Cameraman cum Actor Illavarasan in Rahmania
Illavarasan has been the cameraman for the film Anthi Mantharai. He has also acted in a lot of films, and has been the cameraman for a lot of Rahman's films. I have worked for Kizhakku Cheemayile and Karuthamma as an assistant to Bharathiraaja Sir. I knew that a small boy by name Dileep had composed music for Roja, Gentleman, and that Bharathiraaja has roped the boy for his films also. I haven't seen Rahman in person, and I was assuming that the boy would be looking like Suresh Menon ( Director – Pudiya Mugam ) , but when I saw Rahman, I was totally surprised. He was so small, and tiny just like a half ticket passenger in buses. When I met him first, I saw his mother calling Rahman saying, " Rahman vaa paa. Biryani aaridum paaa… ( Biryani is losing heat. Pls come soon)" and Rahman used to answer saying " Amma. Varen Maa. Iru maaa ( Wait Mother… I shall come )". This has been the famous dialogue of his mother till date, and Rahman now also replies in the same fashion. (Raihanna adds that she would have heard this dialogues a lac times, and its going on in the same manner now too ) He used to talk Madras Tamil a lot during those days. ( Raihanna adds saying that he knows all forms of Tamil, and if he wants to cut jokes, he would use the appropriate Tamil needed. He talks in telugu , Malayalam very fluently.) When he speaks with Vairamuthu, he would talk in a very scholarly fashion. I first listened to the song " Then Kizhakku Cheemayile" . That was the first song that Rahman composed for a village situation. That song brings about a feeling, which cannot be explained. Its like a feeling , which comes out from the depth of the stomach. Once he said that the product that we creates must influence us first, so that it can impress the others. Madras Sound studios. Dileep used to come there for doing Jingles. It's a great challenge for Music Directors to compose music for advertisments. As far as my knowledge, and information goes, it was Suresh Menon who was supposed to work with Rahman even before Maniratnam. Fav Songs of Rahman I love melody like anything. Netru Illadha Maatram – is a fabulous Enna Vilai azhage Porale Ponnuthayi ( happy ) ….. there is a minutest voice of girls who would be laughing in the song Poovukkul ulinthirukkum – Jeans He has made Tamil music reach abnormal heights. There are zero songs of Rahman which I would say, I didn't like. Every song is a great one. -- regards, Vithur
