Kannada film music

[Sudarshan C R]

Here is a mellifluous song tuned by Shri Rajan-Nagendra from the film Vijaya Vani 1976.
RNJ provided wonderful lyric sung by S Janaki and Vani Jayaram. Kalpana and Hema Choudhary on the screen have given very good expressions to the song.

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Lyric follows:

chitra: vijaya vANi (1976)
gAyana: es jAnaki/vANi jayarAM
saMgIta: rAjan-nAgEMdra
sAhitya: Ar en jayagOpAl

Notes indicates the rAga: naTabhairavi

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madhumAsa caMdrama naidilege saMbhrama..
olavina lOkake nI taMde pUrNima /madhu/

nA prEmadaramaneyalli vaibhOga siriyanu kaMDe..
nannadeya siMhAsanade nI rAjyavALide
nI nanna bALina puTade anurAga kaviteya barede
nAvAda bhAvada hoLeya aleyalli tElide
aleyalli tEli tElide /madhu/

rasapUrNa maitriya samaya nUrAse kaDalidu hRudaya..
nInaDesu aMbiganAgi olaveMba naukeya
baMgAra tEranu Eri nAninna saMgadi bereve
suKanidre uyyAleyali saKa ninna tUguve
hAyAgi tUgi tUguve /madhu/

Meaning of the song:

Shining moon (chaMdrama) during spring-season (madhumAsa)
brought happyness (saMbhrama) to water-lilly (naidilege)
you (nI) have brouht (taMde) fullmoon (pUrNima) to the world (lOkake) of love (olavina)

I (nA) saw (kaMDe) the grandeur (vaibhOga) of richness (siriyanu)
at my palace (aramaneyalli) of love (prEmada)
You (nI) ruled (rAjyavALide) on the thrown (siMhAsanade) of my heart (nannedeya)
You (nI) have written (barede) the sweet (anurAga) poem (kaviteya) on the
pages (puTade) of my (nanna) life (bALina)
Floated (tElide) on the waves (aleyalli) of stream (hoLeya)
made of ourselves (nAvAda bhAvada)
Floated (tEli tElide) on the waves (aleyalli)

Opportunity (samaya) of intimacy (rasapUrNa maitriya)
This heart (hRudaya) is an ocean (kaDalidu) of hundred desires (nUrAse)
You (nI) drive (naDesu) this ship (naukeya)
of fondness/love (olaveMba) as captian (aMbiganAgi)
I (nA) will step (Eri) into the golden (baMgAra) chariot (tEranu)
to join (bereve) your (ninna) friendship (saMgadi)
Friend (sakha), I will put (tUguve) you (ninna) on the swing (uyyAleyali)
to have sound-sleep (suKanidre)
swing (tUgi tUguve) you comfortably (hAyAgi)

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View the song here:
Kalpana and Hemachoudhary on the screen:

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