Why Gautham took on Raja!

Filmmaker Gautham Menon is widely known for the music in his breezy love stories. Be it Minnale, Kaakha Kaakha, Vettaiyaadu Vilayaadu or Vinnai Thaandi Varuvaaya, the music – by composers like Harris Jayaraj and A R Rahman – was much appreciated.And now, the director is operating with Ilaiyaraaja in his upcoming Neethane En Ponvasantham. That is the primary time that the combo is operating on a movie. Apparently, on every occasion Gautham came up with a script, probably the most first names that he’d bring to mind to address the music was Ilaiyaraaja! However, it wouldn’t click because of many a reason behind. Neethane En Ponvasantham (which is, interestingly, a song within the maestro’s Ninaivellam Nithya), he had decided that the music must be done by Ilaiyaraaja. Already, the 2 teaser songs from the film – one sung by Yuvan Shankar Raja and one by Karthik – are doing well on Youtube.