Ilayaraja and Oscar winner Gulzar team up

Academy Award winner Gulzar (the lyricist shares the Oscar for ‘Jai Ho’ with A.R. Rahman) and musical maestro Ilayaraja will work together after a long gap of 25 years; the last time these stalwarts worked together was for Sadma, the Hindi remake of Moondram Pirai (Kamal Haasan-Sridevi).

The music of Sadma became very popular and the collaboration of Ilayaraja and Gulzar was highly regarded. Now, opportunity beckons these geniuses to give their best in a film based on the life of renowned painter Raja Ravi Varma. This biopic is being made by Ajay Varma (grandson of Ravi Varma), who├п┬┐┬╜is about to see his├п┬┐┬╜longstanding wish of working with├п┬┐┬╜Ilayaraja and Gulzar come true.

Ilayaraja will definitely give his best performance, as usual.├п┬┐┬╜Since he is joining hands with a recent├п┬┐┬╜Oscar-winning music composer, the results should be just fantastic.├п┬┐┬╜So there is no doubt this film’s music will stand out in the history of Indian Cinema.

PS: Maestro Ilayaraja has the distinction of being the first Indian to compose a symphony. He is also the first Asian whose symphony was performed by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, headed by Lord Yehudi Menuhin and├п┬┐┬╜patronized by Queen Elizabeth!