Rajsha Productions, an Australia based Production company is releasing the Tamil song "Ilamei" to a worldwide audience on Oct 14th 2013.

This song has been composed and produced by Philip John from Sydney Australia who has previously composed for a few Kollywood Films with his brother Jerry under the name Philip Jerry including the 1995 film Thotta Chinungi. After many years, Philip John has again scored for a Tamil project.

Toronto based artist, Tha Prophecy has sung the vocals for this track. Tha Prophecy, a Canadian Tamil rapper, has recently worked with Kollywood's A list music directors including Yuvan Shanker Raja, namely for Adhi Bhagavan and Thillu Mullu. This time he has collaborated with Rajsha Productions and sung in Tamil for this Australian project.

Producer of the project Ghirija Jayarraj who is based in Melbourne wrote the lyrics for this song. This International project initiated as a teaser for a bilingual feature film, which Rajsha Productions is looking to venture into. As part of the teaser a music video has been made for which "Ilamei" the song was composed. In line with the feature film's theme, "Ilamei" the song celebrates youth and life.

The song was in development for two months and had its own journey from Melbourne where Rajsha Productions is based to Chennai where Kollywood Music director Karthik Raja introduced Tha Prophecy from Toronto and to Sydney where Australian actor Chum Ehelepola introduced Philip John to this project. The song was composed and produced in Sydney while the vocals were recorded in Toronto. Hence Ilamei can be claimed as a truly international project. The song in Tamil is aimed to a world wide Tamil audience. At this point, only the Tamil song is being released on iTunes and various other online outlets for download on the 14th of October.

A Hindi version of this song will also be made and released, remixes to follow. Following the song releases, the music video for this will also be released on iTunes and various other online outlets for download and on various TV channels worldwide.

The music video for "Ilamei" has been shot in Melbourne Australia. It has been produced by Rajsha Productions, with Producers Gopi Jeyarraj and Ghirija Jayarraj, Directed by Ghirija Jayarraj, Filmed by Melbourne based cinematographer Mark Kenfield and edited by Faiz Sharif, also from Melbourne. Approximately 50 cast and crewmembers were involved in the making of this Music video, which had preproduction of 3 months, production of 3 days and postproduction of 2 weeks. The music video features approximately 30 people with a main cast of 11. The cast includes Melbourne and Sydney based actors Faezeh Parkes, Siddharth Dhar, Guru Gill, Sameer Vashishat, Magan Sarna, Muthiah Jeyaraj, Sounderajan Iyer, Karan Battan and Philip John.

The music video is in line with the feature film and works as a glimpse of the theme of the feature film. It was shot in 14 locations within Melbourne Australia especially to highlight the aesthetics of the lively city, which serves as the backdrop for the entire project. This song and the entire project look to contribute to the multicultural flavour of the Australian film industry and to budding industry which has been created by the South Asian Disapora.


For more information, contact:

Ghirija Jayarraj
Rajsha Productions Founder and Manager Melbourne Area
Official Website: http://www.rajshaproductions.com/
Contact: +61404339017
Email: [email protected]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2-49k8hsZZE#t=88

Gopi Jeyarraj
Rajsha Productions Manager Perth Area
Official Website: www.rajshaproductions.com
Contact: +61431771193
Email: [email protected]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2-49k8hsZZE#t=88