It was a challenge to young assistants who worked with Ilayaraja. To work with his team and his movies is very tough to any upcoming singer or music technician. First one should read his mind. They must think of every small thing. To get a tune from him, all the staff should coordinate and synchronize with his mind.
Coming to movies, he understands the scene of the movie properly and give some hints to his team. Based on the scene, entry of heroin, the mannerism of hero, sorrows of heroin, fights, love... he decides the tunes shown by his team. It is also said that though many got the opportunity to work with him, they didn’t join because he was not compromising with existing music or work they have shown. He was only towards perfection.
He gave thousands of songs like that. It is true that the scene will be success if his tune is being played in background. Same way, he had his mark on the songs. That is the reason why many people showed interest to work with him.
