Renowned music director Ilaiyaraaja has announced that he will form a girls’ orchestra in the name of his daughter, National Award-winning singer Bhavatharini, who passed away last year. 

Participating in an event organised to remember Bhavatharini on February 12, which was her birthday, Ilaiyaraaja recalled that Bhavatharini had expressed her desire to start an orchestra of this kind. “Bhavatharini’s last wish was to start a girls’ orchestra. Two days ago, when I was in Malaysia, several girl groups sang before me. When I saw it, I remembered what my daughter had told me,” he said.