Birthday special: Top 10 Hindi songs composed by Ilaiyaraaja
- Ilaiyaraaja has composed music for 1,000 films and over 8,000 songs.
- Ilayaraja has left his imprint on not just Tamil but in Telugu, Kannada, Hindi and Malayalam languages.
Ilayaraja, also spelt as Ilaiyaraaja, is turning a year older on Friday, June 2, as he celebrates his 73rd birthday.
The music maestro started his career with Annakili in the year 1976. He has since then composed the music for 1,000 films and over 8,000 songs. Ilayaraja has left his imprint on not just Tamil but in Telugu, Kannada, Hindi and Malayalam languages. Here we have selected his top 10 Hindi songs for you guys.
1) Aye Zindagi Gale Laga Le
Movie : Sadma
Music: Ilayaraaja
Singers: Suresh Wadkar
2) Cheeni Kum
Movie: Cheeni Kum
Music: Ilaiyaraja
Singer: Shreya Ghoshal
3) Surmayee Ankhiyon Mein
Movie: Sadma
Music: Ilayaraaja
Singers: Yesudas
4) Yeh Hawa Yeh Fiza Deewano Ko
Movie : Sadma
Music: Ilayaraaja
Singers: Asha Bhosle, Suresh Wadkar
5) Botany Chhodenge Matinee Dekhenge
Movie : Shiva
Music: Ilaiyaraaja
Singers: Suresh Wadkar, Udit Narayan, S. Janaki, Franco and Sunil
6) Fikar Na Kar Pyare
Movie: Mahaadev
Music: Ilaiyaraaja
Singers: Asha Bhosle
7) Mudhi Mudhi Ittefaq Se
Movei: Paa
Singer: Shilpa Rao
Music: Ilaiyaraja
8) Vaishnav Jana To
Movie: Hey Ram
Music: Ilaiyaraaja
Singer: Vibha Sharma
9) Janmon Ki Jwala
Movie: Hey Ram
Music: Ilaiyaraaja
Singer: Asha Bhosle, Hariharan & Rani Mukherjee
10) Asa Ga Madan Ban Ghusla Kasa
Movie: Hey Ram
Music: Ilaiyaraaja
Singer: Anupama & Preeti Uttam