Ilaiyaraaja (born June 2, 1943 as Gnanadesikan) is a film composer, singer, and lyricist. He is a gold medalist from Trinity College of Music, London has composed over 4,000 songs and provided scores for more than 800 Indian films in various languages in a career spanning more than 30 years. He is based in Chennai (Madras).
Ilaiyaraaja worked with composer R. K. Shekhar, father of composer A. R. Rahman who later joined Ilaiyaraaja's orchestra and played Keyboard.
Ilaiyaraaja was one of the early Indian composers to use Western classical music harmonies and string arrangements in Indian film music.
"Jaane do na" is from the Film "Cheeni Kum", a story about a May-December romance.
The song is adapted from "Jotheyali Jothe Jotheyali" from Kannada film, Geetha(1980).
A later version of the same is "Vizhiyile Undan vizhiyile" from Tamil film, Nooravadu Naal(1984).
Movie: Cheeni Kum(2007)
Music: Ilaiyaraja
Lyrics: Sameer-Manoj Tapadia
Original singer: Shreya Ghoshal
Download "Jaane do na"
16 comments:
Paras,
Marvelous! Such a beautiful composition and flawless harkatein makes your rendition very captivating. I adore your versatility. Very Nice!
I really love this song! Its a beautiful composition and u did complete justice to it! U have sung it in your own style. I have been looking for the karaoke track for this song. Can you please let me know where to get it from?
Dinesh bhai said it all! I could not agree more with him.
You have done a fabulous job with this song! This is another one of your amazing renditions that has left me completely speechless.
Excellent choice of song ..you have sung it nicely in your own style. The only thing you could improve on this rendition is the feel ...otherswise very well done.
Paras...
You were too good. Excellent song selection too. Keep it up..
N V K
Thanks Dinesh, Azam and NVK.
Thanks Harshan and Sunitha.....the karaoke track is from "make my karaoke".
Beautifully sung, Paras! We adamired you ability to sing recent and old songs with equal mastery. Your surilapan and rendering with captivating emotions have been very refreshing when listening to your songs.
We look forward to more songs from you. - Neema and Subhash
Very nicely done. Great breath control and you also sing the high notes with great ease. Enjoyed it :)
Hi Paras,
I really liked it.
Sushma
Very well sung! If I may say so, Ilaiyaraaja's compositions are quite unusual, however your presentation is very appealing. I must admit that I am a greater fan of A.R. Rahman's compositions and would hope that you would sing some of his hit songs.
Mala
Thanks SMITHA...
Thank you Neema, Subhash and Sushma for visiting my blog.
Thanks Nandita and Mala for your support.
Beautiful singing Paras didi,
You have brought out the subtle variations in the song so well !!
Really enjoyed this melodious song in your voice !
Parasji,
Nice song selection and very well sung.It had your own style, great job. Keep it up
regards
RK
Hi,
There are a lot of wonderful songs of his..
I can send these to you in case you are interested.
Thanks!
Just like the tamil song 'Vizhiyiley', this one is also one of my favourite songs. Thanks for singing this song!
hi paras.
vry nice i really enjoyed this one
niks
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