Now he released only in CD. But I like to buy only in the Cassette format. So I am waiting for the cassettes. I am eagerly waiting for that.

The list of Thiru Ilaiyaraja’s Blunders:

‘Thiru / Thirumathi to be prefixed at appropriate proper names’.

1. Vali (Ever Steady) against Vairamuthu (Rejuvenated).

2. ‘Malaysia’ Vasudevan against TMS (Fuming).

3. Janaki (Rediscovered) against Susheela (Everlasting).

4. Mano against SPB (Relief from overwork).

5. Chitra against Sailaja/Jency(Not So!).

6. His Western Classical Masala Mix against Thiruvasagam’s Original (traditional) ‘PANN’ or Tune (epitome of his blunders!).

7. His “Oththa Ruba Tharaen” against Shankar-Ganesh’s former “Ennadi Muniamma”.

8. Yogi Ram Surath Kumar against Bhagavan Ramanar.

9. High-tech Swamihood against the Simplest Real.

10. His Perfect (?) Music-Notation Script (He boasts in interviews) against that of Beethoven’s.

11. Former under-estimation of MSV (That he took 3 months to compose “Muththukkalo Kanngal” Song in “Nenjirukkum Varai” in the 1991 Deepavali interview to Doordarshan, Chennai.) against his present shift in stand (that his Music was the Eschewed Saliva of MSV/Ramamurthy).

12. His intoxicating & dominating “Marma Isai” against Inducing the Curiously Provoked to learn the Art (e.g. K. Bhagyaraj et al) to rid him.

13. Suppression of his younger brother’s name in the list of those he was grateful to for his climbing to success (in his book on the subject) against the Lakshmana-like deeds of Gangai Amaran.

14. His Present Fall (due to his uncontrolled egoism) against his Past Achievement (due to his erstwhile alter person now evaporated!).

… So on.

Let us Salute the Maestro for his greatest contribution to Modern Music and Pray the Musical God Sri Saptha Swareswara Nadha Brahmam to Shield Our treasure i.e. Isai Gnani Thiru Ilaiyaraja from the Clutches of his Self-Ruining, Ruthless Ego and Bestow Peace upon him so as to carry on with his Musical Mission in Life!