Ilaiyaraaja’s music in Mani Ratnam films: A well-scripted harmony - The News Minute

Ilaiyaraaja’s music in Mani Ratnam films: A well-scripted harmony The News Minute

Last they worked together was in the year 1991 and it has been 28 long years since that film, Thalapathy. Yet, even to this day, the work they have done together is highly acclaimed and remembered fondly by fans of south Indian cinema. In the annals of Tamil cinema, there are many composer-director duos who are revered. Their works survive the test of time and continue to stay engraved in our hearts. The duo of Ilaiyaraaja-Mani Ratnam is one such pair whose works have transcended generations and continue to warm our hearts and soul. What made them tick as a pair so well? Both Raaja and Mani...