Illayaraja week!
- IndiaGlitz, [Wednesday,September 09 2009]
The coming Friday (11th September 2009) belongs to the music maestro Illayaraja as 17 of his songs he has composed for two films ÂPrem Kahani and ÂBagyadha Balegara are before the public on silver screen. This is for the first time so many songs of a music director that too from two of his films is surfacing for the eyes and ears of film audience.
According to one estimate the two films that are made in Rs.9 crores investment. For the songs composing and shooting plus post production of it to appear on the silver screen takes major share of more than 50 percent of the total investment.
The highly respected music director in Kannada cinema too maestro Illayaraja has scored eight songs of ÂBagyadha Balegara starring hat trick hero Shivarajakumar and Navya Nair. ÂPrem Kahani has nine songs starring Ajay and Sheela of Paragu fame.
The film ÂPrem Kahani directed by R Chandru who had a big success from ÂTaj Mahal is produced by newcomers from Bellary KM Vishwanath and G Ravikumar. Chandrasekhar is the cameraman.
ÂBagyadha Balegara producer Ramesh Kashyap has one hit ÂNanda Nanditha to his credit. He is hoping that his film would become another block buster like ÂJanumadha JodiÂ. Shivarajakumar known for sentiment film has Navya Nair as his counterpart. ShivarajakumarÂs debut film ÂAnand heroine Sudharani and ÂHrudaya Hrudaya debut actress opposite Shivarajakumar  Anu Prabhakar have appeared in a song each of this village based cinema ÂBagyadha BalegaraÂ. Veteran Saiprakash has directed the film ÂBagyadha BalegaraÂ.