Ilaya Nila
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Ilaya Nila (Young Moon) is a song composed by Ilaiyaraaja[1] as a part of the soundtrack for the 1982 Tamil-language film Payanangal Mudivathillai. The lyrics are written by Vairamuthu. This song was picturised on Mohan and Poornima Jayaram in the film and is sung by the playback singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam.
Style of composition
The pattern of the song contains intense use of acoustic guitar. Other than guitar, flute is also used in its interlude. The highlight of the guitar pieces are in the interludes and at the end which is accompanied with Ilaiyaraja style of Bass Guitar pattern.
There is a Hindi version composeed by kalyaji-anandji and sung by kishorekumar in film kalakar in 1983 as "Neele Neele Amabr Per" and also sung inn female voice by Sadhana Sargam for the same album. Kishorekumar version was a chart buster and the film is remembered today only for this song. Kishore kumar version is marked by characteristic depth and macho voice of Kishorekumar and makes u instantly hum the song., The Tamil version has better interlude music The Tahil version and sadhana sargam version are also nice in their own way bu it can be seen that Kishorekuamr version in Hindi is the most popular and the voice lingers down in your ears.
Trivia
- The song was originally composed for the film Moodu Pani (1981) but its director Balu Mahendra rejected it and chose "Yen Iniya Pon Nilave" instead.[2]
- Singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam has stated that it took 23 takes to make the recording OK by Ilaiyaraja, because the guitarist was not getting it right with the pattern each time and they had to record it all the time from beginning.[3]
- Composer duo Kalyanji-Anandji reused the tune of "Ilaya Nila" in the 1983 Bollywood film Kalakar as "Neele Neele Ambar Par", sung by Kishore Kumar.[4]
- The style of music is Flamenco - A form of Spanish folk music and dance.[3]
References
- ^ "Songs from "Payanangal Mudivathillai", raaga.com".
- ^ Vincent, Rohan Ashley (25 August 2012). "Magic in the Air". The Times of India.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ a b Gopalakrishnan, P.V. (2017-07-03). "Filmy Ripples- Exotic Instruments in Film music – Part 1". The Cinema Resource Centre (TCRC). Retrieved 2017-07-19.
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