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PM Modi hails Ilaiyaraaja as a 'musical titan' and 'trailblazer'

Chennai, March 18: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Tuesday, lauded legendary composer Ilaiyaraaja, calling him a "musical titan" and a "trailblazer".

Trailblazer in every sense: PM Modi after meeting with music maestro Ilaiyaraaja

New Delhi, March 18: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday took to his social media to share pictures on his meeting with music composer Ilaiyaraaja and praised him for his much-celebrated Symphony performance in London recently.

Here's what Ilaiyaraaja thinks when fans call him 'God of Music'

Chennai, Mar 10: One of India’s greatest music composers Ilaiyaraaja, who has just done the country proud by becoming the first Indian to present a western classical symphony, has said that he considers himself an ordinary human being and that every time he hears a fan calling him the God of music, he thinks, ‘You have reduced God to Ilaiyaraaja’s level’.

Ilaiyaraaja calls Sivakarthikeyan's gift a 'pleasant surprise'

Chennai, March 4: Expressing happiness at Tamil actor Sivakarthikeyan calling on him to express his wishes in person ahead of his first ever western classical symphony, one of India's greatest music composers Isaignani Ilaiyaaraja on Tuesday called Sivakarthikeyan's 'well thought wonderful gift' 'a pleasant surprise'.