50 Rare Images of Maestro Ilayaraja!

PUBLISHED DATE : 02/Jun/2021

50 Rare Images of Maestro Ilayaraja!

50 Rare Images of Maestro Ilayaraja!

 

Music Maestro Ilayaraja turned 78 today and the multiple award winning septuagenarian has had quite the journey in Indian Tamil cinema. Besides a stellar body of work, there are also some visual gems that encapsulate the Isaignani's 45+ years of musical journey. MovieCrow brings to you 50 of these rare images in honour of his birthday:

 

 

1. Ilayaraja in his early days (Ilayaraja - Right most, left to him is Gangai Amaran)

 

2. Ilayaraja (Left) and Gangai Amaran (center) in their childhood days ( Photo was taken in a studio in Madurai)

 

3 & 4 Ilayaraja with his master Musician Dhanraj

 

 

5. A photo of Ilayaraja recording for his debut film Annaklili ( Left to his is producer Panchu Arunachalam who launched him)

 

6. Ilayarajaa with MS Viswanathan

 

 

7,8 & 9. Pictures of Ilaiyaraaja with his brothers Gangai Amaran and Bhaskar (Picture taken during the shoot of Sigappu Rojakal)


 

10.Ilayaraja Photoshoot in his early days

 

11. Panchu Arunachalam , Ilayaraja and Mahendran

 

12. Ilayaraja in his early 70's (Gangai Amaran, Ilayaraja, Bharathi Raja and pavalar)

 

13. Ilayaraja having lunch in the middle of composing session

 

 

14. Ilayaraja and Gangai Amaren with Kannadasan

 

15. Ilayaraja and Bharathiraja 

 

16. Ilayaraja with Janaki and SPB during a composing session

 

17. A photoshoot image of Ilayaraja 

 

18 & 19 Ilayaraja with kamal Haasan 

 

19,20,21 & 22  Ilayaraja photoshoot images

 

 

 

23. Ilayaraja and Vairamuthu 

 

24. The rockstar(s) of 70's (Ilayaraja and his friends)

 

 

25. Ilayaraja at work

 

26. Ilayaraja with Vairamuthu and Bharathi Raja 

 

 

27. Ilayaraja with SPB during a song recording ( Manivannan and Director Manobala can be spotted behind)

  

 

28. Ilayaraja with director Balu Mahendra

 

29.  Ilayaraja and director Mahendran during a song discussion

 

30.  Ilayaraja and Bharathiraja gossiping at recording studio

 

31. Ilayaraja's photoshoot picture for a print magazine

 

32. Ilayaraja and Malaysia Vasudevan

 

33,34.& 35:  Ilayaraja Candid Photoshoot images

 

 

 

36. Ilayaraja Rare Picture 

37. Ilayaraja Rare Picture 

 

38. Ilayaraja with his kids

 

39. Ilayaraja with his son Yuvan Shankar Raja

 

40. Ilayaraja with RD Burman

 

41. Ilayaraja, Singer Yesudas and director Mahendiran 

 

42. Ilayaraja photoshoot image

 

 

43. Ilayaraja, Vaali and Director Mahendran 

 

44. Raja listening to music

 

45. Ilayaraja during Rajinikanth's Murattu Kaalai Shoot 

 

46. Ilayaraja with MGR

 

47. Ilayaraja with Ashaboley and Sivaji Ganesan (is that first kind of selfie attempt from Sivaji?)

 

48. Album art cover of Ilayaraja with K Balachandar

 

48. Ilayaraja with Composer Kersi Lord

 

49. Ilayaraja with Musician  V.Dakshinamoorthy 

 

50. Ilayaraja at his studio along with SPB, Actor Thiyagarajan and Singer Janaki

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