Kannada film music

[Sudarshan C R]

Here is sad news about Kannada film industry.
Veteran lyric writer Shri Geethapriya was passed away on Sunday, 17th January 2016.
He was a film Director, Story writer, and also lyric writer and he entered the industry by writing the lyric initially.
His songs were super hit during those days. His first film direction was ‘maNNina maga’ 1968.
His original name was LAKSHMAN RAO MOHITE, popularly known as GEETHAPRIYA.

More details about Shri Geethapriya:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geethapriya

Here is a song from the film ‘hoMbisilu’ 1978, which was directed by Geethapriya, starring Vishnuvardhan and Arathi in lead roles.
It was super hit film during those days.

Lyric follows:

citra: hoMbisilu 1978
gAyana: es pi bAlasubramaNyaM
saMgIta: rAjan-nAgEMdra
sAhitya: gItapriya

nIrabiTTu neladamEle dONi sAgadu
nelava biTTu nIramEle baMDi hOgadu
ninna biTTu nanna nanna biTTu ninna
jIvanA sAgadu jIvanA sAgadu /nIrabiTTu/

sUrya barade kamalaveMdu araLadu
caMdranirade tAre eMdu naliyadu
olavu mUDadiralu manavu araLadu
manavu araLadiralu geluvu kANadu
manavu araLadiralu geluvu kANadu /nIrabiTTu/

lOkadalli gaMDu heNNigAsare
Adarilli nAnu ninna kaisere
kUDi naliva Ase manadi kAdire
hitavu elli nAvu bEre Adare
hitavu elli nAvu bEre Adare /nIrabiTTu/

Meaning of the song:

Boat (dONi) can sail (sAgadu) on water (nIra biTTu) and not on land (nelada mEle)
Cart (baMDi) can move (hOgadu) on land (nelava biTTu) and not on water (nIramEle)
This life (jIvana) will not go-along (sAgadu)
leaving either of us (ninna biTTu nanna nanna biTTu ninna)

Lotus (kamalaveMdu) cannot bloom (araLadu) without the Sun (sUryanirade)
Stars (tAre) in the sky will not be happy (eMdu naliyadu) wihtout moon (chaMdranirade)
Mind (manavu) will not be happy (araLadu) without emanate (mUDadiralu) of love (olavu)
When mind (manavu) is not happy (araLadiralu), cheerfulness (geluvu) will not arise (kANadu)

Male (gaMDu) is necessary for sustenance of female (heNNigAsare) in this world (lOkadalli)
But (Adare) here (illi) I am (nAnu) in your (ninna) captivity (kaisere)
Desire (Ase) of palying with you (kUDi naliva) is waiting (kAdire) in the mind (manadi)
where (elli) is the enjoyment (hitavu) if we live apart (nAvu bEre Adare)

Video/audio courtesy: www.youtube.com/www.mio.to
View the song here:
Vishunvardhan and Arathi on the screen:

Listen to the song here:
http://mio.to/album/Hombisilu+(1978)