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Opinion: Ilayaraja’s double standards?

This is similar to the case we have heard recently, about how Priyanka Gandhi (when Congress was not in power) had been asked to vacate her bungalow given to her father, grandmother 23 years ago, and she stayed put as if she had inherited the property. As per the reports coming in, music composer Ilayaraja was given a suite to work at Prasad Studios in Chennai years back as a goodwill because he would frequently visit the studio and there was no private place for him to rest and work. He should have treated it as a stop gap arrangement and could have found another place to work in. LV Prasad and Ramesh Prasad are people with soft attitudes and never get into a confrontation and would solve things amicably whenever there is an issue. Sources cite LV Prasad’s grandson (Ramesh Prasad’s son) Sai Prasad had taken over the administration of the studio years back and had been requesting Ilaiyaraja to vacate the place repeatedly but it fell on deaf ears. It is strange that a music composer who fights for royalty, who is against people who use his old music, occupies a studio suite that is not his own.  Even if he is paying rent and is asked to vacate, it becomes the music composer’s responsibility to move out.

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Ilaiyaraaja has now filed a complaint against Sai Prasad who is the head of Prasad Studios for threatening him with the Commissioner of Chennai. The news reports also add that the ace music director Ilaiyaraaja has stated in his complaint that Sai Prasad and his men entered the suite that belongs to the music composer at Prasad Studios. He further adds that his equipment was destroyed along with the notes and other belongings. Ilaiyaraaja also mentions in his complaint to the Commissioner of Chennai that Sai Prasad sold off the composer’s things which were expensive for a massive sum of money. Previously, it was reported that the well-known music director Ilaiyaraaja has locked horns with Sai Prasad ever since he became the head of Prasad Studios. We need to wait for a while to hear the truth in the matter.

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