Ilaiyaraaja's Tamil track was remixed by The Black Eyed Peas; read lesser-known facts

musical maestro Illaiyaraja is celebrating his 77th birthday today. star has been greeted by many of his fans and or celebrities on social media. Ilaiyaraaj has always been a keen music lover and it is kwn that he does t spend a day without music. songs composed by Ilaiyaraaja is always ored by his fans, be it dance numbers to soulful songs. Here are some unkwn facts about maestro.

Lesser kwn facts of maestro Illaiyaraja

• He started working as an assistant

Ilaiyaraaja's mor h once sent him with his elder bror Pavalar Vararajan for one of his shows when his bror h fallen ill. Ilaiyaraaja used to sing songs to motivate his bror. It was with help of his bror that Ilaiyaraaja began his musical journey. 

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• Ponmalai and Thiruverambur musical appreciation

In his early days, Ilaiyaraaja was praised at musical shows Ponmalai and Thiruverumbur. se musical shows still remain  Ilaiyaraaja's favourite shows. singer also shares unforgettable memories from m. 

• Ilaiyaraaja married his own sister's daughter

Ilaiyaraaja married his own sister's daughter Jeeva Rajayya. couple has three children toger. Two sons Karthik Raja and Yuvan Shankar Raja and a daughter. All his children are film composers and singers too. 

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• He converted to Hinduism

Ilaiyaraaja was born Christian and he later converted to Hinduism. His son Yuvan Shankar Raja follows Islam. Ilaiyaraaja is said to be a worshipper of Lord Ramana Maharishi and Thaai Moogambigai.

• LR Easwari refused to work with him once

Ilaiyaraaja h once tried to get a popular singer LR Easwari to sing a song for his compositions. singer refused to work with him because he was a beginner. Till date, Illaiyaraaja has never worked with LR Easwari.

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• He is fond of wearing expensive outfits

se days Ilaiyaraaja is only seen wearing a white kurta and dhoti. But maestro was fond of wearing expensive and attractive outfits during his early career days. 

• He refused National Awards

A National award is one of most prestigious appreciations that an artist gets for his table work in India. Many work and dream to achieve it, but Ilaiyaraaja refused a National Award twice for several reasons. 

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• One of Illaiyaraaja's Tamil track was remixed by Black-eyed peas

Black Eyed peas sampled Illaiyaraaja's composition Unnakkum Ennakum. This composition was picked for his song Elephunk me from album Elephunk. original song was from movie 'Sri Raghavendra'.