Raja's Gems - the latest one you heard...Part 3

[Gregorysab]

This was a recent discovery for me too. Is it Rasikapriya or Amirthavarshini or mix of both? RR, where are you?
After I heard this song a couple of months back, I realized the inspiration behind Vidhyasagar's "Ding Dong ringing a bell"

It has amritavarshini as main scale and frequently steps into rasikapriya. This is a stunner for me because:

1. I keep assuming that i have all the good songs of raaja and then, my assumption goes for a toss when i find a beautiful song that i dont have. This has been happening once in 2-3 months for the last 10 years.
2. I thought I had all amritavarshinis by raaja. I always have this against him that he composed only a handful of songs in this raagam. Also that he has not explored this raagam in the last 15 years (makkal aatchi had last amritavarshini; any song after that??). Majority of his songs in this raagam were done in 80s. And now, in 2012, I discover this song from 80s.
3. And lastly, this is perhaps the only song with such rare combination of these 2 ragas specifically. Collectors piece I say!