Ilaiyaraaja discography

Ilaiyaraaja is a composer, conductor, singer, lyricist, producer who has composed for more than 1000 films in Indian cinema and is widely rated as one of the greatest composers Indian Film Music has ever seen.

Discography Year-wise Statistics

1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	-	-

Upcoming projects

The below list gives the upcoming/announced films composed by Ilaiyaraaja.

Year	Language	Film	Director	Dubbed/Notes	Status
2015	English	Lake of fire	Raj Thiruselvan	Hollywood film	Filming
2015	Hindi	Ki and Ka	R.Balki	cast-Kareena Kapoor,Arjun Kapoor	Filming
2015	Tamil	Untitled Film	N.Ragavan-Manjapai fame	cast-vikram Prabhu	Filming
2015	Tamil	Kutrame Thandanai	"Kakka Muttai" Manikandan		Filming
2015	Tamil	Maduraimanikkuravan	Raja Rishi	cast-Harikumar	Filming
2015	Tamil	Raja Rajanin Porvaal	R.S. Amudeshver		Filming
2015	Tamil	Thirakkapadatha Kathavu	Velu Prabhakaran		Filming
2015	Tamil	Kalainganin Kathal	Velu Prabhakaran		Filming
2015	English	Love & Love Only	Julian Karikalan	Australian film	Filming
2015	Tamil	Tharai Thappattai	Bala	Illaiyaraaja's 1000th film	Filming
2015	Tamil	Porkalathil Oru Poo	Ganesan		Music Released
2015	Tamil	Moongeel Kaadu			Filming
2015	Kannada	Bholenath			Filming
2015	Tamil	Kidaa Poosari Magudi	Jayakumar J		Filming/Music released
2015	Tamil	Kaksparsham	Mahesh Manjrekar		Filming
2015	Kannada	Game	AMR Ramesh		Filming
2015	Tamil	Oru Melliya Kodu	Ramesh	Game movie in Tamil	Filming
2015	Tamil	Kattam Potta Sattai	Prasath		Announced
2015	Tamil	Merku Thodarchi Malai	Lenin Bharathi	Vijay Sethupathi production	Post-Production
2015	Sanskrit	Punyakoti	Ravi Shankar V		Animation film / In Progress
2015	Tamil	Naadi Thudikkuthadi	Selva		Delayed Project/Music Released
2015	Tamil	Kulasekaranum Koolippadaiyum	G.Shiva		Delayed Project
2015	Tamil	Padithurai		Arya production	Delayed Project
2015	Tamil	Thaandavakone	Subbu Sujatha		Delayed Project/Music Released
2015	Malayalam	EMSum Penkuttiyum			Delayed Project
2015	Malayalam	Mayamohitha Chandran			Delayed Project
2015	Hindi	Assi Nabbe Poorey Sau	Gautham Menon	Remake of Neethaanae En Ponvasantham	Delayed Project
2015	Hindi	Happi	Bhavna Talwar		Delayed Project
2015	Hindi	S.R.K	Ajoy varma	Remake of the Malayalam film Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala	Delayed Project

Albums (instrumental, non-film)

Year	Album	Notes
Unknown	Honnina Therinali	First Devotional Album of Ilaiyaraaja's in Kannada
Unknown	Geetha Vazhipaadu	First Devotional Album of Ilaiyaraaja's in Tamil, also written by him, with 9 songs on the major Hindu deities
1981-82	Geethanjali	Devotional Album on the major Hindu deities, written by Ilaiyaraaja and Vaali, with 9 songs
1986	How to Name It?	A crossover album fusing the sensibilities of the Western Classical Music's Baroque music style, mastered by Johann Sebastian Bach and Carnatic Classical Music's raga virtuosity, mastered by Tyagaraja, into a collection of 10 mesmeric tracks.
1988	Nothing but Wind	A crossover album featuring the famed Hindustani flautist Hariprasad Chaurasia playing the flute to Ilaiyaraaja's compositions combining the finer sensibilities of the Classical period of Western Classical Music mastered by Mozart and Indian folk, Hindustani, Carnatic and light music for some meditative, playful, reflective tracks
1992	Vedic Chanting	Produced by Ilaiyaraaja with selected hymns from the Rig Veda and Purusha Sukta
1992	The Secret of Ramayana	Select verses from Valmiki and Kamban's Ramayana tuned and produced by Ilaiyaraaja, in addition to verses from the Vedas and Upanishads
1993	Symphonic Work in 5 movements with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London	Conducted by John Scott. Recorded by Tony Faulkner at the Walthomstow Town Hall, London in June 1993. Produced by Mike Townend
1994	Ilaiyaraaja's Classicals on the Mandolin	Carnatic Classical Music Album with 4 krithis and a varnam, all written and composed by Ilaiyaraaja, including one Sanskrit krithi in a raga discovered by Ilaiyaraaja himself, Raajalahiri, with a forward speech by the Carnatic Music legend Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, played on the Mandolin by the late Mandolin legend, U. Srinivas
1995	RAID-Music for dance production of Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Co.,London	Based on the Indian game of Kabaddi
1995	India 24 Hours	Documentary on India, filmed by 18 famed photo journalists, who selected a spot each across the length and breadth of India, and filmed the passions and dreams of Indians across 100 hours. The 2 hour documentary has a musical score by Ilaiyaraaja
2000	Raajavin Ramanamalai	First Devotional Album on Ramana Maharishi, also written by Ilaiyaraaja, with 10 songs
2002	Amma Paamaalai	Devotional Album on Goddess Parvathi
2005	Thiruvasagam	Symphonic Oratorio on Manickavasagar's Thiruvasagam, a crossover album that seeks to blend Thiruvasagam's bhakti with the finer elements of Western Classical Music's Symphonic movements. Conducted by Laszlo Kovacs, performed by the Budapest Symphony Orchestra and recorded in Budapest
2006	Guru Ramana Geetam	Second Devotional Album on Ramana Maharishi, with two krithis, one in Sanskrit and dedicated to Ramanar's mother, also written by Ilaiyaraaja, among 10 songs
2007	The Music Messiah	Collection of Background Scores from his landmark score for the Malayalam film Guru
2007	Sri Ramana Naadha Amudham	Third Album on Ramana Maharishi, with 10 songs, all written by Ilaiyaraaja, and composed by the veteran composer M.S. Viswanathan and Ilaiyaraaja
2008	Manikantan Geet Mala	Devotional Album on Swami Ayyappa, in Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam
2009	Annamalai Ramanaandi	Devotional Album on Ramana Maharishi. Songs written by Muruganaar and Sadhu Om. Rendered by Ramananjali group led by Sulochana Natarajan and Ilaiyaraaja.
2009	Namratha Ke Sagar	Single song, composed by Ilaiyaraaja for a bhajan written by Mahatma Gandhi, sung by Pandit Bhimsen Joshi and Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty and recited on screen by Amitabh Bachchan
2010	Ramana Saranam	Fourth Devotional Album on Ramana Maharishi, with a krithi in Telugu among 10 songs, all written and composed by Ilaiyaraaja
2010	Baba Pugazh Maalai	Devotional Album on Shirdi Sai Baba
2011	Akkah	Short Film in Kannada on the Kannada Poetess-Saint Akka Mahadevi with songs rendered by Bombay Jayashri
2013	Ramana Aaram	Fifth Devotional Album on Ramana Maharishi, also written by Ilaiyaraaja, with 16 songs
2015	Swappnam	Classical Album composed for a Dance Drama on Lord Shiva choreographed by danseuse Krithika Subramaniam, with 10 songs making to the CD, collected from Thiruvasagam, Thevaram, Nandanar Charitham, Adi Sankara's Ardhanarishwara Ashtakam among other devotional hymns dedicated to Shiva. Sudha Raghunathan, T. V. Gopalakrishnan, Rajhesh Vaidhya, Abhishek Raghuram, Bharath Sundar, Composer Sharreth, A. K. Palanivel, Palaghat Sreeram, Embar Kannan were among the several notable musicians who were part of the project

Onscreen appearances

Year	Movie title	Notes
1980	Nizhalgal	Singer in the song "Madai Thiranthu"
1985	Dharmapathini	Guest appearance in the song "Naan Thedum"
1986	Saadhanai	Guest appearance in the song "O Vanambadi"
1989	Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal	Guest appearance in the song "Kalyanamaalai"
1989	Karagattakaran	Guest appearance in the song "Paattaalae Buddhi"
1991	Kumbakkarai Thangiah	Guest appearance in the song "Ennai Oruvan Paada Chonnaan"
1998	Kannathaal	Guest appearance in the song "Amman Pugazhai"
2009	Azhagar Malai	Guest appearance in the song "Ulagam Ippo"
Tumkur	Naadi Thudikkudhadi	Guest appearance in the song "Kadhale Illaadha Desam"

External links

• Ilaiyaraaja discography at IMDb
• Raaja.com: The official Internet website of Ilaiyaraaja
• Collection of Ilayaraja songs at Paadal.com
• Collection of Ilayaraja Songs, Videos, Images and BGM