Notwithstanding
all the troubles, Periyar is progressing
day in and day out for an early 2007 release.
Now though, the movie is in news yet again
after maestro Ilayaraja turning down the
offer for composing music of Periyar.
Ilayaraja
rendered music to director Gnanasekaran’s
earlier movies such as the award winning
Mohamul, Bharathy, and Mugham. Bharathy
even brought home an award for the
best play back singing. Though Gnanasekaran
shares a good rapport with the maestro,
Ilayaraja politely turned down the
offer stating that since he is a believer
in God it would be against his principles
to work for a movie that portrays
the life of a leader who had preached
against God and was an atheist. I
would not compose for the movie even
if you paid me a crore in return,
Ilayaraja was quoted as saying.
Following
this, Gnanasekaran has roped in Vidyasagar
for composing Periyar’s music. As
additional information, Periyar features
9 directors in its list of cast, which includes
Manivannan, T.P. Gajendran, R. Sundarrajan,
Manobala, Stanley, Bharathykannan, Keerthykumar,
Balu Anand, and Anu Mohan.
