Raja sir could also not reach the venue.”Isai celebrates Isai (Isai Kondaadum Isai), maestro Ilaiyaraja’s 76th birthday was a sea of people. “Wait, wait a minute,” Raja sir called back the Carnatic vocalist Bombay Jayashree who was leaving after her rendition “Kai Veeneayai Endhum” (Vietnam Colony). “I met you when you were recording for Punnagai Mannan, SP sir introduced me to you,” she recalled meekly. As she narrated her share of stories, “have you come here to sing or speak?” Raja sir intervened. Vivek continued: “Raja sir is a perfectionist, and therefore he gets angry when people around him do not measure upto it.

Source: The Hindu June 10, 2019 08:29 UTC