Raja to compose for a play

Another Broadway-style production is all set to be staged in Hyderabad and this time, it'll be 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf', which is counted among the top five Broadway plays ever.

And the big news is that maestro Ilaiyaraaja will be composing music for it! In fact, this will be the first time ever that the ace musician will compose music for a play. Theatre personality Seema Azharuddin, who has managed to pull it off, says, "My mentor, Ramesh Prasad, told the stalwart about my production. For a man of his stature, Ilaiyaraaja always seeks to do novel things. We had a long chat and then he told me he needs to sit down with us for three days to understand the theme of the play. He'd start composing soon after. When I told him he is the 'God of music' , he said, 'Please don't make me a God. I am a nobody' . I'm thrilled to have him on board,".

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