Ilayaraja!, Everytime I pronounce his name, it feels really great.
Listening to his songs is a great relaxation to my body as well as my mind. What he has done for tamil film music cannot not be described in words. Besides the catchy tunes, his orchestration in the songs he composed were excellent and mind blowing. As an ardant fan of the THE GREAT MAN, though it is very difficult for me to list ten of his best songs, i present the list of top ten songs in a descending order, and surprisingly all the ten songs are from 80’s which I think is the golden decade for tamil film music till now.
10) Pani vizhum malarvanam from NInaivellam nithya - great use of "chala naattai" raga in this song
9) Naanaga Naanillai thaye from Thoongathe Thambi Thoongathe - Great tune and nicely sung by the
great SPB
8) Kanne Kalaimane from Moondram Pirai - purely because of the ’THALATTU TUNE’ - The song puts
my mind to rest - Listening to this song at night is a pleasure.
7) Sangeetha Megam from udaya geetham - whenever I listen to this song, it freshens my mind.
6) Nilavu thoongum neram from Kunguma chimizh - A melodious song with great use of Mouth Organ.
5) Poove sempoove from Solla Thudikkuthu manasu - An enchanting melody from the master with the
great yesudoss. Also the interludes are really fantastic.
4) Then Madurai from Dharmathin Thalaivan - great use of violin in the interludes and grand voice of
SPB
3) Kalyana Malai from Puthu Puthu arthangal - a mesmerising song with great https://lyrics.
2) Geetham sangeetham from Kokkarako - beautiful song with SPB at his best.
and at Number 1 it is
1) Ilayanila from Payanangal Mudivathillai - primarily because of the guitar pieces(interludes). What a master piece!