rajiniயின் Congratulations!
Actor Rajinikanth voiced Ilayaraja’s music and his congratulatory message. After it aired, the event started with the song ‘Janani Janani’ which Ilayaraja usually sings at his concerts.
“The Corona period has changed the lives of many. This concert of mine is to come back from that bound time and make me happy,” Ilayaraja said.
Tribute to SBP
Usually at concerts like this at Raja’s S.P. Balasubramaniam, Chitra and Jesudas are regularly seen regularly. However, the absence of these people in the concert is less. Especially in the music of Ilayaraja SBP. Songs sung by S.P. Surely the fans would have missed SBP when Charan sang.
Corona regrets the separation of her childhood friend SBP who has separated many of our loved ones from us. Then the SBP, which was killed by Corona. And Lata Mangeshwar were paid silent tribute.
As special guests of the show, S.P. Charan, Dhanush, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Karthik Raja, Pavatharini, Gangai Amaran, Mano, Premji, Karthik, Devi Sri Prasad, Swetha were present.
It is customary for Ilayaraja to share the ‘song-making story’ behind his songs at concerts. As it was, he shared the story on stage to compose the music for the song ‘Ennulle Ennulle’ which was featured in the film ‘Valli’.
Ilayaraja said that he was amazed to see the director inside Rajinikanth when actor Rajinikanth, who was the director of the film, described how the song should come out in the film ‘Valli’ as a director. Until then, Rajini was seen as a commercial hero and his directorial incarnation took him by surprise.
After this, the songs of Ilayaraja were sung in succession. Dhanush, Yuvan, Mano and Usha Udup sang the song ‘Nila Adu Vanathu Mele’ from the movie ‘Nayagan’. Dhanush had come to the event with his sons.
The story of how the lullaby changed
When director Mani Ratnam asked for a lullaby in ‘Nayagan’, Ilayaraja’s two or three songs ‘Thenpandi Seemaiyile’ satisfied the director. At the same time, Mani Ratnam has planned to use the song ‘Nila itu vanathu mele’ composed with the lullaby in mind in the film. So, to ask the king to turn this lullaby into a celebratory song, the song ‘Nila itu vanathu mele’ was created.
Afterwards, the concert continued till one o’clock at night with the songs of Ilayaraja being sung in succession. The mic for the singers did the problem without being right. Thus, Ilayaraja got in trouble while singing the song ‘Thenpandi Seemaiyile’. It is noteworthy, however, that Raja was not angered by such disturbances throughout the show.
‘Rock With Raja’ ended with a roar of music fans with highlighted moments as Raja shared that he changed his song a bit while re-working with a director and copied his own songs.