{"id":2442857,"date":"2026-06-03T09:35:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T09:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2442857"},"modified":"2026-06-03T09:35:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T09:35:50","slug":"ilaiyaraaja-turns-83-kamal-haasan-celebrities-share-birthday-wishes-for-music-maestro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/ilaiyaraaja-turns-83-kamal-haasan-celebrities-share-birthday-wishes-for-music-maestro\/","title":{"rendered":"Ilaiyaraaja turns 83: Kamal Haasan, celebrities share birthday wishes for music maestro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">Music maestro Ilaiyaraaja celebrated his 83rd birthday on Tuesday. On this occasion, several stars and politicians penned their heartfelt wishes for the noted singer. <\/p>\n<p>Superstar Kamal Haasan penned a heartfelt wish for Ilaiyaraaja. He said that the legacy of Ilaiyaraaja will last longer than his age.  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Your music will live on for hundreds of times longer than your age. May you also be blessed with a lifespan that surpasses all our aspirations, and live on with your music,&#8221; Kamal Haasan said in a post on X. <\/p>\n<div class=\"article__iframe\">\n<p lang=\"ta\" dir=\"ltr\">\u00e0\u00ae\u0089\u00e0\u00ae\u0099\u00e0\u00af\u008d\u00e0\u00ae\u0095 \u00e0\u00ae\u0087\u00e0\u00ae\u009a\u00e0\u00af\u0088 \u00e0\u00ae\u0089\u00e0\u00ae\u0099\u00e0\u00af\u008d\u00e0\u00ae\u0095 \u00e0\u00ae\u00b5\u00e0\u00ae\u00af\u00e0\u00ae\u009a\u00e0\u00af\u0088\u00e0\u00ae\u00aa\u00e0\u00af\u008d \u00e0\u00ae\u00aa\u00e0\u00af\u008b\u00e0\u00ae\u00b2 \u00e0\u00ae\u00aa\u00e0\u00ae\u00b2 \u00e0\u00ae\u00a8\u00e0\u00af\u0082\u00e0\u00ae\u00b1\u00e0\u00af\u0081 \u00e0\u00ae\u00ae\u00e0\u00ae\u009f\u00e0\u00ae\u0099\u00e0\u00af\u008d\u00e0\u00ae\u0095\u00e0\u00af\u0081 \u00e0\u00ae\u00b5\u00e0\u00ae\u00be\u00e0\u00ae\u00b4\u00e0\u00af\u0081\u00e0\u00ae\u00ae\u00e0\u00af\u008d. \u00e0\u00ae\u00a8\u00e0\u00af\u0080\u00e0\u00ae\u0099\u00e0\u00af\u008d\u00e0\u00ae\u0095\u00e0\u00ae\u00b3\u00e0\u00af\u0081\u00e0\u00ae\u00ae\u00e0\u00af\u008d \u00e0\u00ae\u008e\u00e0\u00ae\u0099\u00e0\u00af\u008d\u00e0\u00ae\u0095\u00e0\u00ae\u00b3\u00e0\u00af\u008d \u00e0\u00ae\u00aa\u00e0\u00af\u0087\u00e0\u00ae\u00b0\u00e0\u00ae\u00be\u00e0\u00ae\u009a\u00e0\u00af\u0088\u00e0\u00ae\u0095\u00e0\u00ae\u00b3\u00e0\u00af\u0088\u00e0\u00ae\u00af\u00e0\u00af\u0086\u00e0\u00ae\u00b2\u00e0\u00af\u008d\u00e0\u00ae\u00b2\u00e0\u00ae\u00be\u00e0\u00ae\u00ae\u00e0\u00af\u008d \u00e0\u00ae\u0095\u00e0\u00ae\u009f\u00e0\u00ae\u00a8\u00e0\u00af\u008d\u00e0\u00ae\u00a4 \u00e0\u00ae\u0086\u00e0\u00ae\u00af\u00e0\u00af\u0081\u00e0\u00ae\u00b3\u00e0\u00af\u0088\u00e0\u00ae\u00aa\u00e0\u00af\u008d \u00e0\u00ae\u00aa\u00e0\u00af\u0086\u00e0\u00ae\u00b1\u00e0\u00af\u008d\u00e0\u00ae\u00b1\u00e0\u00af\u0081 \u00e0\u00ae\u00b5\u00e0\u00ae\u00be\u00e0\u00ae\u00b4\u00e0\u00ae\u00b5\u00e0\u00af\u0087\u00e0\u00ae\u00a3\u00e0\u00af\u008d\u00e0\u00ae\u009f\u00e0\u00af\u0081\u00e0\u00ae\u00ae\u00e0\u00af\u008d, \u00e0\u00ae\u0087\u00e0\u00ae\u009a\u00e0\u00af\u0088\u00e0\u00ae\u00af\u00e0\u00af\u008b\u00e0\u00ae\u009f\u00e0\u00af\u0081.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e0\u00ae\u0089\u00e0\u00ae\u0099\u00e0\u00af\u008d\u00e0\u00ae\u0095\u00e0\u00ae\u00b3\u00e0\u00af\u008d <br \/>\u00e0\u00ae\u0095\u00e0\u00ae\u00ae\u00e0\u00ae\u00b2\u00e0\u00af\u008d<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ilaiyaraaja?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ilaiyaraaja<\/a><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/HBDIlaiyaraaja?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HBDIlaiyaraaja<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kamal Haasan (@ikamalhaasan) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ikamalhaasan\/status\/2061658696917422162?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 2, 2026<\/a> <\/div>\n<p>Kamal Haasan starred in many films for which Ilaiyaraja composed music, including 16 Vayathinile, Nayakan, Raaja Paarvai, Apoorva Sagodharargal, Moondram Pirai, and Mahanadhi.<\/p>\n<p>Legendary music composer Ilaiyaraaja greeted fans who gathered outside his office in Kodambakkam to wish him on the occasion.<\/p>\n<p>The celebrated composer, fondly referred to as &#8220;Isaignani&#8221; by his admirers, stepped out of his Kodambakkam office and acknowledged the crowd with folded hands and a warm smile. <\/p>\n<p>Fans carrying bouquets, garlands and banners cheered enthusiastically as they caught a glimpse of the maestro.<\/p>\n<p>Widely regarded as one of India&#8217;s greatest music composers, Ilaiyaraaja has composed music for over a thousand films and created thousands of songs across multiple Indian languages.<\/p>\n<p>Recognised as one of the most prolific composers in India, Ilaiyaraaja is known for working in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, and Hindi films.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;En Kanmani Kadhali&#8217;, &#8216;Ragam Kaetkum Kaalam&#8217;, &#8216;Aye Zindagi Gale Lagaa Le&#8217;, &#8216;Vaishnav Jana To&#8217; are some of the iconic songs, which he has composed. <\/p>\n<p>He also received the prestigious Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan in 2010 and 2018, respectively. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.khaleejtimes.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music maestro Ilaiyaraaja celebrated his 83rd birthday on Tuesday. On this occasion, several stars and politicians penned their heartfelt wishes for the noted singer. Superstar Kamal Haasan penned a heartfelt wish for Ilaiyaraaja. He said that the legacy of Ilaiyaraaja will last longer than his age. &#8220;Your music will live on for hundreds of times [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2442858,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2442857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ilaiyaraaja-turns-83-Kamal-Haasan-celebrities-share-birthday-wishes-for.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2442857"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2442859,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442857\/revisions\/2442859"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2442858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2442857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2442857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2442857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}