No, it’s not just about listening for entertainment sake. I have never, except till recently, consciously and truly understood how much his music had pervaded my life through all those years of growing up. I say this with a little bit of surprise because all these years I have been oblivious to this very simple truth. Over the last few months, I have realised that Illayaraja’s music has accompanied me like a quiet companion, as I was growing up. After that, as far as my recollection goes, it has been all about recorded cassettes as far as the music composer is concerned. As a child, I loved that song beyond reason! I distinctly remember the record’s flap had the picture of a laughing woman in the foreground with green stripes in the background. There is one clear memory of a song I loved that I heard on a gramophone record: a Malayalam song, Thumbi Vaa from Olangal sung by S.Janaki, (also performed later as Mood Kaapi in violin) and set to tune by Illayaraja. There were a few Hindi cassettes too, but Illayaraja was the king who ruled our collection of recorded tapes. These recorded cassettes were my first tryst with film music as far back as my memory takes me, and this tryst began with listening to the maestro’s music, starting from when I was as young as three years old.
Till then, it was the cassettes we recorded off those tiny shops that ruled the roost – and when I remember these, I can only think of Illayaraja and his timeless compositions. In our home though, these cassettes found their ways into our racks only after A.R.Rahman burst into the Tamil music scene. Of course, there were the pre-recorded cassettes that came with covers we died to look at before the release of a movie. He would then write down a list of songs that he would like to record, take it to the small shop that used to record songs on tapes and come back with those blank cassettes that brimmed with soulful creation.Īpart from Meltrack, TDK and T-Series are the other blank cassette brands that I distinctly remember. My earliest memories of listening to tapes are of those blank Meltrack cassettes that used to come in blue (60 minute tapes) and green (90 minute tapes) colours which Dad used to buy. Cassettes remind me predominantly of the late 80s and the early 90s and to some extent, the rest of 90s. Here’s a tribute from an ardent fan.Īudio cassettes are now clearly a thing of the past – they have been brushed away to dusty corners of homes (or perhaps are even out of homes) and of course to the dusty corners of our minds – those plastic, rectangular devices with two little wheels dutifully supporting lengthy strips of brownish-black tape carrying the inscribed music from the source to its destination. “Over the last few months, I have realised that Ilayaraja’s music has accompanied me like a quiet companion, as I was growing up,” she writes. And the maestro’s music, even today, takes her down memory lane – back to the 80s and 90s. Your health could suffer in the intestinal tract and related difficulties such as arthritis or rheumatism.For Anupama Krishnakumar, cassettes always remind her of Ilayaraja, the extremely popular music composer from Tamilnadu.Though reserved in showing affection you are a considerate person.Conserving finances and material possessions, you maintain your home at a good standard, and treat all family responsibility seriously.Your over-cautious nature allows many promising opportunities to slip by.You resist change until you have examined an idea in detail and all facts fall into place for you.Because of your efficiency you attract a great deal of responsibility, and you are inclined to worry excessively and become too involved in details out of proportion to their importance.You plan ahead, giving careful consideration to detail.Your first name of Ilayaraja indicates you are a very capable, systematic, and thorough person with talents for mechanics, accounting, computers, teaching, law, construction, and similar fields.
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