Ilaiyrajja is one man who has tonnes of money. but he will not keep quiet if you use his work without paying him. He even dragged the legend SP Balasubrahmanaym to the court for using his songs and not paying the royalty.
Raja complained that SPB was signing his songs on the stages during the shows and not paying him. Later the issue was settled.
SPB never thought that Raja would complain. Raja worked with SPB before becoming a music director.
Now the film Manjummel Boys carries the famous song Kanmani during a very important situation in the film. Ilaiyaraaja who owns the rights to the song claimed that the team failed to obtain an NOC from him.
But, the team Manjummel Boys got the rights from the audio label that owns the song.
However, the producers of the film, Manjummel Boys, Soubin Shahir, Babu Shahir and Shawn Antony, reportedly paid a sum of Rs 60 lakh as compensation to composer Ilaiyaraaja to settle the controversy.
