According
to director Seenuramasamy, top music directors being stars as much as actors, they are paid exorbitant amounts as salaries, this has resulted in small-budget filmmakers
not being able to approach them to compose the music for their films.
Speaking
at the audio launch of composer Nivas Prasanna’s Thegidi, the National
Award-winning director said, “MSV used to work on MGR’s films, but at
the same time, he also used to compose for small-budget films.
Ilaiyaraaja, too, did the same.” However, he rued that today, an AR
Rahman or a Harris Jayaraj do not take up small-budget films as their
salary is equal to the budget of these films. “When a big-name music
director composes for a small film, it gets noticed by the audience, who
will consider watching it. But are today’s music directors like that,”
he questioned.
He added, “Today, small-budget films give importance to the script, and it’s in these films that you can have good music. I see this habit of not taking up a project because of its budget as being dishonest to art.”
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