The enduring legacy of pan-Indian film-music composer Ilaiyaraaja, who turned 80 on June 2, through his songs in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam and Kannada. His music was one of the firsts to bridge the north-south gap.
The contemporary musical taste of 'Sacred Games' composer Alokananda Dasgupta differed from her late father's, parallel cinema auteur Buddhadeb Dasgupta, who'd have stepped into his 80th year today, but the twain converged on AR Rahman.