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He used to orchestrate the melodic outlines created byВ Venkatesh and also wrote his own scores.

Venkatesh, a Kannada film composer and involved inВ 200 film projects.

He worked as an assistant music director with G.

During the 1970s, he worked as aВ keyboardist, session guitarist, and organist for differentВ composers and directors in West Bengal.

In 1968, accompanying Professor Dhanraj inВ Chennai, he started a music course that comprised western classical music, instrumental performance, and compositional training, etc.

He learned the classical guitar atВ Trinity College of Music, London.

He got the training of playing instruments and learned different forms of music from his Guru Dhanraj Master who gave him the name Raaja.

His first composition was an adaptation of an elegy created by a famous Tamil poetВ Kannadasan for Jawaharlal Nehru (first prime minister of India).

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At the age of 25, he moved to theВ Southern Movie Capital in Chennai.In his teenage, he joined and spent time with the theatre artists as well as music group headed by his elder step-brother Pavalar Varadarajan.Since his childhood, he has a great interest inВ Tamil folk music.He belongs to aВ poor rural Dalit family.He is one of the most famous music composers in South Indian cinema whose compositions have been used mostly in Tamil and Telugu films.Does Ilaiyaraaja drink alcohol?: Not Known.

Some Lesser Known Facts AboutВ Ilaiyaraaja Sons- Yuvan Shankar (Composer), Karthik Raja (Composer)Дaughter- Bhavatharini (Composer, Singer) Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, andВ Ludwig Van Beethoven Sisters- Kamalammal, Padmavathi (Writer- Life of Music) Mother- Chinnathayammal (Expert in Tamil Folk Songs)Д«rothers- Pavalar Varatharajan (Poet), Amar Singh (Gangai Amaran) (Music Director and Lyricist), Daniel Bhaskar TV: Music Composer in 'Thenpandi Singam' on Doordarshan (1996)

Music Course (1968), Degree in Western Art MusicДЇilm: Music Director in 'Annakili' (Produced by Panchu Arunachalam) Pannaipuram, Madurai District, Tamil Nadu, India

Music Director, Songwriter, Playback Singer, Lyricist, instrumentalist, Film Producer