Master Dhanraj

Master Dhanraj (also credited as Dhanraj Master) is a musician, multi-instrumentalist from Tamil Nadu, India.
Biography and career.
Master Dhanraj is a famous and renowned music teacher in Madras (now Chennai). He have made musical research on the epic Silappatikaram. Orchestration for the grand Tamil movie "Chandralekha" was done by Dhanraj.
He is well known as the guru of greats such as Maestro Ilaiyaraaja, and Mozart of Madras A. R. Rahman. The Melody King Vidyasagar, and Malayalam music director Shyam are also students of Master. Veteran Chennai-based music teacher Mr.A.Abdul Sattar (who was the guru of music directors Harris Jayaraj, D.Imman, S.Thaman, S.J.Suriya) and has won the Best Teacher Award from Trinity College London for the past 25 consecutive years is also a student of Dhanraj.
Ilaiyaraaja (Previously called as Raasayya) joined Dhanraj Master as a student to learn musical instruments and the master renamed and called him as just "Raaja".
He is famous for teaching Western classical music.
Books.
Bramma Mela Pramanam
Isai Vithi
180 Degree
Acclaim.
Dhanraj master was considered to be the bedrock of western music in Chennai. He was one of the trios who laid the foundation for Chennai becoming a hub of Western classical music.
Renowned students of Dhanraj includes,