Ilaiyaraja celebrates his 68th birthday today! He is not just a music composer but an accomplished singer and lyricist as well. Ilaiyaraja forayed into the film industry with the film Anna Kili in 1976 and since then there was no looking back.
Though Ilaiyaraja predominantly works in Tamil films, his compositions in Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi films have also turned out to be chartbusters. He has scored over 4500 songs in 950 films so far and has received several prestigious awards in the international, national and state levels.
It may be noted here that Ilaiyaraja’s son Yuvan Shankar Raja has also carved a niche for himself in the tinsel town.
We wish the living legend a very happy birthday and many more to come!
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