Ilaiyaraaja's 'Naandhaan Ungappanda' track to be played in Olympics 2012
News
oi-Prakash
By Ramchander
Music
Maestro
Ilaiyaraaja
composed
Tamil
track
'Naandhaan
ungappanda...'
has
found
a
place
in
the
list
of
songs
to
be
played
at
the
opening
ceremony
of
London
Olympics
2012.
The
musical
playlist
has
been
short-listed
by
Oscar
Award
winning
director
Danny
Boyle
of
Slumdog
Millionaire
fame.
Reports
say
that
the
Ilaiyaraaja's
track
is
one
among
86
songs
that
will
be
played
at
the
inaugural
ceremony
of
Olympics
2012
on
Friday,
July
27.
Danny
Boyle
is
the
artistic
director
of
the
event.
Michael
Jackson,
Adele,
Sex
Pistols,
M.I.A.
(Mathangi
"Maya" Arulpragasam),
a
British
recording
artist
and
songwriter,
Amy
Winehouse's
songs
also
feature
in
the
list.
The
song
'Naandhaan
ungappanda...' is
a
lesser-known
track
from
the
Tamil
film
Ram
Lakshman,
which
featured
Kamal
Hassan
and
Sripriya
in
the
leads.
The
track
was
sung
by
SP
Balasubramaniam
and
written
by
Vaali
in
1981.