Illaya Nila

Those that have heard Ilaya Nila from Payanangal Mudivathilay must have four things etched ever so deep in their limbic systems. Not in any particular order, these could be:

1. The guitar pieces, especially the one that carries the song at its end

2. SPB and Ilayaraja

3. The expectation this song creates for the others in this film, and

4. The word "nila" - which is "the moon" in English.

Nila then becomes a word of context, a pattern to look out for in other SPB hits.