Originally posted by: desertsun
This is pathetic. I was an A.R Rehman fan and am from the south. Before Rahman, Illayaraja was considered the maestro and gave hit after hit. Then A.R Rahman burst into the scene and Illayaraja faded away. A.R Rahman is not that popular in the south either-for his current music. No one can take away his musical genius-but his time has passed-just like Illayaraja's time passed. To me I grew up with Illayaraja music and my mom didn't like him, she always used to say the msuic directors before him were genius an dhe brought down the level of music.🤡
Illayaraja is still very respected and does a lot of concerts of old songs-never can one imagine him giving strange statements like this. The Bollywood nepo gang does not control the south-this is just dumb. There was a time when Rahman ruled India and that time is gone. he is not giving hits like before and so the work faded away. Just like a Dharmendra or Hema Malini are not doing Sholay type of roles anymore. Sad for someone in his stature to be saying this.
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