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The irresistible combination of master film-maker Mahendran and Maestro Ilaiyaraaja is back on screen: after more than two decades, Mahendran and Ilaiyaraaja are to work together for a new untitled film.
Mahendran has always gone with Maestro's music in all his films except Saasanam which released eight years back. The duo's films have been Tamil cinema's ever-green classics: Mullum Malarum, Johnny, Uthiripookkal, Pootatha Poottukkal, Nenjathai Killathay, etc. The list is brief but worth its weight in gold.
Mahendran's depiction of superstar Rajinikanth, who was an upcoming star at that time, in films such as Mullum Malarum and Jhonny is still being spoken about by Rajini's fans who consider these two as among the top ten films of Rajini. It would be an understatement to say that Ilaiyaraaja's music propped up Mahendran's films; his music offered soul to his films.
After 8 years, Mahendran is to start directing films again and has signed up Ilaiyaraaja to score the music of the film. When he visited the Prasad Labs recently, Mahendran spoke to Ilaiyaraaja and managed to get his consent to score the music of his upcoming directorial venture which remains untitled as yet.
"The film is likely to go to the floors soon with a song getting recorded first; it's a script based on a short story by Pudhumaipithan. The script has as its backdrop a small town and is about the problems faced by the middle-class in society," Mahendran says. P. Sanjay, son of popular cinematographer P. Loknath, debuts as cinematographer with this film. The cast of the film is yet to be decided.
