Even Suhasini Maniratnam wrongly credited Ilaiyaraaja for the songs for ’s film Valli, and the superstar had to correct her and say that the songs were composed by Ilaiyaraaja’s son Karthik Raja.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/tamil/happy-birthday-ilaiyaraaja-why-it-is-hard-to-hate-isaignani-despite-his-statements-8641517/

While this epic film was a passion project for the renowned director, his wife and actor-director, Suhasini Maniratnam, recently admitted she initially discouraged him from embarking on this journey.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/tamil/mani-ratnam-wife-suhasini-didnt-want-him-to-make-ponniyin-selvan-after-iruvar-failure-8983788/