Rise of a Legend
Ilaiyaraaja and A R Rahman
Ilaiyaraaja’s ultimate success lies in the fact that he reduced craze for hindi music in tamilnadu and made people to listen to their own music.
When it came to Rahman, He took the Indian music to the International platform
Everything in this world is Comparative Even though when it is not supposed to be. Comparison is the thief of joy. Nobody is superior Nobody is Inferior, but Nobody is equal either. People are simply unique.
While considering the compositions of A R Rahman and Ilaiyaraaja, we’ll find both of them are versatile composers and their compositions are unique. There are separate set of fans who love to explore the Beauty of their compositions. The way Ilaiyaraaja blends the string sections with minimal percussion and focus on perfect pronunciation of lyrics escalates the charm of the composition, He sticks to a Template for composing music and has very good conductors as his associates who try their level best to arrange the orchestra beautifully. A R Rahman tries lots of technologies and synthesizes to mix peculiar sounds that synchronize perfectly with one another to create magical music. A R Rahman is a bit experimentative as he tries to mix various raagas in a single song and change the template of the structure of the song just to deliver quality music to his fans.
It is very wrong to say that Rahman has taken over the place of Ilaiyaraaja. Rahman himself has quoted Ilaiyaraaja as his biggest inspiration, as his songs are like a Bible for budding composers to compose a crystal clear, definite melody for a lyrical piece.
Both of them have their own uniqueness in composing their work, they are legends, they are our pride.
