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ilaiyaraaja - solla solla - finders keepers - cd

Genre: World - Misc - Indian / Pakistani

1. Kholapurase Kudasathrivasi - S.P. Sailaja & Chorus
2. Thanimayil - Vani Jairam & Chorus
3. Mayakkama - Vani Jairam
4. Vaa! Naailukku Naall - S.P. Balasubrahmanyam
5. Solla Solla - S.P. Balasubrahmaniam
6. Raja Rani Jaakki - S.P. Sailaja & Malaysia Vasudevan
7. Thithikkum - S.P. Sailaja & S.P. Balasubramanyam
8. One And Two Chachacha - T.M. Soundarajan & L.R. Eswari
9. Disco Sound - Hariram & Ramola
10. Yennadi Meenakshi - S.P. Balasubrahmanyam
11. Kanavu Ondru - S. Janaki
12. Naanthaan Ungappanda - S.P. Balasubrahmanyam
13. Sorgam Madhuvile - S.P. Balasubrahmanyam & Chorus
14. Ponnana Neram - S. Janaki
15. Rasigane - Ilayairaaja
16. Aadal Paadalil - T.M. Soundararajan & Chorus

The undeniable prince of Kollywood cinema, India's second largest film industry, Ilaiyaraaja is more than equal to his forward thinking contemporaries in Bollywood and Lollywood. Includes the music from the cult Youtube clip Solla Solla. Have a look at the classic Kollywood viral video here: Check!

Once you have exhausted all possible leads using his various names (and the numerous misspellings) you're faced with the unenviable task of sifting through a 34-year career spanning more than 900 film scores in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada in order to unearth some the heaviest dancefloor friendly electronic pop to ever emerge from Southern India.

Impossible to pigeonhole and characterised by his own indefinable style the man is a genre in his own right.