Ilayaraja is one of the leading music composers of Tamil cinema. He entered Tamil cinema in the late 70s and gave many hits after that. From Sivaji Sivakumar to the current young actors, Ilayaraja has given success to many films with his music.
Despite debuting in the late 70s, Muratukkalai was the first film in which Ilayaraja teamed up with AVM, one of the leading production houses of the time. SB Muthuraman directed this film which is one of the biggest hits in Rajinikanth’s film career. 1980’s Muratukkalai was the biggest hit of the year.
Rajinikanth along with Rathi, YG Mahendran and Suruli Rajan starred in this movie, Jaishankar played the villain. The train fight scene in this film was praised by many people at that time. In a recent interview, Kumaran of AVM, the producer of the film, said that Ilayaraja refused to compose music for this scene.
In an interview given by him, Ilayaraja will compose the music after the re-recording of the film. I’ll be watching from the recording room. If the music is not right for a scene I will tell him and he will change it immediately. He cooperated well. On the last day, if the music is done for this train fight scene, the film will be over. Ilayaraja, who had come in an emergency that day, said that he did not want music for this scene.
At the same time, I felt the need to put music in that scene. Then when I called the editor and asked what I want music for this scene, I will show you if you like it, he gave me a piece of music. It was good. We used the same. He has said that the truth is that Ilayaraja did not compose the music for the train fight scene in Murattukkalai.
