Illaiyaraaja getting nominated to Rajya Sabha is actually the efforts of Rajinikanth bearing fruit, revealed a source. The saffron party that had conferred the Dada Shaeb Phalke Award on Rajinikanth was keen that the actor be brought to Rajya Sabha and he was offered the nomination route. Nobody can fault the Government for nominating an actor who has and is still ruling the Tamil Nadu box office for over two decades. Secondly, the nomination route does not make him a Sanghi as he does not have to get BJP MLA votes.
The source said that Rajinikanth realised that it would put the saffron paint on him and this he did not want. Reason was that his fan following might dwindle since BJP has a very low rating in the public. With Vijay- Ajith already edging into his space in box office, it was not wise to play with his fans feelings. The BJP plan was that by getting Rajinikanth to Upper House, it could tell indirectly that the actor was their man. Add to this the utterance by the actor about spiritual politics. It is also known in political circles that Rajinikanth keeps in close touch with auditor Gurumurthy who now runs Late Cho's Thughlak.
Source said that it took lot of convincing for Rajinikanth to make Illaiyaraaja take up the offer. The music composer was mentally in favour of Modi and his Government but the hitch was that he was not sure of how the public reaction would be. In social media and in the diaspora, he is a revered man. In all ways he is treated as Isaiganani ( a title officially conferred by Karunanidhi Government). Now would anti- sangh groups attack him. A foreword he wrote for a book ( reported by us click link :https://southfilmy.blogspot.com/2022/04/illaiyaraaja-pro-modi-tweet-to-escape.html) created a controversy and many speculations. Later it was reported that Illayaraaja was in list of people to be nominated to Rajya Sabha.
Two times, Rajinikanth called on the music composer at his studio and each time, it was reported that the actor and maestro were coming together . Both worked in Veera ( 1994). It is said that Rajinikanth will play an extended cameo in R Balki's film with Illaiyaraaja music.
The anti- BJP camp propaganda to make the Upper House nomination as a political move to woo backward classes n Tamil Nadu is the most painful part for any music lover. A music composer with such a distinguished track record has overnight turned into just a SANGHI and nothing more. In fact, radical Dalit groups say that Raaja has scored devotional songs of those Goddess worshipped by Upper caste and done very little for the Dalits cause. In fact, Dalit film makers have not used him in their films as he is unaffordable.
Raaja's son Yuvan converted to Islam and married a Muslim girl. He calls him a True Black Dravidian and posted a photo of him n a black T shirt and lungi in the backdrop of Keelkattalai ( hub of Muslims).
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