Among the directors who have carved a place for themselves in the world of Tamil cinema, no one can easily forget Bharathiraja. Hailing from Alli Nagar in Theni, he has worked as an assistant director with Kannada filmmaker Putanna.
And after writing and directing the first film in the world of Tamil cinema, 16 Vayathinile, he has earned a place in the hearts of the people by exhibiting his exquisite direction to the extent that many people can say the name of Bharathiraja in rural films.
Ah.. hee.. he is human..
It can be said that Bharathiraja’s role in the world of Tamil cinema is immense. Heroines introduced by him like Radhika, Radha, Revathi, Rekha, Ranjitha are popular among people till today.
Multi-talented Bharathiraja gave successive hits. In that sequence, films such as Shadows Tick Tick Tick, Waves Restless, Manvasana, First Honor, Vedam Putidu, East Seemaile, Andhimantarai, Tsemamma became the talk of the town and became hits among the fans.
In most of the films directed by him, he joined hands with Ilayaraja and stunned everyone by giving melodious songs. In a recent interview, he has shared many things about Ilayaraja.
Ilayaraja sang for the Communist Party in his early days and was very modest. His family was a Christian family. However, he has never said these things anywhere till today.
I am the one who brought Ilayaraja in cinema. After I came to Chennai, Ilayaraja Gangai Amaran and his dependents came only after I wrote to them and told them to come to Chennai.
I took a room on the floor of Ranganathan Street and gave shelter to Ilayaraja and his dependents. Ilayaraja always eats chicken.
Following this, after going to some concerts to play music, Ilayaraja began to earn a little bit of money. With that came the head moment.
Bharathiraja who worked at petrol station..
Bharathiraja, the biggest director, earns money by working at a petrol station. At that time he said that the salary was sixty rupees. Ilayaraja group composed music and lyrics for Vijay’s play Amma Chellakkali.
After this, Panchu asked Arunachalam to introduce Ilayaraja to him and was surprised to see him read. After this, he said that he would kill the big elephant and he gave him a chance in the film, and that film is Annakkili.
Betrayals are one..two..
Ilayaraja, who was with me during my hardships, left without seeing me after I recovered from my hardships.
Ilayaraja, who has become one of today’s music giants, does not speak much and is a bit headstrong. If this was the case in the old situation, Ilayaraja would not have looked like him. That’s kind of jolly.
Similarly, Ilayaraja has raised Vairamuthu, however, Ilayaraja and Vairamuthu still have no tech.
Similarly, he attacked Ilayaraja as if he could fight over the issue of copyright without knowing the details.
He said that he also had a disagreement with Ilayaraja for some time and after that they worked together again and AR Raghuman, who has followed him now, has done excellent music in Satsamma.
Next I got an opportunity to direct a film at the age of 16 and I got five rupees as salary for it.
