Kannada film music

[Sudarshan C R]

Hello Rajesh,

One more golden song picked up by you from the treasure.
Ratnagiri rahasya(Padmini pictures-B R Panthulu), an age-old folk story made as film during those days of 1957. The hand-some, tall man like a tarzan was Shri Udaya kumar (Michelle, you guessed right!) with jamuna. The film has 9 songs, which are beautifully tuned by T G Lingappa, lyrics by kanagal prabhakara sastry.

List of songs:

1. AnaMda mahadAdanaMda (jikki, rajalakshmi, Rani)
2. anurAgada amarAvati (Leela P,Soundara rajan T M)
3. amarA madhurA prEma (Susheela P)
4. bA bA bA Odi bA bA bA (Leela, Rani)
5. kivi eraDu sAkEnayya (Sulamangalam Rajalakshmi)
6. kalyANa namma kalyANa (Leela p, Soundara rajan T M)
7. O raja O maharaja (Rani, Sarojini R)
8. SharaNara kayo jagannatha (Sulamangalam Rajalakshmi)
9. suma bANa biDu mauna (Jikki)

All these songs are available on www.musicindiaonline.com
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The lyric of ‘amara madhura prema’ follows:

citra: ratnagiri rahasya(1957)
gAyana: pi sushIla
saMgIta: Ti ji liMgappa
sAhitya: kaNagAl prabhAkara shAstri

amarA.. madhurA.. prEma..
nI.. bAbEga caMdamAma..
bAbEga caMdamAma...

amarA madhurA prEma
nI bAbEga caMdamAma
bAbEga caMdamAma /amarA/

sadAnurAgadi tA ninagAgi
kAdide I sumarAji A.. A.
suma yauvanavu bADuva modale..
bAra(da)dEno nI baLi sAri
bA bEga caMdamAma /amarA/

manadali Aseya tuMbida mEle
maratE ODalubahude O..O.
olavu nenavo nalavu celuvu..
kanaso katheyo Aguva munna
bAbEga caMdamAma /amarA/

[michelle]

mugiletta saagutide
girigaLa kaDeGe....
spb/sj haaDiruva ee haaDu yaava filmdu?

[Sudarshan C R]

The song 'mugiletta ODutide girigaLa kaDege aleyetta sAgutide'
question and answer song is from the film Thande makkaLu (1971)
G K Venkatesh- music and lyrics by R N Jayagopal
Singers are SPB and Susheela P (not SJ)

[Sudarshan C R]

Meaning of the song ‘Amara madhura prema’

[b]amara-immortal madhura-sweet like honey prEma-love
you come soon chaMdamama
(Chandamama is cool full moon - young lady calling her lover referring to chandamama)
with all passion (sadAnurAgadi) for you (tA ninagAgi)
this flower (like lady) is waiting
before fading out of blossom of youth (suma yauvanavu)
why don’t you come near (to me)
come soon you chandamama

after filling desires in (my) mind
(is it fair to) forget them (and) runaway
fondness, remembrance, gladness, beauty/charm
before it becomes dream or tale
come soon you chandamama[/b]

[michelle]

The song 'mugiletta ODutide girigaLa kaDege aleyetta sAgutide'
question and answer song is from the film Thande makkaLu (1971)
G K Venkatesh- music and lyrics by R N Jayagopal
Singers are SPB and Susheela P (not SJ)

this is the first duet song of SPB/SJ.
I am 100% sure that itz SJ but not PS. I have cd of that song.

[Sudarshan C R]

hello RR

'yenu arthaagilla..! solpaa karunaa maadi..'

It is simple that "mAgi kAla" is winter season. Likewise "vasaMta kAla" is spring season. The cuckoo's singing during 'spring' season matches with fifth note of karnatak music "pa"(paMcama swara)
where thare are no other equivalets to 'pa" note. (although cuckoo make sound as usual like any other bird but poet's imagination is that). But in winter season, when most of the trees are withering their leaves, cuckoo's singing will not be in happiest mood.

with regard to lyric 'mAgiya ede tOri kUgItu kOgila' , I am unable to decipher these words.

I also heard the song 'cheluva chandana' from the film 'giya giya gagiya'. Music is good though not used convestional instruments
and in slow pace, mild. But it has run for more than 5 mintutes with repetition of words several times.

[michelle]

what does convestional instruments mean sudarshan?

plz don't laugh at my ignorance.

[rajeshkrv]

Next Kannada Pick

"Jhalala Jhalala Jhala dhare " by P.Susheela & chorus

Movie: Vaalmiki(1963)
Music:Ghantasala
Lyrics: K.Prabhakara sastry

A great song.. folkish tune by ghantasala- a legend from telugu film world had sung few kannada songs and did music for few films
his songs in ohileshwara are still popular

this song is beautifully sung by PS and chorus

film had the evergreen duet mellusiri savigana by ghantasala & PS
(kannada version of the tel song uhala gusa gusa laade by GS & PS)

listen and enjoy

http://raretfm.com/ifm/jhalajhala.rm

[michelle]

film had the evergreen duet mellusiri savigana by ghantasala & PS
(kannada version of the tel song uhala gusa gusa laade by GS & PS)

mellusire savigaana song is from veerakEsari. not from vaalmiki.
I would like to listen to the old kannada songs of PS/SJ. which is the best site for that?

[rajeshkrv]

thanks michelle for pointing out.

for PS kannada songs you can
look into
www.pusheela.org
and www.udbhava.com

for SJ
you can see musicindiaonline/udbhava