Ilaiyaraaja has composed songs for movies that were India’s official entries to the Oscars

Ilaiyaraaja is one of most popular and celebrated Indian music composer, singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, orchestrator, conductor-arranger and lyricist. artist is predominantly kwn for his work in  Tamil and Telugu industry. Ilaiyaraaja has also worked in  Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi and Hindi industry.

artist is widely regarded as one of greatest Indian music composers and is credited with introducing Western musical sensibilities in Indian film musical mainstream. Reputed to be world's most prolific composer, Ilaiyaraaja has composed over 7,000 songs. Ilaiyaraaja has also composed songs for movies that were India’s official entries to Oscars. Read furr ahead to kw names of those movies.

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India’s official entries to Oscars

Swathi Muthyam (1986)

Swathi Muthyam is a Telugu langu drama movie, written and directed by K. Viswanath. movie cast Kamal Haasan, Raadhika, Gollapudi Maruthi Rao, J. V. Somayajulu, Nirmalamma, Sarath Babu, and Y. Vijaya. plot of film revolves around plight of a young widow who is rescued by an autistic man.   movie was selected by India as its entry for  Best Foreign Langu Film for  Academy Awards in 1986.

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Nayakan (1987)

Nayakan is a Tamil langu epic crime movie, written and directed by Mani Ratnam. movie cast  Kamal Haasan, Saranya, Karthika, Nassar, Janagaraj, Delhi Ganesh, and Tinnu Anand as lead characters. plot of movie is loosely based on life of  Bombay underworld don Varadarajan Mudaliar, it revolves around transformation of an ordinary slum dweller named Velu into a feared don through various sts of his life.

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var Magan (1992)

var Magan is a Tamil langu drama, written and produced by Kamal Haasan, and directed by Bharathan. movie cast Sivaji Ganesan, Kamal Haasan, Revathi, Gautami, Nassar, Kallapart Natarajan, Kaka Radhakrishnan, Sangili Murugan, and Vadivelu as lead characters. movie was inspired by Godfar (1972) and  Kannada movie, Kaadu (1973). plot of film revolves around a respected vill chieftain's son who wants to open his own business, whereas his far wants him to help villrs.

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