Here are the best 5 songs from voice of Ilayaraja which I like the most. frankly saying, its very hard to choose only 5 best songs among his innumerous songs. all are fine, having uniqueness. anyhow. im giving my best 5. its a tough job.
Nan thedum sevvanthi poovithu from movie Dharmapathini. What a song, what a humming in the starting of the song. no one can do such a fantastic humming. unbeatable.
thendral vanthu theendum pothu from avatharm. this movie was performed and directed by Nasser. Commercially this movie was a flop, but got good reviews for acting, and music. Ilayaraja sir sung this with S. Janaki. An unbeatable melody in Tamil musical history and also ilayarajas product.
Engey sellum intha pathai from sethu. when I hear the song, I feel like being sad. from this song I realized that ilayarajas song can make one cry, weep and make enjoy also. his songs have such a uniqueness.
kathal kasakuthaya from aan pavam. its a fantastic humor movie by Pandiarajan. a fantastic enjoyable song.
kathal oviyum from alaigal oivathillai.a fantastc romantic song from ilayaraja. he did it along with s.janaki. a fantastic one but its a bit old.
other songs which I like from his voice are
->Oru kaatril from recent Nan Kadavul
->Poomalaye thol serava from Pagal Nilavu
->Ninnai saranadainthen, nallathor veenai from Bharathi
->April May ile from Idhayam
->Kannama kathal enum kavithai from Vanna Vanna Pookal
->Oru Jeevan, Thulli Ezhunthathu from Geethanjali
I like the songs which he sang in others composition also. Some are
->Paravaye Engu Irukirai from Katrathu Thamizh, music performed by Yuvan Shankar Raja
->Yaaro yar yaro from Ullasam, music performed by Karthik Raja
A very rare one is, he has sung in SP Balasubramaniams music. Its for the movie Unnai Saranadainthen. Song is Vaanuku Nilathodu. The song was sung by Ilayaraj, MS Viswanathan and SP Balasubramanian. its the title song of tat movie.
Pls do comment ppl.