Famous music composer Ilayaraja and S P Balasubrahmanyam's dispute
has been in news for the last three days. Now, Balasubrahmanyam has requested
the media to not sensationalize it. He took to Facebook and posted, "I
request all friends, music lovers and especially all media persons, not to make
I.Raja- SPB issue sensational. It is unfortunate. That is all. Show has to go
on, life has to move on. In God's creation all are good and equal. Thank
you."
For the uninitiated, Ilaiyaraja has sent a legal notice to S
P Balasubrahmanyam, and asked him to not perform songs that have been composed
by him without his permission.
Clarifying the whole situation, Balasubrahmanyam told that
he wasn't aware of such legalities involved, but made sure that if it's a law
he will obey it. He posted, "Couple of days back, an Attorney representing
Shri.Iliaya Raja, sent legal notices to me, Smt.Chithra, Charan, organisers of
the concerts in different cities and the managements of all the venues, which
says that we are not supposed to perform compositions of Shri.Iliayaraja
without his permission, if so, it is breaking the copyright law and have to pay
huge financial penalities and face legal action. Let me say, I am ignorant of
these legalities."
He went on to add, "My Son designed this world tour and
we kick started this SPB50 concert tour in August in Toronto, then we performed
in Russia, Srilanka, Malaysia, Singapore, Dubai and did lots of shows in India
too. I did not get any feelers from Shri. Raja's office at that time. I don['t
know why now when we started our US tour. As I said earlier, I am ignorant of
the law. If it is a law, so be it and I obey it."
He also requested people to not have harsh opinions on the
whole issue. "In these circumstances, our troupe can not perform
Isaijnani's compositions from to day. But the show should happen.By God's grace
I have sung lots of other composer's songs too which we will present. Hope you
all will bless our concerts as usual. I am always grateful for your love and
affection. I only request you all not to have any harsh opinions and
discussions regarding this. If this is the design of God, I obey it with
reverence. Sarvejanah Sukhinobhavanthu," Balasubrahmanyam concluded on
this note.
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