Engeyum
Eppothum Raja was a concert that happened in Toronto on February 16th,
2013 put together by Trinity Events. It was a star studded concert to celebrate
the success and musical history of music composer, songwriter, singer and
Maestro Ilayaraja’s hits in the Kollywood music industry. He composed over 4000
songs over his 30 plus career. A gold medalist in classical guitar, Ilayaraja
is the first Asian to compose a full symphony with over 120 instruments. His
sons Karthik Raja and Yuvan Shankar Raja who also are in the music industry
came to support their father and perform. What was bizarre was Dr. Raja did not
want his fans to whistle and that is hard for his Tamil fans because we get
super excited and rowdy at concerts. However, comedian Vivek stated that
although Ilayaraja requested for no whistling, he would allow it.
I ran
into the host of the show, poet, director and actor Parthiban who brought his
daughter, award winning child actress P.S.
Keerthana who acted in the critically acclaimed film 'Kannathil Muthamittal'. After
that movie, Keerthana decided to focus on school. She may go back into acting
after. I interviewed Parthiban who was the only actor who was keen on talking
to his fans. Other Kollywood stars who came to support Ilayaraja were newlyweds actress Sneha
and actor Prasanna. Everyone thought the couple would dance to an
Ilayaraja hit song since she said it was Ilayaraja who encouraged the couple to
be together but they just thanked him on stage and said they were big fans.
Many fans said that Sneha was being a diva backstage and would not take
pictures with them, including me. Another incredible singer who took the time
to say hi to me while he was running back and forth backstage was hit maker and
singer, Hariharan. Find out who Hariharan was excited to see in my video. Other
legendary singers included; S.P Balasubrahmanyam, Karthik, Chitra, Ramya
and more!
My
favorite Ilayaraja song was ‘Rasathi Unna Kanatha Neram’ and he performed it!
Sadly, there were many hits he did not perform because the show started 2 hours
late due to road closures and bad weather conditions. Some fans were really
disappointed. Nevertheless, many mega fans were just thrown back with emotions
of all his songs from the past. I heard one father who told his daughter that,
this is what original real music is and that she needs to really enjoy it.
Thank you
Trinity Events for inviting me to the show! Click on the link to see some quick
interviews and a little clip of my favorite Ilayaraja hit. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_z_YtVptww&list=UU8sbqnKmIE08gqksjvBdcgQ&index=1
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