Kangal Irandal copied or inspired?

Chinna Kannan Azhaaikiran 

Ilayaraja

Yesterday morning i was on youtube listening to some songs,I ended up at this song above composed by the music maestro Ilayaraja sir and the singer is Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna.An amazing composition no doubt,Don't know which film it is from,but a mindblowing song,as soon as i started hearing i knew i heard something similar before,after a few seconds i realized the tune was similar to 'Kangal Irandal' from Subramaniapuram directed by Sasikumar,The song is composed by James Vasanthan.It amused me a lot,Both the songs are awesome,but i would prefer the Ilayaraja version anyday.I hope James Vasanthan was just inspired and is not a copy cat.Anyway friends try listening to Ilayaraja songs on youtube,they are mindblowing.






Kangal Irandal song