Kannada film music

[Sudarshan C R]

Here is a beautiful duet song from the movie ‘rahasya rathri’ means ‘Secret Night’, partially colour film released during 1980.
It was a suspense movie directed by Shri M S Kumar. Shri Radha Ravi’s first Kannada film as an actor.
Shankar Ganesh duo has scored the music and the tune/rhythms of this song reminds me of
MSVs ‘vizhiye kathai ezhudhu’ song from ‘Urimaikural’ of 1974.

More details about the movie here:
https://kannadamoviesinfo.wordpress....a-rathri-1980/

Lyric follows:

chitra: rahasya rAtri 1980
gAyana: es pi bAlasubramaNyaM/vANi jayarAM
saMgIta: shaMkar-gaNEsh
sAhitya: vijayanArasiMha

Notes of this song indicates the rAga: shaMkarAbharaNa (using D1 also)

sogasAgide nage chellide/chimmide
shubharAtri eMdu lOka hAraiside /sogasAgide/

bElUra bAle usirADi baMde..
ninnaMda kaMDu maruLAgi hOde
A.. ninagAgi eMde shileyaMte kAde
kalegAra nInu nanagAgi baMde /sogasAgide/

kaleyalli bhAva bALalli jIva
nInAgi baMde chigurAse taMde
A.. nannaMda nODi nI taMda mODi
ninnANe bEDi nA ninna jODi /sogasAgide/

nA kaMDa aMda AnaMdadiMda..
anurAga baMdha anugAla chaMda
A..madhuchaMdra tAre iradaMte bEre
oMdAda mEle bALella lIle /sogasAgide/

Meaning of the song:

It is beautiful (sogasAgide) and fling (chellide/chimmide) of laugh (nage) here
World (lOka) is wishing (hAraiside) us good night (shubharAtri eMdu)

Looks like the beauty (bAle) of Belur (bElUra)
has taken breath (usirADi) and came (baMde) here
became seduced (maruLAgi hOde) after seeing (kaMDu) your (ninna) beauty (aMda)
I waited (kAde) for you (ninagAgi eMde) like stone sculpt (shileyaMte)
You (nInu) are like an artist (kalegAra) came (baMde) for me (nanagAgi)

You came (nInAgi baMde) as breath (jIva) in my life (bALalli) and
brought feelings (bhAva) in the art (kaleyalli)
Came near me to shoot-up desires (chigurAse taMde)
Seeing me (nannaMda nODi) you (nI) brought (taMde) magic (mODi)
I swear (ninnANe bEDi) to become your pair (nA ninna jODi)

Happyness (AnaMdadiMda) and pleasure (aMda) which I (nA) saw (kaMDa)
Binding (baMdha) of love (anurAga) and elegance (cheMda) remain forever (anugAla)
That honeymoon (madhuchaMdra) star (tAre) should not be separated (iradaMte bEre)
After united (oMdAda mEle) life (bALella) is full of dalliance (lIle)

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View the song here:
Vishnuvardhan and Bharathi on the screen:

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Listen to the song ‘vizhiye kathai ezhudhu’ of ‘Urimaikural’.
Singers: K J Jesudas and P Susheela

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