Maamanithan director Seenu Ramasamy says he would still like to work with Ilaiyaraaja

Maamanithan, which features Vijay Sethupathi and Gayathrie Shankar in lead roles, will release on June 24

Seenu Ramasamy/Ilaiyaraaja

Maamanithan director Seenu Ramasamy alleged that he was denied the opportunity to witness the composing and re-recording of songs and music in his film by music composer, Ilaiyaraaja.

Speaking at a press conference, Seenu Ramasamy said that he had been told at the time of signing the agreement for the film itself that they would work with only those lyricists they liked. “I agreed and I was open to working with any lyricist they wanted. However, I was kept out of both the composing and re-recording processes. I did not get the lyric sheets of the songs.”

Seenu Ramasamy called up director Ameer to explain his situation, after which the lyric sheet was provided to him. “One day, I went to Yuvan's birthday party and I met a youngster there who introduced himself as lyricist Karunakaran. He told me that he had penned a song for my film. I asked him which one, and he said he had written one for Maamanithan. After I requested him for the lyric papers, he sent them to me on WhatsApp!”

Maamanithan director says that he would still like to work with Ilaiyaraaja in the future but on one condition. “I must see him compose the songs and I must be there when he is re-recording!”

The filmmaker says he had so much love for Ilaiyaraaja that he went to his native place Pannaiyapuram to shoot his film. “I have even dedicated this film to Ilaiyaraaja and his wife, Jeeva. However, I do not know why Ilaiyaraaja did not call me for the re-recording. I feel bad. However, I appreciate his brilliance because I had shot visuals for a song for three minutes and 20 seconds and the song was exactly made for three minutes and 20 seconds,” Seenu Ramasamy concluded.

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