Today is April 1. You have noticed me referring to some songs as Raja’ish. That word is not going to fool hardcore Ilayaraja fans, but, for the average music listener, some songs do recall Raja’s music easily, if not in the tune, at least in the background music or the interludes.
Here’s a list of 10 recent (not too old like Vedham Pudhidhu’s Kannakkul nooru nilava that was NOT composed by Ilayaraja) songs that I thought deserve that tag more than the others.
1. Raja rani – Rhaatee (Kannada, V.Harikrishna)
2. Paniye – Ayyanaar (Tamil, SS.Thaman)
3. Haage ondhu – Fair & Lovely (Kannada, V.Harikrishna)
4. Yeh dil – Chitrafit 3.0 Megapixel (Marathi, Yug Bhusal)
5. Onakkaaga poranthaenae – Pannaiyaarum Padminiyum (Tamil, Justin Prabhakaran)
6. Adhir Man – Nilkanth Master (Marathi, Ajay-Atul)
7. Pularipoopenne – Ennum Eppozhum (Malayalam, Vidyasagar)
8. Vanavillum – Nil Gavani Selladhey (Tamil, Sevaganesh)
9. Nee hanga nodabyada – Hoo (Kannada, V.Harikrishna)
10. Kadale kadale – Ammuvaagiya Naan (Tamil, Sabesh-Murali)
