List of film scores by Ilaiyaraaja 1970s explained

This article lists the films composed by Ilaiyaraaja in the 1970s..

Ilaiyaraaja 1976

Date	Language	Film	Director	Dubbed	Notes
14 May	Tamil^[1]	Annakkili	Devaraj Mohan
20 Aug	Tamil^[2]	Paalooti Valartha Kili	Devaraj Mohan
27 Nov	Tamil	Uravadum Nenjam	Devaraj Mohan	Aaru Manikkoor ^[3] Malayalam - 1978
10 Dec	Tamil^[4]	Bhadrakali	A. C. Tirulokchandar

Ilaiyaraaja 1977

Date	Language	Film	Director	Dubbing	Notes
26 Jan	Tamil	Dheepam	K. Vijayan
	Tamil	Aalukku Oru Aasai	S.P. Muthuraman
	Tamil	Avar Enakke Sontham	Pattu
	Telugu	Bhadrakali ^[5]	A. C. Tirulokchandar		Remake of the 1976 Tamil film, Bhadrakali.
27 July	Tamil	Kavikkuyil	Devaraj Mohan
5 Aug	Tamil	Thunai Iruppal Meenakshi ^[6]	Valampuri Somanathan
19 Aug	Tamil	Penn Jenmam	A. C. Tirulokchandar
9 Sep	Tamil	Bhuvana Oru Kelvi Kuri	S. P. Muthuraman
15 Sep	Tamil	16 Vayathinile	Bharathiraja		Winner, Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Music Director
7 Oct	Tamil	Gaayathri	R.Pattabhiraman
7 Oct	Tamil	Odi Vilayaadu Thaatha	T.N. Balu
9 Dec	Tamil	Durga Devi	Ra. Sankaran
15 Dec	Tamil	Sainthadamma Sainthadu	Devaraj Mohan

Ilaiyaraaja 1978

Date	Language	Film	Director	Dubbed	Notes
14 Jan	Tamil	Kaatrinile Varum Geetham	S. P. Muthuraman		^[7]
14 Jan	Tamil	Vaazha Ninaiththaal Vaazhalaam	Devaraj Mohan
3 Feb	Tamil	Maariyamman Thiruvizha	N. Venkatesh
4 Feb	Tamil	Achchani	Karaikudi Narayanan		^[8]
04 Mar	Tamil	Thyagam	K. Vijayan		^[9]
31 Mar	Kannada	Maathu Tappada Maga	Peketi Sivaram		^[10]
14 Apr	Tamil	Thirukkalyanam	K.Chandrabose		^[11]
21 Apr	Tamil	Ithu Eppadi Irukku	R Pattabhiraman
4 May	Malayalam	Vyamoham	K. G. George		^[12]
5 May	Tamil	Tripura Sundari	K. Chandrabose		^[13]
8 Jun	Tamil	Bairavi	M.Bhaskar		^[14]
9 Jun	Tamil	Aval Oru Pachai Kuzhandhai	S.C. Sekar
9 Jun	Tamil	Chittu Kuruvi	Devaraj Mohan		^[15]
9 Jun	Tamil	Ilamai Oonjal Aadukirathu	C.V.Sridhar
14 Jul	Tamil	Sattam En Kaiyil	T.N.Baalu		^[16]
28 Jul	Tamil	Vattathukkul Chaduram	S. P. Muthuraman
10 Aug	Tamil	Kizhake Pogum Rail	Bharathiraja		^[17]
14 Aug	Telugu	Vayasu Pilichindi	C. V. Sridhar		Bilingual. Telugu version of Ilamai Oonjal Aadukirathu.
15 Aug	Tamil	Mullum Malarum	Mahendran	Mullu Poovu (Telugu)	^[18]
8 Sep	Tamil	Kannan Oru Kai Kuzhandhai	N. Venkatesh
28 Oct	Tamil	Sigappu Rojakkal	Bharathiraja	Erra Gulabeelu (Telugu)	^[19]
30 Oct	Tamil	Aval Appadithan	C. Rudhraiya		^[20]
30 Nov	Tamil	Sonnadhu Nee Dhanaa	C.N.Muthu		^[21]
19 Dec	Tamil	Priya	S. P. Muthuraman	Ajayudu (Telugu)

Ilaiyaraaja 1979

Date	Language	Film	Director	Dubbed	Notes
14 Sep	Tamil	Aarulirunthu Arubathuvarai		O Inti Katha (Telugu)
2 Mar	Tamil	Lakshmi	T.K. Mohan
04 Dec	Tamil	Agal Vilakku	R. Selvaraj
15 Aug	Tamil	Pagalil Oru Iravu	I. V. Sasi	Nuvve Naa Srimathi (Telugu)
	Tamil	Anbe Sangeetha	Karaikudi Narayanan
	Tamil	Ilaiyarajavin Rasigai			Unreleased Film
	Telugu	Amma Evarikkaina Amma	R. Thyagarajan		Bilingual. Also made in Tamil as Annai Oru Aalayam.
19 Oct	Tamil	Annai Oru Aalayam	R. Thyagarajan
29 June	Tamil	Dharma Yuddham	R. C. Sakthi
	Tamil	Chakkalathi
	Tamil	Kadavul Amaitha Medai	S. P. Muthuraman
	Tamil	Manipoor Mamiyaar	V.C. Kuganathan		Film went unreleased. A song from this film, Samayal Paadame, also written by Ilaiyaraaja, was reused as Enna Samayalo in Unnaal Mudiyum Thambi in 1988.
6 July	Tamil	Kalyanaraman	G. N. Rangarajan
6 April	Tamil	Kavari Maan	S. P. Muthuraman
	Tamil	Mugaththil Mugam Paarkkalaam	A. Jagannathan
	Tamil	Nenjil Aadum Poo Ondru			Film went unreleased. The songs, Vaanam Enge and Kodi Inbam, today command a cult following among his hardcore fans.
	Tamil	Muthal Iravu	A. Jagannathan
10 Aug	Tamil	Naan Vazhavaippen	D. Yoganand	Raja (Telugu)
	Kannada	Priya	S. P. Muthuraman		Bilingual. Kannada version of the Tamil film Priya (1978).
	Tamil	Azhage Unnai Aarathikkiren	C. V. Sridhar
	Telugu	Pancha Bhoothalu	P. Chandrasekar Reddy
30 Nov	Telugu	Yugandhar	KSR Das		Only collaboration with N. T. Rama Rao
3 May	Tamil	Nallathoru Kudumbam	K Vijayan
31 Aug	Tamil	Niram Maaratha Pookkal	Bharathiraja
19 Oct	Tamil	Pattaakathi Bairavan	V. B. Rajendra Prasad
5 May	Tamil	Ponnu Oorukku Pudhusu	R.Selvaraj
	Tamil	Poonthalir	Devaraj Mohan
14 Apr	Tamil	Puthiya Vaarpugal	Bharathiraja	Kotha Jeevithalu	Remade in Telugu as Kotha Jeevithalu.
	Tamil	Rosappo Ravikaikaari	Devaraj Mohan
	Kannada	Urvashi Neene Nanna Preyasi	C. V. Sridhar		Trilingual. Also made in Tamil as Azhage Unnai Aradhikkiren.
	Telugu	Urvasi Neeve Naa Preyasi	C. V. Sridhar		Trilingual. Telugu version of Azhage Unnai Aradhikkiren.
19 Oct	Tamil	Uthiri Pookal	Mahendran
08 Dec	Tamil	Vetrikku Oruvan	S. P. Muthuraman

Decade-wise statistics

See main article: Ilaiyaraaja discography.

Bibliography

• Book: Dhananjayan, G.. G. Dhananjayan. The Best of Tamil Cinema, 1931 to 2010: 1977–2010. 2011. Galatta Media. 978-81-921043-0-0.
• Book: Dhananjayan, G.. Pride of Tamil Cinema: 1931 to 2013. 2014. Blue Ocean Publishers. 978-93-84301-05-7.

External links

• • Raaja.com: The official Internet website of Ilaiyaraaja

Notes and References

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2. Web site: Paalooti Valartha Kili-Film. YouTube. 2015-02-16.
3. Web site: Aaru Manikkoor-1978. 2015-04-08. Malayalachalachithram.com.
4. Web site: எம்.ஜி.ஆர் பார்முலா இல்லாத எம்.ஜி.ஆர் படம் எடுத்தேன்! - இயக்குநர் ஏ.சி. திருலோகசந்தர். 2015-02-16. Cinema Express. 3 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235526/http://www.cinemaexpress.com/cinemaexpress/story.aspx?Title=%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D.%E0%AE%9C%E0%AE%BF.%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D+%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BE+%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A4+%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D.%E0%AE%9C%E0%AE%BF.%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D+%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D+%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D!+-+%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D+%E0%AE%8F.%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF.+%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D&artid=109661&SectionID=128&MainSectionID=128&SectionName=News&SEO=. dead.
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8. Web site: Achchani LP Vinyl Records. Ebay.com. 2015-03-09.
9. Web site: டோடோவின் ரஃப் நோட்டு — Tamil Kavithai -- தமிழ் கவிதைகள் - நூற்று கணக்கில்!. Roughnote.pixmonk.in. 17 January 2019.
10. Web site: Mathu Thappada Maga - EP . December 1978 . iTunes . 24 November 2014.
11. Web site: Thirukkalyanam LP Vinyl Records. Musicalaya.net. 2014-04-09.
12. Web site: Vyaamoham. 2014-10-08. Malayalachalachithram.com.
13. Web site: Tripura Sundari LP Vinyl Records. https://archive.today/20140409213742/http://musicalaya.net/imgviewer.php?mod=lpcovers/1099/3/1/1. dead. 9 April 2014. Musicalaya.net. 2014-04-09.
14. Superstar Rajinikanth's biography : Rajini News – India Today . . 10 September 2010 . 3 December 2011.
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19. Web site: Psycho Lovers in Tamil Cinema - Chennai Special . Behindwoods.com. 17 January 2019.
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