Dhanush’s ‘Ilaiyaraaja’: Biopic Of Music Legend Launched With Poster
Tamil star Dhanush’s next movie is titled ‘Ilaiyaraaja’. As the title suggests clearly, the movie is a biographical drama on the real-life musical maestro Ilaiyaraaja. The Tamil movie was officially launched this afternoon, with a first look poster of ‘Ilaiyaraaja’, and a small shooting sequence.
Dhanush will play the legendary musician Ilaiyaraaja in the biopic, which will chronicle the life and times of music composer Ilaiyaraaja. The movie is produced by Connekkt Media, PK Prime Production, and Mercuri Movies, and will be directed by Arun Matheswaran. The ‘Ilaiyaraaja’ biopic is a departure from his preferred genre of crime and action for Arun Matheswaran. His previous two movies were the action spectacles, Rocky and Captain Miller. Arun Matheswaran had directed Dhanush in the latter movie.
Acting in the Ilaiyaraaja biopic is a dream come true for Dhanush. He revealed at the ‘Ilaiyaraaja’ movie launch event that his life dream was to do the biopics of only two personalities, Ilaiyaraaja, and his father-in-law Rajinikanth being the other.
The first look poster for ‘Ilaiyaraaja’ takes us on a nostalgia trip, to the Chennai of the seventies, back when it was called Madras. The poster shows a young boy with a harmonium hanging on his shoulder by a strap, while he looks out at the sepia-toned world. Ilaiyaraaja, lovingly called as “Isaignani”, will compose the music for Ilaiyaraaja movie himself.
The rest of the cast and crew for Ilaiyaraaja is still under wraps. The movie will release in theatres in five languages – the original Tamil, along with Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi dubbed versions.