Malayalam Film Music

[raagadevan]

Here is a rare semi-classical duet from P. Bhaskaran's 1974 comedy film அறக் கள்ளன் முக்கால் கள்ளன்
("arak kaLLan mukkaal kaLLan"). K.J. Yesudas and P. Jayachandran sing this satirical raagamaalika that mocks
the ruler of the day! The lyrics would very well apply to the present bunch of our "democratically" elected leaders too!

The song was composed by V. Dakshinamoorthy (Swami). As I have stated on earlier occasions, Swami thrived on composing
raagamaalikas. The raagas in this song are (I think) kamboji, shanmugapriya, hindOLam and simhendramadhyamam.
[RR: Please feel free to correct the list as appropriate! ]

The first link is to a youtube version of audio recording of the song. The second link has the original video recording,
but the quality of the video is poor!

கனகசிம்ஹாசனத்தில் கயறி இரிக்குன்னவன்... ("kanakasimhaasanaththil kayariyirikkunnavan..."):