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Ilaiyaraaja was born as Gnanathesigan in a Dalit family in Pannaipuram in present-day Theni district, Tamil Nadu, India, on 3 June At the time of joining school, his father, Daniel Ramasamy changed his name from Gnanathesigan Daniel to "Rajaiya", and the people in his village called him "Raasayya".
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His first composition was an adaptation of an elegy created by a famous Tamil poet Kannadasan for Jawaharlal Nehru (first prime minister of India).
Ilayaraja family tree
Ilaiyaraaja was one of the early Indian film composers to use Western classical music harmonies and string arrangements in Indian film music.
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Ilaiyaraaja is an Indian musical maestro; a composer, singer and song writer of exceptional repute.