Vizhiyile malarnthathu uyirile kalandhadhu by SPBġ4. Chinna kannan azhaikiraan by Balamuralikrishnaġ3. Aayiram malargale malarungal – Ilayaraja explained the style in which Kannadasan writes songs for tunesġ2. Kanmaniye kaadhal enbathu karpanayo by SPBġ0. Idayam Oru Kovil adhil udayam oru paadal by Ilayarajaĩ. Paruvame pudhiya paadal paadu by SPB and ChitraĦ. Symphony demonstration by Ilayaraja leading upto “Idayam Pogudhe”ĥ. Amma endrazhaikkaatha uyir illaye by YesudasĤ. The following is the list of songs performed at the Concert of 5 hours of non-stop:Ģ. Deepan Chakravarthy and Uma Ramanan sang “Poonkadave thaazh thiravai”. Chitra sang very well all the duets that were givne to her and showed her true quality and excellence in “Putham puthu kaalai”. They sang very well though in three songs Yesudas forgot the original tune and managed some parts on his own. Yesudas is 71 years old and SPB is 65 years old and it was a real treat to listen to both of them. His golden voice is still intact and it was a real treat to listen to him. The ease with which he sang made one wonder whether he is really 81 years old. Shri.Balamuralikrishna rendered the popular number “Chinna Kannan Azhaikiraan”. Ilayaraja himself sang a few songs and was backed by an army of singers which included Balamuralikrishna, Yesudas, S.P.Balasubramaniam, Hariharan, Chitra, Uma Ramanan, Deepan Chakravarthy and Yuvan Shankar Raja. The musicians did a fantastic job and enhanced the quality of songs with the feel for the original score. He also had more than 50 musicians on the stage. Ilayaraja brought some musicians from Hungary to perform. The entire audience was clearly die-hard fans of the great Maestro Ilayaraja. The highlight was the appreciation of the crowd with non-stop clapping and standing ovation for the joint performance of Yesudas and SPB for the Thalapathi song “Kaattu Kuyilu manasukkulle kaatrukendrum panjam illai”. There were “once more” calls for some of the songs and there was also roaring applause for the “solo violin” in couple of songs. Almost the entire audience was there till 12 ‘o Clock and every song was appreciated by the audience. I also sat on the aisle on the floor for four hours and then last one hour managed to get a proper seat. The excessive people who managed entry were forced to occupy the aisle.
The Indoor stadium was full of people and all the seats were fully occupied. Ilayaraja has tuned the music for so many songs and there are so many hit songs that even 50 hours may not be sufficient. It was a five hours non-stop Ilayaraja show and at the end of it I was wondering why it came to an end. There were no interventions or intermissions as Ilayaraja decided to provide wholesome musical treat to the audience. The arrangement of the orchestra was very good with two rows of violin. It was five hours of non-stop music with the Maestro Ilayaraja at centre stage throughout. As expected there were some people selling the tickets and I managed to get a Rs.500 ticket at Rs.1000 though I was mentally to prepared to pay even Rs.3000 to get a chance to hear the concert live. I still decided to go to the venue and try my luck as I had confidence in getting a ticket through the black market which is very famous in Chennai. I was told that the show is fully sold out and there are no tickets available when I checked on 24th December 2011.
The second day of the program will take place today (February 3rd), and many guests like Rajinikanth and Kamal Hassan among the others are expected to take part in the musical extravaganza.Jaya TV organized a musical extravaganza on 28th December 2011 at Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai. Governor Banwarilal Purohit was also present yesterday, among the other guests. 'Enkitta Modhaadhey, na Raajadhi Rajanada, Vambukku Izhukkadhe, Na Veeradhi Veeranada'.” For all the mishap prior to this function, Ilayaraja had composed a song so many years ago. It’s indeed an honor to host this as Ilayaraja sir is not only a pride of Tamil Cinema, he’s a gem of the Indian industry. People first check if they have Ilayaraja songs before checking to fill up their cars with Petrol. He is the reason that long drives in cars are possible. But when it comes to music, there’s only one Raja, and that is Ilayaraja. Speaking about the Maestro of Music, TFPC president Vishal said “All countries will have Rajas (kings) to rule. Even when I’m awarded, Ilayaraja’s words of appreciation make me happy, because maestro’s don’t appreciate that easily, and when he appreciates, it’s because there’s real talent.” We both have a bad habit, and that is music. When I look at him, I’m amazed that a person can be like this too. A.R.Rahman, who attended the event yesterday, said that “Ilayaraja is my headmaster.