The Golden Era of Dr.IR and Dr.SPB

[Sureshs65]

Lovely posts going on and unfortunately unable to write bigger comments. Anyway, let me try and support app on the 'mounamaana neram' song.

Here is a contestant singing the original Telugu song, "mounam elanoyi". Forget about her singing. Check the comments that K Vishwanath and SPB give after she finishes the song. To those who don't understand Telugu, here is the gist:

Director K. VIshwanath (he is the chief guest): I asked Illayaraja that I needed a song, similar to old Geeta Dutt songs, giving us the feeling of evening breeze. Let's do a soft song like that. Based on my request he gave me this song.The words have merged so well that you cannot make out that words were written for the tune. And that orchestration. In lot of songs, orchestration and the tune do not merge together. The orchestration will be doing something tangential to the tune. In this song, the tune has merged beautifully with the words and the orchestration merges with the tune as if they are Parvathi and Siva.

SPB: (After the initial humming, turns to K Vishwanath and says) I am sure his inspiration for the song came from this humming of Geeta Dutt, since you had mentioned Geeta Dutt to him. I think this is from the movie 'Bandini'. Raja was a great fan of Dada Burman. (Turns to KV again) You know how much he respected Burman. He even has his photo in his recording room. (Sings part of the songs and stops at 'letha gaali' and exclaims) Who is this fellow? Isn't it like 'letha gaali' here (tender breeze). The second note gives that effect. This song has so many nuances. (To the contestant) You tried to get that laugh there but it did not register. (Sings again) The voice sounds like an Hawaiian guitar here. (Sing again) No one will compose such a 'sangathi' here except Illayaraja. If they ask me to improvise I would done like this (sings) but not like what Illayaraja did. No one can think of it except Illayaraja, because that is how it is. It is just that he is a bit more closer to Saraswathi than others. (Sings again and at 'ta tha ra raa points out) Initially there was no voice here just music but hearing the way she sang either Raja or KV told her to join in. (Asks the orchestra to play the flute bit again.)



Truly inspiring stuff.