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Ilaiyaraaja (born Gnanathesigan) is a legendary Tamil film music composer, arranger, conductor, and multi-instrumentalist widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in Indian cinema music. He composed the scores for acclaimed films including Naan Kadavul (2009, dir. Bala), Mumbai Express (2005), and Un Samayal Arayil (2014), accumulating over 1,500 film scores across Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, and Hindi cinema over a five-decade career. He was the first Asian composer to record a full orchestral score at Abbey Road Studios (for the album 'How to Name It?' in 1986) and pioneered the integration of Western classical harmonies and string arrangements into Tamil film music. He has received five National Film Awards for Best Music Direction and was honored with the Padma Bhushan (2010) and Padma Vibhushan (2018) by the Government of India.

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