Kannada film music

[Sudarshan C R]

hello friend,

The song “celuve elliruve” is from the film “bayalu dAri” in the year 1976 starring Anantnag and kalpana in the lead.
It is a story of an army officer who looses his legs in the battle. This song was picturised at a place called Kalasa, in Chickmagalur District. A vast open place was available for plying helicopter and was filmed in superb location. Other songs in the film are:

BAnallu nIne by S janaki,
KanasalU neene manasalU neene by SPB and vani jayaram,.
Celuve elliruve sung by SPB.
Music was composed by Rajan-Nagendra,
Lyrics by Chi Udayashankar.


The song “tanukaragadavalli” is a vacana by Akkamahadevi beautifully embedded in the film on B Saroja devi who played as Rani kitturu cennamma, a brave lady who faught against Britishers rule before independence.

The lyric of tanukaragadavalli follows:

citra: kittUru cennamma
gAyana: pi sushIla
saMgIta: Ti ji liMgappa
sAhitya: akkamahAdEvi

tanu karagadavaralli puShpavanolleyayya neenu
mana karagadavaralli gaMdhAkShateyanollayya neenu
arivu kaNdereyadavaralli Aratiyanollayya neenu
pariNAmigaLalladavaralli naivEdyavanollayya neenu
bhAvashuddhavilladavaralli dhUpavanollayya neenu
hRudaya kamalavilladavaralli iralollayya neenu
ennalli enuMTeMdu karasthaladalli iMbugoMDe
hELaa cannamallikArjuna............