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- Ilaiyaraaja (born Gnanadesikan on 3 June 1943) is an Indian film composer, singer, and lyricist mainly in the Tamil film Industry. He is regarded as one of the finest music composers in India. Ilaiyaraaja is also an instrumentalist, conductor, and a songwriter. To date, he has composed over 4500 songs and provided film scores for more than 950 Indian films in various languages in a career spanning more than 30 years, particularly being acclaimed for his background scoring for Indian films. His songs and background score played a very crucial role in the success of many films. He remains one of the most popular composers ever in the South Indian film industry, and also in the list of world's top selling music artists. Ilaiyaraaja has been a prominent composer of film music in South Indian cinema since the late 1970s. His works are mainly in Tamil, but has also scored music for Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi and Hindi film industries. He integrated folk lyricism (in Tamil) and introduced broader Western musical sensibilities into the South Indian musical mainstream. A gold medalist in classical guitar from Trinity College of Music, London, in 1993 he became the first Asian to compose a full symphony performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London's Walthamstow Town Hall. In 2003, according to a BBC international poll, people from 155 countries voted his composition "Rakkamma Kaiya Thattu" from the 1991 film Thalapathi fourth in the world's top 10 most popular songs of all time. He was also nominated in the Best Indian album Music Awards category at US based Just Plain Folks Music Organization, which is the largest grassroots music organization in the world, and stood third for his "Music Journey: Live in Italy". In the 2000s, he composed a variety of non-film music, including religious and devotional songs, an oratorio, and world music, while shifting his focus to Malayalam films. He is usually referred to by the title Isaignani, or as The Maestro. He has won four Indian National Film Awards; three for Best Music Direction and one for Best Background Score and is a recipient of the prestigious Padma Bhushan Award from the Government of India. He is married to Jeeva, and the couple's two sons and daughter are film composers and singers.
- இளையராஜா est un compositeur, scénariste et acteur indien né le 2 juin 1943 à Pannaipuram, Tamil Nadu,. C'est un musicien accompli tant dans la musique carnatique qu'occidentale. Il joue de l'harmonium et de la guitare (classique) et il a donné entre 1961 et 1968, plus de 20 000 concerts avec son frère Pavalar Varadarajan. Il a été longtemps l'assistant du directeur musical G K Venkatesh. Il a composé plus 4000 chanson pour plus de 750 films, ainsi qu'une symphonie avec le Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) de Londres. La musique de Illayaraja se base sur une composition originale adoptant un mélange des mélodies occidentales et des mélodies beaucoup plus comtemporaines et classiques de l'Inde. Son succès lui a value le nom de "Ragadhevan" ainsi que celui de "Isai Gnani". Plus tardModèle:Quand, l'académie indienne lui decernera le titre de docteur.
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- Ilaiyaraaja (born Gnanadesikan on 3 June 1943) is an Indian film composer, singer, and lyricist mainly in the Tamil film Industry. He is regarded as one of the finest music composers in India. Ilaiyaraaja is also an instrumentalist, conductor, and a songwriter. To date, he has composed over 4500 songs and provided film scores for more than 950 Indian films in various languages in a career spanning more than 30 years, particularly being acclaimed for his background scoring for Indian films.
- இளையராஜா est un compositeur, scénariste et acteur indien né le 2 juin 1943 à Pannaipuram, Tamil Nadu,. C'est un musicien accompli tant dans la musique carnatique qu'occidentale. Il joue de l'harmonium et de la guitare (classique) et il a donné entre 1961 et 1968, plus de 20 000 concerts avec son frère Pavalar Varadarajan. Il a été longtemps l'assistant du directeur musical G K Venkatesh.
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