But Ilayaraja shared that they were great friends even before he became a music director. It is well-known that Ilayaraja and Balasubrahmanyam shared a great bond of friendship rooting back to their initial days in Tamil cinema. Raja made an emotional speech in the session. The function was held at 10.30 AM and lead by Padma Vibushan Isai Gnani Ilayaraja.
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The incredible music director has an immense fan following across generations. Ilayaraja was the first music director to have a standing cut-out as tall as Superstar Rajnikanth during the release of ' Murattu Kaalai'. After this, Ilayaraja never worked with LR Easwari for his songs. But she refused stating that he was a beginner. Ilayaraja once tried to get popular singer LR Easwari to sing a song for one of his compositions. LR Easwari once refused to work with Ilayaraja Ilayaraja has been following the same style for many years and has given soulful songs. It is to be noted that most of the musicians including his son Yuvan Shankar Raja do it in reverse order. Ilayaraja is one of the very few composers who write their musical notes first and then play to hear it. One of the very few to write the musical notes first and then play them Ilayaraja is a great believer and worshipper of Lord Ramana Maharishi and Thaai Moogambigai. Ilayaraja was born Christian, and later he converted to Hinduism, while his son Yuvan Shankar Raja follows Islam. Like Isaignani Ilayaraja, all his children are film composers and singers. Ilayaraja married his own sister's daughter Jeeva Rajayya, and the couple has two sons Karthik Raja and Yuvan Shankar Raja, and a daughter.
Also, both the shows still remain Ilayaraja's favourite ones, and the composer has unforgettable memories from them. In his early career, Ilayaraja received a huge reception during his musical shows at Ponmalai and Thiruverumbur.