During the podcast I asked Balki what got him interested in movies. He said it was the music used in films that used to generate images in his head. These images were better than the images that he saw on screen. That was the magic of music. Specifically Iylaiyaraja's music. He spoke about his admiration for Ilaiyaraja's music. No surprise that Ilaiyaraja scored the music for Balki when he made Cheeni Kum. And Paa