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Ilaiyaraaja was awarded honorary doctorates by Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, India (Degree of Doctor of Letter ( Honoris causa)) (1994), the World University Round Table, Arizona, U.S.A. Alongside he also won the Akshaya Samman of the year (2010), a prestigious musical award from Orissa for his outstanding contribution in the field of music. He is also a recipient of the NTR National Award in 2004. He also received State Government Awards from the governments of Tamil Nadu, Kerala (1994, 1995, 1998), Andhra Pradesh (1981, 1988, 1990) and Madhya Pradesh (The Lata Mangeshkar Award) (1998) for excellence in music. Karunanidhi and also received the Kalaimamani award, an annual award for excellence in the field of arts from the Government of Tamil Nadu. He was conferred the title Isaignani (English: Savant of Music) in 1988 by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.

In 2015, he was also honoured with the Centenary Award for lifetime achievement at the 46th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) at Panaji, Goa. Viswanathan at the World Fest-Houston Film Festival for his work in the film Vishwa Thulasi in 2005. He also won the Gold Remi Award for Best Music Score jointly with film composer M. In 2010, Ilaiyaraaja won the National Film Award for Best Background Score for Malayalam film Pazhassi Raja. He won three Best Composer awards during the 1980s at the National Film Awards (India). Ilaiyaraaja has won the National Film Award for Best Music Direction for the Tamil film Sindhu Bhairavi (1986) and the Telugu films Rudraveena (1989) and Saagara Sangamam (1984). In 2010, he was bestowed upon Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian honour and the Padma Vibhushan in 2018, the second highest civilian honour by the Government of India.

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A gold medalist in classical guitar from Trinity College of Music, London in 1993 he became the first Asian to compose a full symphony performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London's Walthamstow Town Hall. He integrated folk lyricism (in Tamil) and introduced broader Western musical sensibilities into the South Indian musical mainstream. Making his debut through Annakili, a Tamil film in 1976, Ilaiyaraaja has been a prominent composer of film music in South Indian cinema since the late 1970s. He is widely regarded as one of the most popular composers in the South Indian film industry, and also in the list of world's top selling music artists. His songs and background score played a crucial role in the success of many of his films. Ilaiyaraaja has also worked as conductor and a songwriter. Ilaiyaraaja is an Indian film composer and instrumentalist who has worked in over 1000 films in various languages including Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, English, Marathi, Sanskrit, Punjabi with majority of his works in the Tamil language and widely regarded as the greatest Indian music composer of all-time by various critics and experts. President of India, Ram Nath Kovind presenting the Padma Vibhushan Award to Ilaiyaraaja

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