came forward supporting Late M.D.Ramanadhan's criticism.
Anyway, I praise Ilayaraja for having made the Karnatic music easily
accessible thru his song "Paadariyaen".
But this posting is not really about "Paadariyaen". I am interested in
knowing the raga of the song "Poomaalai vaanki .." performed by K.J.Yesudoss
in the same movie . It sounds like the raga "Vishwapriya" to me ..
Who wrote the lyrics for this song? "kaviyarasu" Vairamuthu?
What about the raga of the song "Kalaivaaniyae?"
Thanks,
S.Pandian,
s...@cec1.wustl.edu
> As many Karnatic fans know, the song "Mahaa ganapathim" performed by
> K.J.Yesudoss is in the raga "Naattai".I believe that M.Dikshithar wrote this
> krithi. The song "mari mari ninnae' again performed by K.J.Yesudoss is
> composed by Thyagaraja,I believe, though I don't know its raga. Those who
> But this posting is not really about "Paadariyaen". I am interested in
> knowing the raga of the song "Poomaalai vaanki .." performed by K.J.Yesudoss
> in the same movie . It sounds like the raga "Vishwapriya" to me ..
> Who wrote the lyrics for this song? "kaviyarasu" Vairamuthu?
> What about the raga of the song "Kalaivaaniyae?"
> Thanks,
> S.Pandian,
> s...@cec1.wustl.edu
He kills the Mantrikudu and acquires Pathalabhairavi. When he is about to meet Indumathi, the Mantrikudu reappears, befriends Veera Soora and kidnaps Indumathi. How Thota Ramudu eliminates the Mantrikudu and marries the Princess forms the climax.
This simple story was made into a grand spectacle by the genius that Kadiri Venkata Reddy was, with excellent technical support. He mesmerised the audience with a smooth narrative. Madhavapeddi Gokhale and Kaladhar created fabulous sets and designed eye-catching costumes. Marcus Bartley came up with excellent cinematography, more so in the scene where he created an illusion that the miniature Maya Mahal set was flying in the air. The sound designing by A. Krishnan and V. Sivaram, assisted by Kasinathuni Viswanath, was a value addition.
When the India International Film Festival was kick-started in 1952 in New Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta and Madras simultaneously, Pathalabhairavi was the only film from the South selected for screening there.
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2 AM and I have been tracing the historical elements of Shri. Ta Ra Su's books - invariably, I get into the life of Bhairavi Venkatasubbiah - Hamsageete and his other famous book Durgastamana. It is said that Shri Tarasu had to do a lot of research to unearth more details about Madakari Nayaka. A search on venkatasubbiah led me to this blog.
Sir, as I have said before, the amount of work you have put in is remarkable and you are a prolific, consistent poster of quality information about Karnataka. Perhaps you should publish a book. This is ground information and only someone with a lot of passion could do all this. Kallinalli itihasa kanuva kelave kelavaralli neevoo obbaru.
Also, the movie shows earlier the nayaka and then at the end Tipu sitting on the a stone simhasana ( with elephant shaped carvings ) - was that just a set or is there really a chair/simhasana near the venkatasubbayyana kallu ?
Your words are heart warming as always, thank you Captain Flint. There's no real Simhasana as far as I know. It was a movie set which was dismantled after the shoot. Ta Ra Su's books are amazing.. my wife has a small collection of this great author, including Hamsa Geethe. As you said, Ta Ra Su did research a lot for this story.
Bairavi movie has 4 tracks and you can download the following songs Kattappulla Kuttapulla Karugamani, Nandooruthu Nariyooruthu, Oru Kodiyaal Onnu (Yetham Iraichu Kaathu Kedakken), Yezhu Kadal Nayagiye from this movie.
Nineteen years have passed since Sindhu vanished from the lives of singer JKB and his wife but Tamil audiences still remember them from Sindhu Bhairavi. This is the kind of impact created by the K Balachander film.
Starring Sivakumar as JKB, Suhasini as the young Sindhu who was madly in love with him, and Sulakshana as the silently suffering wife Bhairavi, Sindhu Bhairavi was a huge success at the box-office and won many awards.
Though Balachander has been toying with the idea of making a sequel to Sindhu Bhairavi for the last 10 years, something stopped him from doing so. 'I feared people would compare the two and say the sequel was not as good. I didn't want to take such a big commercial risk,' he once said.
Balachander has been producing television serials through Minbimbangal, the television offshoot of his movie production outfit Kavithalaya. Towards the end of his successful series, Anni, he went through his old files looking for an idea for his next serial and chanced on the rough sequel to Sindhu Bhairavi he had written 10 years ago.
Sindhu Bhairavi was released in 1985. The film ended with Sindhu leaving her son with JKB and Bhairavi. The serial (Sahana -- Sindhu Bhairavi 2) starts 19 years down the line. Sindhu's son Surya is 19. Bhairavi has given birth to a daughter, but they have no clue where Sindhu is.
Balachander wanted the same artistes to reprise their roles on television. Unfortunately, Sivakumar was committed to a daily soap. Suhasini was willing to play Sindhu but Balachander decided to have a different face -- he felt if Suhasini played Sindhu, viewers would expect Sivakumar to play JKB. "You cannot separate JKB and Sindhu. Sir [Balachander] felt if we are going to have a different JKB, let's have a different Sindhu too," says Subha.
Y G Mahendran, the well-known theatre and film personality, will play JKB. "It is a challenge for a comedy artiste like me to do a character role like JKB. I am enjoying both the challenge and the role," he said. Mahendran, who has acted in more than 300 films, said it is a kind of homecoming for him. "I acted in a Balachander film 26 years ago!"
He is not worried about the fact that JKB was once successfully portrayed by Sivakumar. "Had it been done by Sivaji [Ganesan], I would not have accepted the role. Only two people inspire me, and they are K Balachander and Sivaji. When I have KB on the sets to guide me, why should I worry? I also have my other guru Sivaji in mind."
Balachander and his unit could not trace Sulakshana who disappeared from the film scene 12 years ago. So they decided to kill Bhairavi's character and keep her as a photograph in the serial. As it transpired, Sulakshana found out about the sequel from the newspapers and contacted Balachander. To his delight, she told him she would play Bhairavi.
"They were so happy to see me," says Sulakshana. "The script was rewritten and Bhairavi was alive again. I am happy to act as Bhairavi. She is still the same soft person. The only difference is she is older and the mother of two children. There is more understanding between JKB and Bhairavi now -- she doesn't fight with him."
Carnatic singer Anuradha Krishnamoorthy, who has never acted before, will play Sindhu. When contacted by Minbimangal, a surprised Anuradha was reluctant to accept the offer. "My initial reaction was I am not interested in acting. I am a professional singer. I had absolutely no plans to act. I told them I needed time to think. It was my husband's gentle persuasion that made me meet K Balachander. Once I met him, I was struck by his simplicity. When he told me they would see to it that my kacheris (concerts) would not get affected because of the shooting, I said yes."
Rajesh Vaidya, who is composing the songs for the serial, faces a tough challenge; the songs composed by Ilayaraja for Sindhu Bhairavi are considered masterpieces. Carnatic stalwarts Dr M Balamurali Krishna and Sudha Raghunathan will render the songs.
Tthank you sir.. For bringing such vivid details.. Kanakangi... Mogam ennum theeyil, Lathaangi.. Thogai ila mayil song, Sarasaangi.. . Meenamma. Meenamma etc...he is priceless... Our film industry should engage raja sir with more movies.. Spb and Raja need to patch up for the sake fans like us
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