The first song is from Kannada. Geetha (1998) is considered a classic in music by Kannada music lovers. The songs are considered to be ever green in Kannada film music. Each song from this movie is really a GEM, believe me. Ene kelu koduve ninage is sung by SPB and female voice may be Janaki or Manjula (not sure). The song starts with a romantic dialogue which sets the tone for the song. Heroine is going to Ooty for some work and it appears she is joined by hero (Anantnag?) in the dream sequence. The song and interludes flow so smoothly. The charanams have some interesting rhythm like pingpong ball and then nice guitar towards at the end.
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Next is a Malayalam song. There was an interview last year with MG Sreekumar, in Amrita TV. He told about how he used to wait in front of Raja’s recording theatre to get a glimpse of him for a singing chance. Maestro will just smile at him and go in. This has been happening for couple of years! Sometimes, he will ask him ‘how are you’ then say ‘ok, lets see’ and move on. Suddenly, one day he called MGS and gave him a song for Atharvam (1998). The song is Poovai virinju. MGS was very happy that he finally got a chance and went back home after recording. When he sang this song to his brother MG Radhakrishnan (a famous MD in Malayalam) he immediately said this song has the essence of Keeravani and none other than Ilaiyaraaja on earth could have composed such a song. I am happy to present this song for those who haven’t heard this. The song is picturised on Charuhaasan and a young Mohanlal.
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This is a song from Rajkumar (Telugu). I don’t know about the year of release and other details about the movie. This song Janaki kalaganaledhu is set to Suddha Saveri ragam. So it reminds us of other songs like Radha nee enge, Kadhal mayakkam, Sithakathi pookkale, etc. But surely this is an enjoyable song with great orchestration.
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3 comments:
Dear Venky,
the telugu film is Rajkumar (there is no 'du' or 'lu' at the end!). Definitely this film was released in mid-80s. Beautiful:music, singing and lyrics.
Shiva.
Venky,
Great that you have this blog! I appreciate all the efforts you put in running the maestro magic group of which I am a member!
Good luck with everything!
Hi Venkatesh,
Nice blog..i love all Ilayaraja songs in Malayalam..especially the one you have mentioned in the blog..Poovai Virinju..I tried that link but that link is not working now..if you have this song can you share it with me? Also i think the year of the movie is not 1998 may be 1988..and its Charuhasan and Mammootty..not Mohanlal..
Regards
Mahesh
mankyg@gmail.com
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