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films. Regarded as one of the most prolific composers, in a career spanning over forty-eight years, he has composed over 7,000 songs and provided film scores for over 1,000 films, apart from performing in over 20,000 concerts. He is nicknamed "Isaignani" (the musical sage) and is often referred to as
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Ilaiyaraaja, once reflecting over his works ahead of turning seventy-five, said his "life experiences and learning" have been the fount from which his musical output poured, but sometimes felt that some of his compositions transcended them as if they were "the reflection of the efforts of past lives
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conducted a poll to commemorate 100 years of Indian cinema, he secured 49% of the vote and was adjudged the country's greatest music composer. In 2014, the American world cinema portal "Taste of Cinema" placed him at 9th position in its list of 25 greatest film composers in the history of cinema. He
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He is reputed to be the world's most prolific composer having composed more than 7,000 songs, provided film scores for more than 1,000 movies and performed in more than 20,000 concerts. He was one of the earliest Indian film composers to use Western classical music harmonies and string arrangements
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According to musicologist P. Greene, Ilaiyaraaja's "deep understanding of so many different styles of music allowed him to create syncretic pieces of music combining very different musical idioms in unified, coherent musical statements". Ilaiyaraaja has composed Indian film songs that amalgamated
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At the start of his career, the music sensibility of Ilaiyaraaja was very different to the film music being composed in those days, so although he spent a lot of his time learning, he "wasn't able to grasp how music was being made for films." However, in 1975, film producer Panchu Arunachalam,
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from a goddess, Ilaiyaraaja said that unlike Ramanujan who felt a supernatural being guiding him, he always felt a moment of clarity when a composition came to his mind—"It is as if I am the subject and the object of art at the same time when that happens," he said.
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are also apparent, particularly in songs with Indian folk or Carnatic influences. The melodic structure of his songs demand considerable vocal virtuosity, and have found expressive platform amongst some of India's respected vocalists and playback singers, such as
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released in 1976, the music became a huge hit. For his following 12 films, Ilaiyaraaja based his compositions on the contemporary film music. Later, when a new wave of films started to come, they opened the space for the kind of music he wanted to explore.
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Achille Forler, board member of the Indian Performing Right Society, said in 2017, "the kind of stellar body of work that Ilaiyaraaja has created in the last 40 years should have placed him among the world's top 10 richest composers, somewhere between
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in Chennai, India, on 16 October 2005. He performed in 2004 in Italy at the Teatro Comunale di Modena, an event-concert presented for the 14th edition of Angelica, Festival Internazionale Di Musica, co-produced with the L'Altro Suono Festival.
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fall on the same date (3 June), Ilaiyaraaja decided to celebrate his on 2 June so that people of Tamil Nadu can celebrate only that of Karunanidhi on 3 June. This was done in honour of Karunanidhi who gave Ilaiyaraaja the title "Isaignani".
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the melodic outlines developed by Venkatesh, learning about composing under Venkatesh's guidance. During this period, Ilaiyaraaja also began writing his own scores. To listen to his compositions, he used to persuade Venkatesh's
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in Toronto, Canada. The Toronto concert was promoted by Trinity Events for Vijay TV in India and produced by Sandy Audio Visual SAV Productions with PA+. Following his show at Toronto, Ilaiyaraaja also performed at the
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melodies, which resulted in creation of a fusion of Western and Tamil idioms. Initially he was little apprehensive about how his work would be received, thinking musicians in the industry may write him off. When
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considers that no other film composer has displayed the broad range of understanding music like Ilaiyaraaja, and the way he modifies himself and creates music is "unfathomable" making him the "absolute master".
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Ilaiyaraaja's use of Tamil folk music in his film scores injected new life in the Indian film score milieu. By the mid-1980s, he started gaining increasing stature as a composer and music director in the
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In April 2022, Ilaiyaraaja triggered a controversy by writing a foreword in the book titled, "Ambedkar & Modi—Reformer's Ideas", in which he praised the Prime Minister
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In early 2022, talking about the state of music composers in industry, Ilaiyaraaja said, "There are no composers in the film industry today; there are only programmers."
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Ilaiyaraaja is nicknamed "Isaignani" (the musical genius), a title conferred by Kalaignar Karunanidhi. He is often referred to as "Maestro", the title conferred by the
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and a 50-piece orchestra and takes the conceptual approach suggested in the title—that music is a "natural phenomenon akin to various forms of air currents".
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conducted a poll commemorating 100 years of Indian cinema, he secured 49% of the people's vote and was adjudged as the country's greatest music composer;
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Venkatraman, S. 1995. "Film music: the new intercultural idiom of 20th century Indian music". pp. 107–112 in A. Euba and C.T. Kimberlin (eds.).
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Venkatraman, S. 1995. "Film music: the new intercultural idiom of 20th century Indian music". pp. 107–112 in A. Euba and C.T. Kimberlin (eds.).
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in his formative years. At the age of 14, he joined a travelling musical troupe named as "Pavalar Brothers", headed by his elder brother
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and face legal action if they do so. Ilaiyaraaja's brother Gangai Amaran criticized him, saying legal notice to SPB is 'foolishness'.
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in Madras (now Chennai), the course included an overview of Western classical music, compositional training in techniques such as
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In 2018, during a talk show in the US, Ilaiyaraaja expressed his doubts regarding the credibility of the Christian belief in the
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Ilaiyaraaja rarely performs his music live. His first major live performance since his debut was a four-hour concert held at the
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impressed by a song casually sung by Ilaiyaraaja, commissioned him to compose the songs and film score for a Tamil film titled
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for his works throughout his career. In 2012, for his creative and experimental works in the field of music, he received the
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Ilaiyaraaja's first two non-film albums were explorations in the fusion of Indian and Western classical music. The first,
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in Tamil film music. In 1986, he became the first Indian composer to record a soundtrack with computer, for the film
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of three films in a single day without any sleep, while present generation composers take 30 days for a single film.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi conferred an honorary doctorate to Ilaiyaraaja during the 36th Convocation Ceremony of
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as a student to learn musical instruments, the master changed his name to "Raaja". While working for his first film
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Greene, P.D. 1997. Film music: Southern area. Pp. 542–546 in B. Nettl, R.M. Stone, J. Porter and T. Rice (eds.).
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Greene, P.D. 1997. Film music: Southern area. Pp. 542–546 in B. Nettl, R.M. Stone, J. Porter and T. Rice (eds.).
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Greene, P.D. 1997. Film music: Southern area. Pp. 542–546 in B. Nettl, R.M. Stone, J. Porter and T. Rice (eds.).
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and the video of the song was unveiled by Ilaiyaraaja on his YouTube channel on 30 May 2020, in Tamil and Hindi.
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since July 2022. A biographical film about his life titled "Ilaiyaraaja" was announced on 20 March 2024.
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was voted fourth in the top 10 most popular songs of all time. In 2013, when the Indian news channel
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harmonies and string arrangements in Indian film music, and the first South Asian to compose a full
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Greene, P.D. 2001. "Authoring the Folk: the crafting of a rural popular music in south India".
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and before that, he performed a programme that was conducted and telecasted by Jaya TV titled
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On 16 February 2013, Ilayaraja made his first appearance in North America performing at the
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During the 1970s in Chennai, Ilaiyaraaja played guitar in a band-for-hire, and worked as a
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Ilaiyaraaja's musical style is characterised by an orchestration which is a synthesis of
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in his songs tend to be melodically dynamic, rising and falling in a dramatic fashion.
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The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. Volume V: South Asia—The Indian Subcontinent
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folk qualities, the Indian classical music enthusiast for the employment of Carnatic
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On his birthday in 2020, Ilaiyaraaja announced the upcoming launch of his 'Isai OTT'
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In 2017, claiming copyright violations, Ilaiyaraaja sent legal notices to singers,
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elements, Ilaiyaraaja's compositions appeal to the Indian rural dweller for its
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Ilaiyaraaja at the inauguration of 91st Music Academy Concerts & Conferences
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On 5 September 2012, Ilayaraja performed in a live concert in Chennai with the
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said that Ilaiyaraaja finished composing for the entire soundtrack of the film
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of ancient Tamil poems transcribed partially in English by American lyricist
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By virtue of this variety and his intermingling of Western, Indian folk and
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and claimed that resurrection happened only in the case of the Hindu saint
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of more than half-a million people from 165 countries, his composition "
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March 2013. After his North America tour, he made a live performance at
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with large orchestras that feature traditional instruments such as the
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Ilaiyaraaja was born as Gnanathesigan in a Dalit family, belonging to
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after completing the course through a distance-learning channel from
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Ilaiyaraaja was married to Jeeva, and the couple has three children—
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as well as Western lead instruments such as saxophones and flutes.
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Ilaiyaraaja grew up in a rural area and was exposed to a range of
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and two for Best Background Score. In 2010, he was awarded the
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Ilayaraja speaking after receiving the centenary award at the
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Actor Rajnikanth noted that Ilaiyaraaja used to complete the
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Ilaiyaraaja's song 'Naanthaan Ungappanda' from the 1981 film
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to play excerpts from his scores during their leisure times.
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orchestra; during this event the music launch of his films
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Ramamoorthy Preethi, Surendran Anusha (28 January 2019).
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sampled Ilaiyaraaja's "Yeh Hawa Yeh Fiza" from the movie
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Sivanarayanan, A. 2004. Translating Tamil Dalit poetry.
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culture. M.A. thesis, Wesleyan University (pp. 106–107).
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As the birthdays of both Ilaiyaraaja and the politician
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Ananthakrishnan, G.; Ramani, Srinivasan (4 June 2018).
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took place. On 23 September 2012, he performed live in
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Mohan, A. 1994. Ilaiyaraja: composer as phenomenon in
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List of awards and nominations received by Ilaiyaraaja
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Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (10 July 2014).
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Ilaiyaraaja and Vikram at the Nadigar Sangam Protest
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Retrieved 14 March 2008. 3216: 3117: 2854: 2548:"T V Gopalakrishnan gets Sangita Kalanidhi award" 2417: 1669: 1634:On 6 July 2022, Ilaiyaraaja was nominated to the 1040:Alphant sampled Ilaiyaraaja's music for his song 805:magazine as one of the all-time 100 best movies. 11084:Best Music Direction National Film Award winners 11070: 4325: 4069:Baskaran, Sundararaj Theodore (1 January 2009). 3911: 2629: 2472: 2464:"No point in classifying music, says Ilayaraja". 1971: 1937: 1884: 1735:. When he received some criticism, leaders from 1154: 1031:(1991) for her song "Bamboo Banga" on the album 835:. It features a fusion of the Carnatic form and 577:In 1968, he began a music course with Professor 522:added the prefix "Ilaiya" (meaning 'younger' in 10812:Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Telugu 9699:Kerala State Film Award for Best Music Director 4527:"Christ remark: Plaint filed against Ilayaraja" 3081:22 (15), 16–29 July. Retrieved 13 October 2006. 2790:. Chennai, India. 20 April 2007. Archived from 2606:. 20 November 2005. Retrieved 15 November 2006. 2501: 2305:. Chennai, India. 8 August 2008. Archived from 1860:"No point in classifying music, says Ilayaraja" 1820: 1818: 1816: 16:Indian composer and playback singer (born 1943) 6625:IFFI Indian Film Personality of the Year Award 4355:"Illayaraja: Gangai Amaran get together again" 3881: 2594:"Looking back: flawless harmony in his music". 2583:. 13 November 2004. Retrieved 13 October 2006. 2009: 2007: 1195:and Western classical music, with traditional 554:, and spent the next decade performing across 11104:Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 10796: 10364: 10078: 9683: 9344: 8503: 8272: 6982: 6770: 6609: 4773: 4749: 3848:on 18 April 2007. Retrieved 22 November 2006. 3844: (archived 18 April 2007). Archived from 3691:, 15 October 2004. Retrieved 1 February 2007. 3515:. 21 October 2005. Retrieved 13 October 2006. 2867:. 6 January 2002. 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ILAYARAJA" 2228: 2226: 1982:"10 Technologies brought in by Tamil Cinema" 1813: 995:(1985) for the song "The Elephunk Theme" in 870:which were recorded by electric mandolinist 827:(1986), is dedicated to the Carnatic master 541: 11179:Indian composers of Western classical music 4140: 3758: 3029:23220, nayakan, 00.html All-TIME 100 Movies 2004: 1544:Ilaiyaraaja's soundtrack for the 1991 film 1374:as an overwhelming influence on his music. 1176:, who insisted he received math formula in 1166:— Ilaiyaraaja on his creative process 1016:sampled one of Ilaiyaraaja's hit songs for 480:, the second-highest civilian award by the 10803: 10789: 10371: 10357: 10085: 10071: 9690: 9676: 9351: 9337: 8510: 8496: 8279: 8265: 6989: 6975: 6777: 6763: 6616: 6602: 4780: 4766: 4728: 4689:Srinivasan, Pavithra (20 September 2010). 4655:Ilaiyaraja: Isaiyin Thathuvamum Alagiyalum 3925:. Press Trust of India. 24 December 2012. 3459:"Alphant – An Indian Dream (Original Mix)" 2746:. 21 July 2006. Retrieved 6 February 2007. 2617:The films of Salil Chowdhury: Introduction 2469:. 19 June 2005. Retrieved 1 February 2007. 2414:. 9 July 2004. Retrieved 19 November 2006. 2291: 2289: 284: 31: 11224:Recipients of the Padma Vibhushan in arts 4108:Emmanuel Anthony Das (1 September 2010). 3560:. 1 July 2005. Retrieved 13 October 2006. 3431: 3363:"The Lovebirds (2020) – Official Trailer" 2996: 2691: 2514:. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 155. 2507: 2223: 1256:46th International Film Festival of India 793:He composed the soundtrack for the movie 4322:. 5 August 2005. Retrieved 3 March 2007. 4247: 4068: 3538:. December 2005. Retrieved 7 March 2007. 2757:"Session musician and film orchestrator" 2666: 2635: 1673: 1493: 1385:elements of genres such as Afro-tribal, 1249: 1139:in London on 24 August 2013, along with 1061: 920:, as tribute to the people working amid 812: 728:. Most of his compositions were sung by 650: 11099:Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in arts 4101: 3044:. New York: Garland Pub. (pp. 544–545). 2782:"Let down by screenplay—Maayakkannaadi" 2286: 2068: 916:In May 2020, he composed a song titled 876:Ilayaraaja's Classicals on the Mandolin 808: 11071: 6784: 4593:from the original on 22 September 2022 4567:from the original on 22 September 2022 4343:from the original on 10 December 2011. 4229:from the original on 15 September 2022 4190: 3568: 3566: 3465:from the original on 21 September 2022 3413:from the original on 21 September 2022 2842:from the original on 26 September 2022 2714:from the original on 19 September 2020 1992:from the original on 11 September 2019 1946: 1008:was sampled by Rabbit Mac in the song 646: 10784: 10352: 10066: 9671: 9332: 8491: 8260: 6970: 6758: 6597: 4761: 4748: 4623:Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography 4310:"Ilaiyaraja's daughter gets engaged". 3818:from the original on 24 November 2022 3792:from the original on 20 November 2020 3092:Thiruvasagam in 'classical crossover' 3009:from the original on 14 November 2018 2904:from the original on 15 December 2023 2364: 2362: 2106: 2100: 1949:"There's India in Ilaiyaraja's music" 1801:List of songs recorded by Ilaiyaraaja 1541:, London, Distance Learning Channel. 1472: 780:The score and soundtrack of the 1984 406:", the title conferred to him by the 11239:Nominated members of the Rajya Sabha 11189:Tamil Nadu State Film Awards winners 4701:from the original on 26 January 2021 4455:from the original on 25 January 2024 4174:"The Hindu : Ilayaraja's books" 3869:from the original on 26 January 2018 3432:Christgau, Robert (23 August 2007). 3313:from the original on 23 January 2022 3262:"Ilayaraja song for london Olympics" 3224:"Ilaiyaraaja to launch OTT app soon" 2934:from the original on 5 February 2019 2679:from the original on 17 January 2016 2648:from the original on 17 January 2016 2558:from the original on 26 January 2021 2528:from the original on 25 October 2023 2508:Ramaswamy, Vijaya (25 August 2017). 2489:from the original on 25 October 2020 2444:from the original on 9 November 2020 2389:from the original on 25 October 2023 2211:from the original on 8 February 2021 1057: 1027:sampled "Kaatukuyilu" from the film 570:, for India's first prime minister, 9360:Nandi Award for Best Music Director 6578: 4339:. Chennai, India. 1 November 2011. 4089:from the original on 7 January 2014 3961:from the original on 13 August 2017 3729: 3659:from the original on 5 October 2022 3563: 3204:from the original on 19 August 2020 3174:from the original on 14 August 2020 2511:Historical Dictionary of the Tamils 1827:"Ilaiyaraaja: Music is my religion" 1583:stood second with 29% of the vote. 13: 11139:Alumni of Trinity College of Music 10383:Lifetime Achievement Award – South 7128:Eledath Thaikkattu Narayanan Mooss 4646: 4537:from the original on 15 March 2022 4248:Bhandari, Shashwat (6 July 2022). 4203:from the original on 27 March 2017 4154:from the original on 30 April 2021 4050:from the original on 12 April 2018 3991:from the original on 30 March 2015 3929:from the original on 30 March 2013 3859:"Ilaiyaraaja gets Padma Vibhushan" 3755:. New York: Garland Pub. (p. 545). 3124:The Hindu Net Desk (30 May 2020). 2887:. New York: Garland Pub. (p. 544). 2359: 2181:from the original on 22 March 2024 2044:"NTR is the greatest Indian actor" 2021:from the original on 30 April 2019 1837:from the original on 21 April 2022 1509:Ilaiyaraaja has been awarded five 1207:, drum machines, rhythm boxes and 1078:A television retrospective titled 864:He has composed a set of Carnatic 857:(1988), was performed by flautist 655:Ilaiyaraaja at the TFPC Press Meet 14: 11250: 4715: 4662:Vettaveli Thanil Kotti Kidakkuthu 4365:from the original on 24 July 2012 4191:Forler, Achille (28 March 2017). 4128:from the original on 21 June 2013 3775:. Outlookindia.com, 26 June 2006. 3144:from the original on 29 June 2020 2974:. 21 October 2005. 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Bayreuth: Breitinger (p. 111). 3584:from the original on 3 June 2023 3526:"Ilaiyaraaja's Musical Journey". 3510:"The Raja still reigns supreme". 3343:from the original on 2 June 2021 3242:from the original on 2 July 2020 2997:Chelangad, Saju (2 April 2018). 2806:Journal of Intercultural Studies 2331:from the original on 28 May 2019 2244:from the original on 3 June 2022 1959:from the original on 7 June 2021 1934:. Bayreuth: Breitinger (p. 110). 1645: 11129:Kerala State Film Award winners 4609: 4425:from the original on 4 May 2022 4407: 4395:from the original on 4 May 2022 4377: 4241: 4225:. The Wire. 10 September 2018. 4215: 4021:from the original on 7 May 2018 4003: 3941: 3851: 3804: 3778: 3745: 3723: 3710: 3641: 3615: 3477: 3451: 3425: 3393: 3355: 3325: 3287: 3254: 3034: 3021: 2990: 2966:"The Raja still reigns supreme" 2890: 2824: 2811: 2798: 2749: 2161: 2131: 2084:. 17 March 2014. Archived from 1097:Hungarian National Philharmonic 1072:Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium 959:were part of the soundtrack of 11134:Malayalam film score composers 7349:Gunupati Venkata Krishna Reddy 4111:The Bestconferred is Yet to Be 3788:. Firstpost. 5 February 2019. 2578:"'Suhana safar' with Salilda". 2107:White, Brian (14 March 2014). 2052:. 8 March 2013. Archived from 1868:. 19 June 2005. Archived from 1742: 1670:Legal issues and controversies 1184:Ilaiyaraaja uses his same old 853:musical textures. The second, 1: 11194:Filmfare Awards South winners 11144:20th-century Indian musicians 9753:Bhaskar Chendra Varker (1975) 5611:Premlila Vithaldas Thackersey 3838:Directorate of Film Festivals 3064:. Retrieved 19 November 2006. 2626:. Retrieved 16 November 2006. 2372:Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema 2297:"Humorist springs a surprise" 2145:. 6 July 2022. Archived from 1947:Ganesh, Deepa (6 June 2018). 1806: 1155:Musical style and sensibility 718:Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry 495: 472:. In 2010 he was awarded the 11214:Indian male playback singers 11124:Kannada film score composers 9852:Perumbavoor G. Raveendranath 7178:Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana 7000:award recipients (2010–2019) 5511:Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis 4589:. Firstpost. 19 April 2022. 3679:"From Texas to tinsel town". 3381:Hip-hopping around the world 3031:. Retrieved 13 October 2006. 1715:Resurrection of Jesus Christ 1619:(over $ 300 million)." 1525:in 2018, the second-highest 1379:Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 518:(1976), Tamil film producer 408:Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 7: 11119:Telugu film score composers 7339:Suryanarayanan Ramachandran 7208:Balagangadharanatha Swamiji 6423:Gaganvihari Lallubhai Mehta 6129:Kottayan Katankot Venugopal 6114:Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi 5531:Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir 5383:Chandrika Prasad Srivastava 5223:P. Prabhakar Kumaramangalam 5047:Balwant Moreshwar Purandare 4683:Ilaiyaraajavin Sinthanaigal 4671:. Chennai: Saral Veliyeedu. 4114:. Pustak Mahal. p. 7. 3612:Retrieved 24 February 2013. 3053:Oriental Records. Undated. 1794: 1603:(2006) is the first Indian 1535:Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 1533:. In 2012, he received the 907:Budapest Symphony Orchestra 766:in less than "half a day". 466:Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 10: 11255: 11209:People from Theni district 11114:Tamil film score composers 10415:Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair 7646:Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak 7023:Sailesh Kumar Bandopadhyay 6500:Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan 6363:Pandurang Shastri Athavale 6207:Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan 6177:Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar 5667:Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti 5652:A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar 5536:Basanti Dulal Nagchaudhuri 5526:Kotha Satchidananda Murthy 5313:Pattadakal Venkanna R. Rao 5278:Chakravarthi V. Narasimhan 5273:Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda 4691:"Making Music, Raja-style" 3718:Intercultural Music Vol. I 3702:"Variety fare for Pongal". 1932:Intercultural Music Vol. I 1746: 1678:Ilaiyaraaja (center) with 1498:Ilaiyaraaja receiving the 1485:Gandhigram Rural Institute 1476: 1012:. Popular American rapper 924:. The song was crooned by 747:claimed that for his film 488:in the Indian upper house 11031: 10972: 10901: 10818: 10757: 10682: 10563: 10442: 10389: 10245: 10159: 10100: 9923: 9790: 9705: 9614: 9543: 9472: 9401: 9366: 9291: 9260: 9253: 9138:Isaac Thomas Kottukapally 9120: 8989: 8982: 8891: 8676: 8525: 8438: 8369: 8298: 8292:Best Tamil Music Director 8205: 8124: 8073: 8027: 7989:N. S. 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Srinivasa Varadhan 6267:Venkatraman Ramakrishnan 5939:Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher 5328:Khusro Faramurz Rustamji 5097:Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman 4193:"My songs, my royalties" 3771:16 November 2010 at the 3333:"Songs from Miss Lovely" 3090:Parthasarathy, D. 2004. 2622:17 November 2006 at the 1600:Thiruvasakam in Symphony 1539:Trinity College of Music 591:Trinity College of Music 430:Thiruvasagam in Symphony 11174:Telugu playback singers 8207:# Posthumous conferral 8009:Barjinder Singh Hamdard 7757:Thirumalachari Ramasami 7319:Madavoor Vasudevan Nair 5682:Vithal Nagesh Shirodkar 5017:Benode Behari Mukherjee 3684:16 October 2007 at the 3536:Leonardo Digital Review 3060:6 November 2006 at the 2862:"Music for the people". 2739:1 February 2008 at the 2734:"The prince in Mumbai". 2599:7 November 2012 at the 1749:Ilaiyaraaja discography 1423:Indian folk/traditional 1129:HP Pavilion at San Jose 1023:The alternative artist 953:Paayum Puli Title Music 415:Western classical music 53:Gnanathesigan Ramaswamy 11164:Musicians from Chennai 11109:Tamil playback singers 10427:Akkineni Nageswara Rao 10397:S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 10120:Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan 9433:S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 8157:Ashok Laxmanrao Kukade 8101:Ramachandran Nagaswamy 8065:Tehemton Erach Udwadia 8060:Maha Chakri Sirindhorn 7767:Susanne Hoeber Rudolph 7661:Ramamurthy Thyagarajan 7239:S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 6931:S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 6809:Akkineni Nageswara Rao 6669:S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 6182:Rajagopala Chidambaram 6029:Naryana Raghvan Pillai 5959:Hirendranath Mukherjee 5944:Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai 5824:Chandra Kisan Daphtary 5769:Montek Singh Ahluwalia 5692:Brihaspati Dev Triguna 5476:Lakshman Shastri Joshi 5466:John Kenneth Galbraith 5441:Suniti Kumar Chatterji 5308:C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao 5153:Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri 5052:Akkineni Nageswara Rao 4842:S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 3949:"100 Best Albums Ever" 3553:1 October 2007 at the 3401:"Sempoi by Rabbit Mac" 3198:The New Indian Express 3110:5 January 2007 at the 3073:Viswanathan, S. 2005. 2819:World Literature Today 1691: 1506: 1296:S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 1262: 1163: 1067: 818: 730:S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 656: 43:Background information 11219:Indian male musicians 10874:Vandemataram Srinivas 10742:Kaikala Satyanarayana 9534:Vandemataram Srinivas 9528:Vandemataram Srinivas 9516:Vandemataram Srinivas 9087:Sanjay Leela Bhansali 8774:Hridaynath Mangeshkar 8197:Hukmdev Narayan Yadav 8137:Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa 7777:Gulam Mohammed Sheikh 7606:Hemendra Singh Panwar 7510:P. Chandrasekhara Rao 7153:Balasaheb Vikhe Patil 7118:Kuzhur Narayana Marar 7088:Jagdish Chandra Kapur 6515:N. R. Narayana Murthy 6337:Narinder Singh Kapany 6297:Udupi Ramachandra Rao 6134:Jigme Dorji Wangchuck 6054:Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq 6014:Hari Vinayak Pataskar 5839:Anthony Lancelot Dias 5809:Mirza Hameedullah Beg 5687:Prakash Narain Tandon 5298:Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit 5188:Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim 5138:Bimala Prasad Chaliha 4315:29 April 2007 at the 4280:"Music from the past" 3985:BBC World Service.com 3981:"THE WORLD'S TOP TEN" 3764:S. Theodore Baskaran 3386:16 March 2008 at the 3027:TIME Magazine. 2005. 1739:came to his support. 1696:S. P Balasubrahmanyam 1677: 1569:Rakkamma Kaiya Thattu 1529:by the government of 1497: 1253: 1159: 1065: 926:S. P Balasubrahmanyam 905:and performed by the 816: 654: 562:written by the Tamil 460:Ilaiyaraaja received 10490:Hrishikesh Mukherjee 10456:M. T. Vasudevan Nair 9910:Sunny Stephen (1999) 9581:K. M. Radha Krishnan 8734:M. Balamuralikrishna 8167:Budhaditya Mukherjee 8091:Mahendra Singh Dhoni 7868:Gokulotsavji Maharaj 7853:Swami Satyamitranand 7848:Melinda French Gates 7772:Vinod Prakash Sharma 7455:T. V. Gopalakrishnan 7450:M. S. Gopalakrishnan 7389:Raghavan Thirumulpad 7334:Rajendra Singh Pawar 6850:Hrishikesh Mukherjee 6495:Ashok Sekhar Ganguly 6418:Mary Clubwala Jadhav 6247:Rajendra K. Pachauri 6217:Daulat Singh Kothari 6202:A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 6124:M. N. Venkatachaliah 6119:Atal Bihari Vajpayee 5949:Jivraj Narayan Mehta 5859:P. B. Gajendragadkar 5789:Madhav Shrihari Aney 5621:Bashir Hussain Zaidi 5446:D. P. Chattopadhyaya 5421:V. S. R. Arunachalam 5393:Arun Shridhar Vaidya 5333:Harish Chandra Sarin 5268:A. Ramasamy Mudaliar 5208:Ajudhiya Nath Khosla 5178:Jyotindra Nath Dixit 5022:Hrishikesh Mukherjee 5002:Kelucharan Mohapatra 4947:Yamini Krishnamurthy 4877:Adoor Gopalakrishnan 4857:Hariprasad Chaurasia 4832:M. Balamuralikrishna 4421:. 17 February 2022. 4162:– via YouTube. 3814:. 11 November 2022. 3608:1 March 2013 at the 3580:. 5 September 2012. 3075:A cultural crossover 2615:Choudhury, R. 2005. 1988:. 21 November 2016. 1731:and compared him to 1515:Best Music Direction 1511:National Film Awards 965:Cannes Film Festival 946:2012 Summer Olympics 859:Hariprasad Chaurasia 809:Non-cinematic output 787:My Dear Kuttichathan 599:T. V. Gopalakrishnan 593:, London. He learnt 552:Pavalar Varadharajan 486:Member of Parliament 484:. He is a nominated 11199:Nandi Award winners 11169:Indian Tamil people 11159:Indian male singers 10724:Radhika Sarathkumar 10655:K. P. A. C. Lalitha 10575:Dasari Narayana Rao 10494:Soumitra Chatterjee 9955:M. G. Radhakrishnan 9931:M. G. Radhakrishnan 9510:Madhavapeddi Suresh 9236:G. V. Prakash Kumar 9227:Prabuddha Banerjee 8470:Anirudh Ravichander 8452:G. V. Prakash Kumar 8004:Dayananda Saraswati 7999:D. Nageshwara Reddy 7934:Robert D. Blackwill 7913:Khadg Singh Valdiya 7752:Anumolu Ramakrishna 7692:Padmanabhan Balaram 7666:Saroja Vaidyanathan 7621:A. Sivathanu Pillai 7561:Maharaj Kishan Bhan 7460:Buddhadev Das Gupta 7314:Dwijen Mukhopadhyay 7289:Keki Byramjee Grant 7284:Kris Gopalakrishnan 7254:C. V. Chandrasekhar 7158:Arogyaswami Paulraj 7133:C. P. Krishnan Nair 7078:Belle Monappa Hegde 6890:Dasari Narayana Rao 6699:Biswajit Chatterjee 6490:Ghanshyam Das Birla 6144:Mulayam Singh Yadav 6044:Ravi Narayana Reddy 6004:Nanabhoy Palkhivala 5954:V. K. Krishna Menon 5904:Murli Manohar Joshi 5869:Ismaïl Omar Guelleh 5849:Kazi Lhendup Dorjee 5844:Uma Shankar Dikshit 5794:Parkash Singh Badal 5662:Autar Singh Paintal 5486:Dhondo Keshav Karve 5431:Satyendra Nath Bose 5403:Narinder Nath Vohra 5373:Lallan Prasad Singh 5057:Kaloji Narayana Rao 5007:Raghunath Mohapatra 4942:Ghulam Mustafa Khan 4676:Sangeetha Kanavugal 4618:Ramachandran, Naman 4451:. 25 January 2024. 4254:www.indiatvnews.com 4150:. 19 October 2015. 3895:. 25 January 2018. 3865:. 25 January 2018. 3629:on 13 December 2013 3365:. 16 January 2020. 3337:sweetsoundtrack.com 3268:. 15 January 2017. 3105:'The Music Messiah' 2794:on 9 November 2012. 2321:"Raja and his rule" 2149:on 25 November 2022 2088:on 26 February 2015 1613:Andrew Lloyd Webber 1348:Kavita Krishnamurti 1276:T. M. Soundararajan 1174:Srinivasa Ramanujan 989:The Black Eyed Peas 647:Film score composer 482:government of India 427:. He also composed 381:, predominately in 37:Ilaiyaraaja in 2017 10581:K. Raghavendra Rao 10307:Yuvan Shankar Raja 10283:Yuvan Shankar Raja 10051:Hesham Abdul Wahab 9725:V. Dakshinamoorthy 8919:Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy 8399:Yuvan Shankar Raja 8040:Deviprasad Dwivedi 8035:Vishwa Mohan Bhatt 7863:Subhash C. Kashyap 7687:Mrityunjay Athreya 7601:Mangesh Padgaonkar 7420:Shashikumar Chitre 7188:Satya Vrat Shastri 7048:Sant Singh Chatwal 7013:Satya Paul Agarwal 6949:K. Raghavendra Rao 6786:NTR National Award 6510:Anil Manibhai Naik 6478:Trade and industry 6252:Benjamin Peary Pal 6212:Har Gobind Khorana 6049:Y. Venugopal Reddy 5889:Lakshmi Chand Jain 5879:V. R. Krishna Iyer 5718:Sunderlal Bahuguna 5637:Jasbir Singh Bajaj 5516:Sitakant Mahapatra 5288:Bhairab Dutt Pande 5228:Pratap Chandra Lal 5102:M. S. Subbulakshmi 4982:Mallikarjun Mansur 4681:Ilaiyaraaja. 2000 4674:Ilaiyaraaja. 1999 4667:Ilaiyaraaja. 1998 4660:Ilaiyaraaja. 1998 4653:Prem-Ramesh. 1998 4531:The Times of India 4389:The Times of India 4290:on 7 November 2012 3700:Ashok Kumar, S.R. 3548:"Ithu Ilaiyaraja". 3266:The Times of India 2930:. 8 January 2019. 2761:www.tamilselvi.com 2552:The Times of India 2238:The Times of India 2049:The Times of India 1872:on 17 January 2016 1692: 1660:Yuvan Shankar Raja 1507: 1473:Honours and legacy 1344:Malaysia Vasudevan 1263: 1197:Indian instruments 1145:Yuvan Shankar Raja 1068: 884:Guru Ramana Geetam 819: 706:Sreekumaran Thampi 657: 520:Panchu Arunachalam 11066: 11065: 11060: 11059: 10778: 10777: 10571:M. S. Viswanathan 10530:Allu Ramalingaiah 10346: 10345: 10173:M. S. Viswanathan 10138:M. S. Viswanathan 10108:M. S. Viswanathan 10060: 10059: 9798:M. B. Sreenivasan 9769:M. B. Sreenivasan 9748:M. S. Viswanathan 9742:M. B. Sreenivasan 9665: 9664: 9380:M. S. 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Radhakrishnan 7697:Dalveer Bhandari 7425:Khaled Choudhury 7405:Suresh H. Advani 7213:Narayanan Vaghul 7198:Kushal Pal Singh 7193:Noshir M. Shroff 7173:Mallika Sarabhai 7063:Madhusudan Dhaky 7043:B. K. Chaturvedi 6991: 6984: 6977: 6968: 6967: 6925:Amitabh Bachchan 6779: 6772: 6765: 6756: 6755: 6744: 6734: 6724: 6714: 6704: 6694: 6684: 6679:Amitabh Bachchan 6674: 6664: 6654: 6644: 6618: 6611: 6604: 6595: 6594: 6581: 6580: 6571: 6570: 6561: 6535:Prathap C. Reddy 6485:Dhirubhai Ambani 6469:Sachin Tendulkar 6408:Valerian Gracias 6327:George Sudarshan 6322:M. R. Srinivasan 6307:Man Mohan Sharma 6272:K. R. Ramanathan 6237:Roddam Narasimha 6232:G. Madhavan Nair 6019:Sunder Lal Patwa 5994:Fali Sam Nariman 5984:Gulzarilal Nanda 5969:Pranab Mukherjee 5914:Mehdi Nawaz Jung 5909:Anerood Jugnauth 5854:George Fernandes 5804:Milon K. Banerji 5723:B. K. S. Iyengar 5491:Gopinath Kaviraj 5471:Sarvepalli Gopal 5426:Jagdish Bhagwati 5338:Binay Ranjan Sen 5283:Braj Kumar Nehru 5243:Om Prakash Mehra 5218:V. 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Venkatesh 620:Salil Chowdhury 612: 607: 544: 504:in present-day 498: 478:Padma Vibhushan 470:performing arts 455:Jerry Goldsmith 447:Ennio Morricone 368: 333:Ram Nath Kovind 327: 321: 315: 310: 279:ilaiyaraajalive 277: 260: 255: 182: 176:Playback singer 170:Instrumentalist 147: 94: 91: 85: 83: 75: 58: 48: 38: 26: 17: 12: 11: 5: 11252: 11242: 11241: 11236: 11231: 11226: 11221: 11216: 11211: 11206: 11201: 11196: 11191: 11186: 11181: 11176: 11171: 11166: 11161: 11156: 11151: 11146: 11141: 11136: 11131: 11126: 11121: 11116: 11111: 11106: 11101: 11096: 11091: 11086: 11081: 11064: 11063: 11058: 11057: 11055: 11054: 11051:Vijai Bulganin 11048: 11042: 11035: 11033: 11029: 11028: 11026: 11025: 11019: 11013: 11007: 11001: 10995: 10989: 10983: 10976: 10974: 10970: 10969: 10967: 10966: 10960: 10954: 10948: 10942: 10936: 10930: 10924: 10918: 10912: 10905: 10903: 10899: 10898: 10896: 10895: 10889: 10886:S. A. Rajkumar 10883: 10877: 10871: 10865: 10859: 10853: 10847: 10841: 10835: 10829: 10822: 10820: 10816: 10815: 10808: 10807: 10800: 10793: 10785: 10776: 10775: 10773: 10772: 10761: 10759: 10755: 10754: 10752: 10751: 10745: 10739: 10736:Vijaya Nirmala 10733: 10727: 10717: 10707: 10697: 10686: 10684: 10680: 10679: 10677: 10676: 10662: 10648: 10638: 10628: 10618: 10608: 10598: 10588: 10578: 10567: 10565: 10561: 10560: 10558: 10557: 10547: 10537: 10527: 10517: 10507: 10497: 10482:B. Saroja Devi 10474:K. Balachander 10471: 10468:Gemini Ganesan 10465: 10459: 10453: 10446: 10444: 10440: 10439: 10437: 10436: 10430: 10424: 10418: 10412: 10409:Sivaji Ganesan 10406: 10400: 10393: 10391: 10387: 10386: 10376: 10375: 10368: 10361: 10353: 10344: 10343: 10341: 10340: 10334: 10328: 10322: 10316: 10313:Harris Jayaraj 10310: 10304: 10301:Sundar C. 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V. Rama Rao 7991: 7986: 7981: 7976: 7971: 7966: 7961: 7956: 7951: 7946: 7941: 7936: 7931: 7925: 7923: 7919: 7918: 7916: 7915: 7910: 7905: 7900: 7895: 7890: 7885: 7880: 7878:Ambrish Mithal 7875: 7870: 7865: 7860: 7858:N. Gopalaswami 7855: 7850: 7845: 7840: 7835: 7830: 7825: 7820: 7814: 7812: 7808: 7807: 7805: 7804: 7799: 7794: 7789: 7784: 7779: 7774: 7769: 7764: 7759: 7754: 7749: 7744: 7739: 7737:M. Mahadevappa 7734: 7729: 7724: 7719: 7714: 7709: 7704: 7699: 7694: 7689: 7684: 7678: 7676: 7672: 7671: 7669: 7668: 7663: 7658: 7653: 7648: 7643: 7638: 7636:V. K. Saraswat 7633: 7628: 7623: 7618: 7613: 7608: 7603: 7598: 7593: 7588: 7583: 7578: 7573: 7568: 7563: 7558: 7552: 7550: 7546: 7545: 7543: 7542: 7537: 7532: 7527: 7522: 7517: 7512: 7507: 7502: 7497: 7492: 7487: 7482: 7477: 7475:S. B. Mujumdar 7472: 7467: 7462: 7457: 7452: 7447: 7442: 7437: 7432: 7427: 7422: 7417: 7415:Homi K. 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Saroja Devi 6899: 6893: 6887: 6884:Waheeda Rehman 6881: 6871: 6865: 6859: 6853: 6846: 6844: 6840: 6839: 6837: 6836: 6830: 6824: 6821:Sivaji Ganesan 6818: 6812: 6805: 6803: 6799: 6798: 6793: 6790: 6789: 6782: 6781: 6774: 6767: 6759: 6750: 6749: 6747: 6746: 6736: 6726: 6716: 6706: 6696: 6686: 6676: 6666: 6656: 6646: 6639:Waheeda Rahman 6635: 6633: 6629: 6628: 6621: 6620: 6613: 6606: 6598: 6589: 6588: 6586: 6585: 6575: 6565: 6554: 6551: 6550: 6548: 6547: 6542: 6537: 6532: 6527: 6522: 6517: 6512: 6507: 6505:Lakshmi Mittal 6502: 6497: 6492: 6487: 6481: 6479: 6475: 6474: 6472: 6471: 6466: 6461: 6459:Edmund Hillary 6456: 6450: 6448: 6444: 6443: 6441: 6440: 6435: 6433:Sister Nirmala 6430: 6425: 6420: 6415: 6410: 6405: 6400: 6395: 6390: 6385: 6380: 6375: 6370: 6365: 6360: 6354: 6352: 6348: 6347: 6345: 6344: 6339: 6334: 6329: 6324: 6319: 6314: 6309: 6304: 6299: 6294: 6292:Palle Rama Rao 6289: 6284: 6279: 6274: 6269: 6264: 6259: 6254: 6249: 6244: 6239: 6234: 6229: 6224: 6219: 6214: 6209: 6204: 6199: 6194: 6189: 6187:Charles Correa 6184: 6179: 6174: 6172:Norman Borlaug 6169: 6164: 6158: 6156: 6150: 6149: 6147: 6146: 6141: 6136: 6131: 6126: 6121: 6116: 6111: 6106: 6101: 6096: 6091: 6086: 6084:Nagendra Singh 6081: 6076: 6071: 6069:M. 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Menon 5250: 5245: 5240: 5235: 5230: 5225: 5220: 5215: 5210: 5205: 5200: 5198:Bhola Nath Jha 5195: 5190: 5185: 5180: 5175: 5170: 5165: 5160: 5155: 5150: 5145: 5143:Naresh Chandra 5140: 5134: 5132: 5128: 5127: 5125: 5124: 5119: 5114: 5109: 5104: 5099: 5094: 5089: 5084: 5079: 5074: 5069: 5064: 5059: 5054: 5049: 5044: 5039: 5034: 5029: 5024: 5019: 5014: 5012:Jasraj Motiram 5009: 5004: 4999: 4994: 4989: 4984: 4979: 4977:Sonal Mansingh 4974: 4969: 4967:Kishan Maharaj 4964: 4959: 4954: 4949: 4944: 4939: 4937:Bismillah Khan 4934: 4932:Allauddin Khan 4929: 4927:Amjad Ali Khan 4924: 4922:Ali Akbar Khan 4919: 4914: 4909: 4904: 4899: 4894: 4889: 4884: 4879: 4874: 4869: 4864: 4859: 4854: 4849: 4844: 4839: 4834: 4829: 4824: 4819: 4814: 4809: 4807:Ebrahim Alkazi 4803: 4801: 4797: 4796: 4785: 4784: 4777: 4770: 4762: 4756: 4753: 4752: 4743: 4742: 4733: 4717: 4716:External links 4714: 4712: 4711: 4686: 4679: 4672: 4665: 4658: 4650: 4648: 4645: 4643: 4642: 4636: 4613: 4611: 4608: 4605: 4604: 4578: 4548: 4518: 4492: 4466: 4436: 4419:IndiaGlitz.com 4406: 4376: 4346: 4324: 4301: 4271: 4240: 4214: 4183: 4165: 4139: 4120: 4100: 4081: 4061: 4032: 4017:. 3 May 2016. 4002: 3972: 3940: 3910: 3880: 3850: 3829: 3803: 3777: 3757: 3744: 3722: 3709: 3693: 3670: 3640: 3614: 3595: 3562: 3540: 3517: 3501: 3476: 3450: 3424: 3392: 3372: 3354: 3324: 3286: 3253: 3215: 3185: 3155: 3116: 3096: 3083: 3066: 3046: 3033: 3020: 2989: 2957: 2955:, p. 140. 2945: 2915: 2889: 2869: 2853: 2823: 2810: 2797: 2773: 2748: 2732:Vijayakar, R. 2725: 2690: 2659: 2628: 2608: 2585: 2569: 2539: 2520: 2500: 2485:. 9 May 2008. 2471: 2455: 2416: 2400: 2381: 2358: 2342: 2312: 2309:on 9 May 2012. 2285: 2255: 2222: 2192: 2160: 2143:The Newsminute 2130: 2119:on 6 June 2014 2099: 2067: 2032: 2003: 1970: 1936: 1916: 1899:HuffPost India 1883: 1848: 1811: 1810: 1808: 1805: 1804: 1803: 1796: 1793: 1790: 1789: 1787:New / Non-Film 1784: 1779: 1774: 1769: 1764: 1759: 1747:Main article: 1744: 1741: 1688:Nadigar Sangam 1671: 1668: 1647: 1644: 1527:civilian award 1477:Main article: 1474: 1471: 1368:Shreya Ghoshal 1364:Sadhana Sargam 1158: 1156: 1153: 1090:Enrendrum Raja 1059: 1056: 982:Aanandha Kummi 918:Bharath Bhoomi 874:for the album 810: 807: 702:O. 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Karunanidhi 510:Dhanraj Master 506:Theni district 497: 494: 462:several awards 440:In 2013, when 367:Musical artist 366: 363: 362: 359: 358: 355: 354: 351: 350: 340: 336: 335: 330: 324: 323: 317:Assumed office 312: 311: 304: 301: 300: 294: 293: 290: 289: 275: 271: 270: 267: 266: 263: 257: 256: 254: 253: 248: 243: 238: 233: 228: 223: 218: 213: 208: 203: 198: 190: 188: 184: 183: 181: 180: 177: 174: 171: 168: 165: 162: 159: 155: 153: 149: 148: 146: 145: 140: 137: 132: 127: 124: 119: 113: 111: 107: 106: 81: 77: 76: 74: 73: 70: 67: 63: 61: 55: 54: 51: 45: 44: 40: 39: 36: 28: 27: 24: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 11251: 11240: 11237: 11235: 11232: 11230: 11227: 11225: 11222: 11220: 11217: 11215: 11212: 11210: 11207: 11205: 11202: 11200: 11197: 11195: 11192: 11190: 11187: 11185: 11182: 11180: 11177: 11175: 11172: 11170: 11167: 11165: 11162: 11160: 11157: 11155: 11152: 11150: 11147: 11145: 11142: 11140: 11137: 11135: 11132: 11130: 11127: 11125: 11122: 11120: 11117: 11115: 11112: 11110: 11107: 11105: 11102: 11100: 11097: 11095: 11094:Living people 11092: 11090: 11087: 11085: 11082: 11080: 11077: 11076: 11074: 11052: 11049: 11046: 11043: 11040: 11037: 11036: 11034: 11030: 11023: 11020: 11017: 11014: 11011: 11008: 11005: 11002: 10999: 10996: 10993: 10990: 10987: 10984: 10981: 10978: 10977: 10975: 10971: 10964: 10961: 10958: 10955: 10952: 10949: 10946: 10943: 10940: 10937: 10934: 10931: 10928: 10925: 10922: 10919: 10916: 10915:R. P. Patnaik 10913: 10910: 10909:R. P. Patnaik 10907: 10906: 10904: 10900: 10893: 10890: 10887: 10884: 10881: 10878: 10875: 10872: 10869: 10866: 10863: 10860: 10857: 10854: 10851: 10848: 10845: 10842: 10839: 10836: 10833: 10830: 10827: 10824: 10823: 10821: 10817: 10813: 10806: 10801: 10799: 10794: 10792: 10787: 10786: 10783: 10770: 10766: 10763: 10762: 10760: 10756: 10749: 10746: 10743: 10740: 10737: 10734: 10731: 10728: 10725: 10721: 10718: 10715: 10711: 10710:Balu Mahendra 10708: 10705: 10701: 10698: 10695: 10691: 10688: 10687: 10685: 10681: 10674: 10670: 10666: 10663: 10660: 10656: 10652: 10649: 10646: 10642: 10639: 10636: 10632: 10629: 10626: 10622: 10621:Krishnam Raju 10619: 10616: 10612: 10609: 10606: 10602: 10599: 10596: 10592: 10591:K. J. Yesudas 10589: 10586: 10585:Vishnuvardhan 10582: 10579: 10576: 10572: 10569: 10568: 10566: 10562: 10555: 10551: 10548: 10545: 10541: 10538: 10535: 10531: 10528: 10525: 10521: 10520:Nedumudi Venu 10518: 10515: 10511: 10508: 10505: 10501: 10498: 10495: 10491: 10487: 10483: 10479: 10475: 10472: 10469: 10466: 10463: 10460: 10457: 10454: 10451: 10448: 10447: 10445: 10441: 10434: 10431: 10428: 10425: 10422: 10421:P. Bhanumathi 10419: 10416: 10413: 10410: 10407: 10404: 10403:Sowcar Janaki 10401: 10398: 10395: 10394: 10392: 10388: 10384: 10381: 10374: 10369: 10367: 10362: 10360: 10355: 10354: 10351: 10338: 10335: 10332: 10329: 10326: 10323: 10320: 10317: 10314: 10311: 10308: 10305: 10302: 10299: 10296: 10293: 10290: 10287: 10284: 10281: 10278: 10275: 10272: 10271:Srikanth Deva 10269: 10266: 10263: 10260: 10257: 10254: 10251: 10250: 10248: 10244: 10237: 10234: 10231: 10228: 10225: 10222: 10219: 10216: 10213: 10210: 10207: 10204: 10201: 10198: 10195: 10192: 10189: 10186: 10183: 10180: 10177: 10174: 10171: 10168: 10165: 10164: 10162: 10158: 10151: 10148: 10145: 10142: 10139: 10136: 10133: 10130: 10127: 10124: 10121: 10118: 10115: 10112: 10109: 10106: 10105: 10103: 10099: 10095: 10088: 10083: 10081: 10076: 10074: 10069: 10068: 10065: 10052: 10049: 10046: 10043: 10040: 10037: 10034: 10031: 10028: 10027:M. K. Arjunan 10025: 10022: 10019: 10016: 10013: 10010: 10007: 10004: 10001: 9998: 9995: 9992: 9989: 9986: 9983: 9980: 9979:Mohan Sithara 9977: 9974: 9971: 9968: 9965: 9962: 9959: 9956: 9953: 9950: 9947: 9944: 9941: 9938: 9935: 9932: 9929: 9928: 9926: 9922: 9915: 9912: 9909: 9906: 9903: 9900: 9897: 9894: 9891: 9888: 9885: 9882: 9879: 9876: 9873: 9870: 9867: 9864: 9861: 9858: 9857:Jerry Amaldev 9855: 9853: 9850: 9847: 9844: 9841: 9838: 9835: 9832: 9829: 9826: 9823: 9820: 9817: 9814: 9811: 9808: 9805: 9802: 9799: 9796: 9795: 9793: 9789: 9782: 9781:Jerry Amaldev 9779: 9776: 9773: 9770: 9767: 9764: 9761: 9758: 9755: 9752: 9749: 9746: 9743: 9740: 9738: 9735: 9732: 9729: 9726: 9723: 9720: 9717: 9714: 9711: 9710: 9708: 9704: 9700: 9693: 9688: 9686: 9681: 9679: 9674: 9673: 9670: 9657: 9654: 9651: 9648: 9645: 9642: 9639: 9636: 9633: 9629: 9626: 9623: 9620: 9619: 9617: 9613: 9606: 9603: 9600: 9597: 9594: 9591: 9588: 9585: 9582: 9579: 9576: 9573: 9570: 9567: 9564: 9561: 9558: 9555: 9552: 9551:R. P. Patnaik 9549: 9548: 9546: 9542: 9535: 9532: 9529: 9526: 9523: 9520: 9517: 9514: 9511: 9508: 9505: 9502: 9499: 9496: 9493: 9490: 9487: 9484: 9481: 9478: 9477: 9475: 9471: 9464: 9461: 9458: 9455: 9452: 9449: 9446: 9443: 9440: 9437: 9434: 9431: 9428: 9425: 9422: 9419: 9416: 9413: 9410: 9407: 9406: 9404: 9400: 9393: 9390: 9387: 9384: 9381: 9378: 9375: 9372: 9371: 9369: 9365: 9361: 9354: 9349: 9347: 9342: 9340: 9335: 9334: 9331: 9315: 9310: 9307: 9305: 9300: 9297: 9296: 9294: 9290: 9284: 9279: 9276: 9274: 9269: 9266: 9265: 9263: 9259: 9256: 9252: 9242: 9237: 9234: 9232: 9226: 9224: 9219: 9216: 9214: 9209: 9206: 9204: 9199: 9196: 9194: 9189: 9186: 9184: 9179: 9176: 9174: 9169: 9166: 9164: 9159: 9156: 9154: 9149: 9146: 9144: 9139: 9136: 9134: 9129: 9126: 9125: 9123: 9119: 9113: 9108: 9105: 9103: 9098: 9095: 9093: 9088: 9085: 9083: 9078: 9075: 9073: 9068: 9065: 9063: 9058: 9055: 9053: 9048: 9045: 9043: 9038: 9035: 9033: 9028: 9025: 9023: 9018: 9015: 9013: 9008: 9005: 9003: 8998: 8995: 8994: 8992: 8988: 8985: 8981: 8975: 8970: 8967: 8965: 8960: 8957: 8955: 8950: 8947: 8945: 8940: 8937: 8935: 8930: 8927: 8925: 8920: 8917: 8915: 8910: 8907: 8905: 8900: 8897: 8896: 8894: 8890: 8884: 8879: 8876: 8874: 8869: 8868:Ismail Darbar 8866: 8864: 8859: 8856: 8854: 8849: 8846: 8844: 8839: 8836: 8834: 8829: 8826: 8824: 8819: 8815: 8812: 8810: 8805: 8802: 8800: 8795: 8792: 8790: 8785: 8782: 8780: 8775: 8772: 8770: 8765: 8762: 8760: 8755: 8752: 8750: 8745: 8744:Vanraj Bhatia 8742: 8740: 8735: 8732: 8730: 8725: 8722: 8720: 8715: 8712: 8710: 8705: 8702: 8700: 8695: 8692: 8690: 8685: 8682: 8681: 8679: 8675: 8669: 8664: 8661: 8659: 8654: 8651: 8649: 8644: 8641: 8639: 8634: 8633:B. V. Karanth 8631: 8629: 8624: 8623:B. V. Karanth 8621: 8619: 8614: 8611: 8609: 8604: 8601: 8599: 8594: 8591: 8589: 8584: 8581: 8579: 8574: 8571: 8569: 8564: 8561: 8559: 8554: 8551: 8549: 8544: 8541: 8539: 8534: 8531: 8530: 8528: 8524: 8520: 8513: 8508: 8506: 8501: 8499: 8494: 8493: 8490: 8477: 8474: 8471: 8468: 8465: 8462: 8459: 8456: 8453: 8450: 8447: 8444: 8443: 8441: 8437: 8430: 8427: 8424: 8421: 8418: 8415: 8412: 8409: 8406: 8403: 8400: 8396: 8393: 8390: 8387: 8384: 8381: 8378: 8375: 8374: 8372: 8368: 8361: 8358: 8355: 8352: 8349: 8346: 8343: 8340: 8337: 8334: 8331: 8328: 8325: 8322: 8319: 8316: 8313: 8310: 8307: 8304: 8303: 8301: 8297: 8293: 8289: 8282: 8277: 8275: 8270: 8268: 8263: 8262: 8259: 8247: 8244: 8242: 8239: 8237: 8234: 8232: 8229: 8227: 8224: 8222: 8219: 8217: 8214: 8212: 8209: 8208: 8204: 8198: 8195: 8193: 8192:V. K. Shunglu 8190: 8188: 8187:Bachendri Pal 8185: 8183: 8180: 8178: 8175: 8173: 8170: 8168: 8165: 8163: 8160: 8158: 8155: 8153: 8150: 8148: 8145: 8143: 8140: 8138: 8135: 8133: 8130: 8129: 8127: 8123: 8117: 8114: 8112: 8111:Arvind Parikh 8109: 8107: 8104: 8102: 8099: 8097: 8094: 8092: 8089: 8087: 8084: 8082: 8081:Pankaj Advani 8079: 8078: 8076: 8072: 8066: 8063: 8061: 8058: 8056: 8055:Cho Ramaswamy 8053: 8051: 8048: 8046: 8043: 8041: 8038: 8036: 8033: 8032: 8030: 8026: 8020: 8019:Tejomayananda 8017: 8015: 8012: 8010: 8007: 8005: 8002: 8000: 7997: 7995: 7992: 7990: 7987: 7985: 7982: 7980: 7977: 7975: 7972: 7970: 7967: 7965: 7962: 7960: 7957: 7955: 7952: 7950: 7947: 7945: 7942: 7940: 7937: 7935: 7932: 7930: 7927: 7926: 7924: 7920: 7914: 7911: 7909: 7906: 7904: 7901: 7899: 7896: 7894: 7891: 7889: 7886: 7884: 7881: 7879: 7876: 7874: 7871: 7869: 7866: 7864: 7861: 7859: 7856: 7854: 7851: 7849: 7846: 7844: 7841: 7839: 7838:David Frawley 7836: 7834: 7831: 7829: 7826: 7824: 7821: 7819: 7816: 7815: 7813: 7809: 7803: 7800: 7798: 7795: 7793: 7790: 7788: 7785: 7783: 7780: 7778: 7775: 7773: 7770: 7768: 7765: 7763: 7762:Lloyd Rudolph 7760: 7758: 7755: 7753: 7750: 7748: 7745: 7743: 7740: 7738: 7735: 7733: 7730: 7728: 7725: 7723: 7720: 7718: 7715: 7713: 7710: 7708: 7705: 7703: 7700: 7698: 7695: 7693: 7690: 7688: 7685: 7683: 7680: 7679: 7677: 7673: 7667: 7664: 7662: 7659: 7657: 7654: 7652: 7649: 7647: 7644: 7642: 7639: 7637: 7634: 7632: 7629: 7627: 7624: 7622: 7619: 7617: 7614: 7612: 7609: 7607: 7604: 7602: 7599: 7597: 7594: 7592: 7589: 7587: 7586:Rajesh Khanna 7584: 7582: 7579: 7577: 7574: 7572: 7569: 7567: 7566:Jaspal Bhatti 7564: 7562: 7559: 7557: 7554: 7553: 7551: 7547: 7541: 7538: 7536: 7533: 7531: 7528: 7526: 7525:M. V. Subbiah 7523: 7521: 7518: 7516: 7513: 7511: 7508: 7506: 7503: 7501: 7498: 7496: 7493: 7491: 7488: 7486: 7483: 7481: 7480:B. Muthuraman 7478: 7476: 7473: 7471: 7468: 7466: 7463: 7461: 7458: 7456: 7453: 7451: 7448: 7446: 7443: 7441: 7438: 7436: 7435:Vidya Dehejia 7433: 7431: 7428: 7426: 7423: 7421: 7418: 7416: 7413: 7411: 7408: 7406: 7403: 7402: 7400: 7396: 7390: 7387: 7385: 7382: 7380: 7377: 7375: 7372: 7370: 7369:Analjit Singh 7367: 7365: 7362: 7360: 7357: 7355: 7352: 7350: 7347: 7345: 7342: 7340: 7337: 7335: 7332: 7330: 7327: 7325: 7322: 7320: 7317: 7315: 7312: 7310: 7307: 7305: 7302: 7300: 7297: 7295: 7294:Shashi Kapoor 7292: 7290: 7287: 7285: 7282: 7280: 7279:Shankha Ghosh 7277: 7275: 7272: 7270: 7267: 7265: 7262: 7260: 7259:Ajai Chowdhry 7257: 7255: 7252: 7250: 7247: 7245: 7242: 7240: 7237: 7236: 7234: 7230: 7224: 7221: 7219: 7218:P. K. Warrier 7216: 7214: 7211: 7209: 7206: 7204: 7201: 7199: 7196: 7194: 7191: 7189: 7186: 7184: 7181: 7179: 7176: 7174: 7171: 7169: 7166: 7164: 7161: 7159: 7156: 7154: 7151: 7149: 7146: 7144: 7141: 7139: 7136: 7134: 7131: 7129: 7126: 7124: 7121: 7119: 7116: 7114: 7111: 7109: 7106: 7104: 7101: 7099: 7096: 7094: 7091: 7089: 7086: 7084: 7081: 7079: 7076: 7074: 7071: 7069: 7066: 7064: 7061: 7059: 7056: 7054: 7051: 7049: 7046: 7044: 7041: 7039: 7038:Bipan Chandra 7036: 7034: 7031: 7029: 7026: 7024: 7021: 7019: 7018:Mohammad Amin 7016: 7014: 7011: 7010: 7008: 7004: 6999: 6998:Padma Bhushan 6992: 6987: 6985: 6980: 6978: 6973: 6972: 6969: 6956: 6953: 6950: 6947: 6944: 6941: 6938: 6935: 6932: 6929: 6926: 6923: 6922: 6920: 6916: 6909: 6906: 6903: 6900: 6897: 6894: 6891: 6888: 6885: 6882: 6879: 6875: 6872: 6869: 6866: 6863: 6860: 6857: 6854: 6851: 6848: 6847: 6845: 6841: 6834: 6833:P. Bhanumathi 6831: 6828: 6825: 6822: 6819: 6816: 6813: 6810: 6807: 6806: 6804: 6800: 6796: 6791: 6787: 6780: 6775: 6773: 6768: 6766: 6761: 6760: 6757: 6745: 6740: 6739:Madhuri Dixit 6737: 6735: 6730: 6727: 6725: 6720: 6719:Prasoon Joshi 6717: 6715: 6710: 6707: 6705: 6700: 6697: 6695: 6690: 6687: 6685: 6680: 6677: 6675: 6670: 6667: 6665: 6660: 6657: 6655: 6650: 6647: 6645: 6640: 6637: 6636: 6634: 6630: 6626: 6619: 6614: 6612: 6607: 6605: 6600: 6599: 6596: 6584: 6576: 6574: 6566: 6564: 6560: 6556: 6555: 6552: 6546: 6543: 6541: 6540:J. R. D. Tata 6538: 6536: 6533: 6531: 6528: 6526: 6523: 6521: 6520:M. Narasimham 6518: 6516: 6513: 6511: 6508: 6506: 6503: 6501: 6498: 6496: 6493: 6491: 6488: 6486: 6483: 6482: 6480: 6476: 6470: 6467: 6465: 6462: 6460: 6457: 6455: 6452: 6451: 6449: 6445: 6439: 6436: 6434: 6431: 6429: 6426: 6424: 6421: 6419: 6416: 6414: 6411: 6409: 6406: 6404: 6401: 6399: 6396: 6394: 6391: 6389: 6386: 6384: 6381: 6379: 6376: 6374: 6371: 6369: 6366: 6364: 6361: 6359: 6356: 6355: 6353: 6349: 6343: 6340: 6338: 6335: 6333: 6330: 6328: 6325: 6323: 6320: 6318: 6317:E. Sreedharan 6315: 6313: 6312:Obaid Siddiqi 6310: 6308: 6305: 6303: 6300: 6298: 6295: 6293: 6290: 6288: 6285: 6283: 6280: 6278: 6275: 6273: 6270: 6268: 6265: 6263: 6260: 6258: 6255: 6253: 6250: 6248: 6245: 6243: 6240: 6238: 6235: 6233: 6230: 6228: 6225: 6223: 6220: 6218: 6215: 6213: 6210: 6208: 6205: 6203: 6200: 6198: 6197:Anil Kakodkar 6195: 6193: 6192:Satish Dhawan 6190: 6188: 6185: 6183: 6180: 6178: 6175: 6173: 6170: 6168: 6165: 6163: 6160: 6159: 6157: 6151: 6145: 6142: 6140: 6139:S. M. Krishna 6137: 6135: 6132: 6130: 6127: 6125: 6122: 6120: 6117: 6115: 6112: 6110: 6109:Sushma Swaraj 6107: 6105: 6102: 6100: 6099:Soli Sorabjee 6097: 6095: 6094:Walter Sisulu 6092: 6090: 6087: 6085: 6082: 6080: 6077: 6075: 6072: 6070: 6067: 6065: 6062: 6060: 6057: 6055: 6052: 6050: 6047: 6045: 6042: 6040: 6037: 6035: 6032: 6030: 6027: 6025: 6022: 6020: 6017: 6015: 6012: 6010: 6007: 6005: 6002: 6000: 5997: 5995: 5992: 5990: 5989:Govind Narain 5987: 5985: 5982: 5980: 5977: 5975: 5974:Padmaja Naidu 5972: 5970: 5967: 5965: 5962: 5960: 5957: 5955: 5952: 5950: 5947: 5945: 5942: 5940: 5937: 5935: 5932: 5930: 5927: 5925: 5922: 5920: 5917: 5915: 5912: 5910: 5907: 5905: 5902: 5900: 5897: 5895: 5892: 5890: 5887: 5885: 5882: 5880: 5877: 5875: 5872: 5870: 5867: 5865: 5862: 5860: 5857: 5855: 5852: 5850: 5847: 5845: 5842: 5840: 5837: 5835: 5832: 5830: 5827: 5825: 5822: 5820: 5819:Raja Chelliah 5817: 5815: 5812: 5810: 5807: 5805: 5802: 5800: 5797: 5795: 5792: 5790: 5787: 5785: 5782: 5780: 5777: 5775: 5772: 5770: 5767: 5765: 5762: 5761: 5759: 5755: 5749: 5746: 5744: 5743:Jaggi Vasudev 5741: 5739: 5736: 5734: 5731: 5729: 5726: 5724: 5721: 5719: 5716: 5715: 5713: 5709: 5703: 5700: 5698: 5695: 5693: 5690: 5688: 5685: 5683: 5680: 5678: 5675: 5673: 5672:Balu Sankaran 5670: 5668: 5665: 5663: 5660: 5658: 5655: 5653: 5650: 5648: 5647:Purshotam Lal 5645: 5643: 5640: 5638: 5635: 5634: 5632: 5628: 5622: 5619: 5617: 5614: 5612: 5609: 5607: 5604: 5602: 5599: 5597: 5594: 5592: 5589: 5587: 5584: 5582: 5579: 5577: 5574: 5572: 5569: 5567: 5566:C. Rangarajan 5564: 5562: 5559: 5557: 5556:Amrita Pritam 5554: 5552: 5549: 5547: 5546:R. K. 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