Chennai: Vijay TV has planned to organize an appreciation program for Illayaraja, where Rajinikanth will speak about the maestro in the function and he also releases an Audio CD.

Isaignani Ilayaraja is an iconic music composer, lyricist, playback singer, musician and philanthropist who works predominantly for South Indian film industries. During his career, he has composed a maximum number of hit songs for Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan.

Midst huge competition with new composers like Santosh Narayan, Harris Jayaraj, Yuvan Shankar Raja and many others, he has carved a niche for himself. Illayaraja has composed music for over 1000 movies in his career and still he is busy composing music.

Currently Ilayaraja is composing music for Muthuramalingam, where Gautham Karthik does the lead role. Even Ulaganayagan Kamal has crooned for a particular track. He also has three more projects under his kitty. Now to honor him, ‘Ilayaraja 1000’ event was planned by Star Vijay channel.

On February 27th, Vijay TV has planned to organize an appreciation program for Illayaraja, where Rajinikanth will speak about the maestro in the function and he also releases an Audio CD which features best songs of him.