[racchabanda] Writer for Prathi Ratri Vasantha Ratri

[Dr Prasad NV Tata]

Sometime ago Jampala Clarified on who wrote songs Eka Veera especially
Prati Ratri Vasantha Ratri? Is this Arudra or CNRe? There was some
discussion in Telusa in the lines Everybody thinks it is CNR (he
produced this movie) but it was Arudra who actually penned the songs,
can Jampala or someone clarify?

Regards,

Prasad Tata

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[Bhimaraju Kalidindi]

The song was written by the great Devulapalli Krishna Sastry.

Regards,
Bhimaraju

--- In racch...@yahoogroups.com, "Dr Prasad NV Tata"

<DRPRASADTATA@...> wrote:
>
> Sometime ago Jampala Clarified on who wrote songs Eka Veera
especially
> Prati Ratri Vasantha Ratri? Is this Arudra or CNRe?

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[Dr Prasad NV Tata]

I doubt it sir, Nachaki posted its lyrics on some website and VAK
Ranga Rao (remmeber this guy in 60-90s?) mention it written by Ci Na
Re but my sixth sense (most of the time it is wrong lol) says it is
Arudra. do someone clarify this???

Regards,

Prasad

> The song was written by the great Devulapalli Krishna Sastry.
>
> Regards,
> Bhimaraju
>
> --- In racch...@yahoogroups.com, "Dr Prasad NV Tata"

[Avineny N. Bhaskar]

Prati ratri vasant ratri was written by Devulapalli.
I didn't see Arudra's name in the title card. Only Devulapalli Krishna
Sastry, si.na.re names were present in the titles.

First I read the novel and later I watched this movie. Movie doesn't
give the feeling what the novel gives!

Regards,
Bhaskar.

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[Sreenivas Paruchuri]

You got the right answer from Bhimarajugaaru. The song in question is indeed
penned by Devulapalli.

Please show NaChaKi's posting and also VAK's writeup where he said that
si.naa.re wrote it. Instead of saying that "you doubt" Sri Bhimaraju's
answer, I suggest that you crosscheck yourself those innumerable essays on
DKS and this song, or better Devulapalli's మేఘమాల (1975), a
compilation of his film songs If you still doubt the authenticity of
మేఘమాల, then please go through si.naa.re's పగలే వెన్నెల
(Yuvabhaarati publications, 1975) and his three volumes of పాటలో ఏముంది
నా మాటలో... from late 1990s and 5 volumes of Arudra's film lyrics
(published in 2003*) to see if if you could find it there.

Anyway, to make your life easier, please see Bandi Srikanth's posting:

http://www.bhaavana.net/ghantasala/0457.html

where he produced excerpts from CNR's above mentioned book.

"CNR talks about 'EkavIra' (1969) later (the book, which I haven't
read fully, seems to be chronologically ordered) and mentions
dEvulapalli's song "pratI raatri vasanta raatri".
CNR wrote "tOTalO naa raaju" for the film.
He says sometimes people got confused that
this was written by dEvulapalli and 'pratI raatri' by CNR."

Regards,
Sreenivas

P.S. Theres another anthology of aarudra's film lyrics: కొండగాలి
తిరిగింది from mid-70s.

> I doubt it sir, Nachaki posted its lyrics on some website and VAK
> Ranga Rao (remmeber this guy in 60-90s?) mention it written by Ci Na
> Re but my sixth sense (most of the time it is wrong lol) says it is
> Arudra. do someone clarify this???
>

> > The song was written by the great Devulapalli Krishna Sastry.

[NaChaKi]

>>Nachaki posted its lyrics on some website

It was not I who posted the lyrics on TeluguCinema.Com! (Even this was credited wrongly :-)) It was Sri Atluri, who also probably wrote above the movie in the first link. And, the original source *might have* been Sree M. Sanjay Kishore, who then supplied content to TeluguCinema.Com's "Old Gold" section. All the links below indicate that the credit is given rightly to Sree Devulapalli.

http://www.telugucinema.com/c/movies/ekavIra1969.php
http://www.telugucinema.com/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi?archive=12&num=3195 OR http://www.telugucinema.com/c/og/ekavira1.php

Sincerely,
NaChaKi

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[Dr Prasad NV Tata]

I don't like to rke an argument it was a genuine question. However
having got into this here it is the link.

Bhavadheeyudu

Tata

http://www.telugucinema.com/c/og/lyric_Ekaveera1.php

Lyrics from Ekaveera (1969) requested by a TC visitor
By NaChaKi
Apr 9, 2004, 06:31

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RTS version of the song:

citraM: Ekaveera (1969)
saMgeetaM: ke. vi. mahadEvan^
saahityaM: si. naaraayaNareDDi
gaayakulu: ghaMTasaala veMkaTESwararaavu, es. pi. baalasubrahmaNyaM
niDivi: 4:12 ni||

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--- In racch...@yahoogroups.com, NaChaKi <nachakigroups@...>
wrote:

>
> >>Nachaki posted its lyrics on some website
>
> It was not I who posted the lyrics on TeluguCinema.Com! (Even
this was credited wrongly :-)) It was Sri Atluri, who also probably
wrote above the movie in the first link. And, the original source
*might have* been Sree M. Sanjay Kishore, who then supplied content
to TeluguCinema.Com's "Old Gold" section. All the links below
indicate that the credit is given rightly to Sree Devulapalli.

> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Dr Prasad NV Tata]

Nachaki Garu:

I am still confused, you rightfully pointed out me to the right
direction, thanks but again the web is so complicated doubt still
exists, whoever wrote the song, you can't take out the melody and
bhavukata out of it, perhaps I am the luckiest person to see in
perason all the four great people- Viswanatha, Arudra, Devulapalli
and Ci Na Re in person.

recently out of saint louis bad luck or my lucky I am the cultural
secretary for the STL telugu Assn and to fill a time slot I picked
this song for trying my vocal cord talent.

Once again thanks for all those who corrected me.

Prasad

--- In racch...@yahoogroups.com, NaChaKi <nachakigroups@...>
wrote:
>

> >>Nachaki posted its lyrics on some website
>
> It was not I who posted the lyrics on TeluguCinema.Com! (Even
this was credited wrongly :-))

[NaChaKi]

Prasad gaarU,

namastE!

>> http://www.telugucinema.com/c/og/lyric_Ekaveera1.php

Thanks for letting me know about this! I really don't remember writing this lyric for any website including TeluguCinema.Com! :-( That was why I confidently said I didn't write it, and even quipped that that info was also wrongly credited! I am sincerely sorry. I don't know what made me write that it was by si.naa.re, but I knew it was not by him. I was probably carried away by a personal memory of Ekaveera: In a college-level cinema quiz at one time in my engineering, one of the questions was: "Name the movie for which two j~naanapeeTh awardees are among the credits." Whenever I think of this movie, that question comes to my mind, and naturally I'd remember si.naa.re! Probably, that was why I wrongly wrote it was by CNR. It's purely my mistake, and of course, the lyricist to be credited is Sree Devulapalli.

And, all the best with your singing :-)

NaChaKi
PS: TeluguCinema.Com recently switched servers, and I could not edit the info in the above hyperlink. I shall do that soon as I can. Thanks for informing.

[V. Chowdary Jampala]

On 3/15/06, Dr Prasad NV Tata <DRPRAS...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Sometime ago Jampala Clarified on who wrote songs Eka Veera especially
> Prati Ratri Vasantha Ratri? Is this Arudra or CNRe?
>

The కూని రాగం feature in the March issue of తెలుగు నాడి (on its way
to a mailbox near you) has the answer to this question :)

(Scouts honor, I didn't put up the dear Doctor to pose this question ;-)

> There was some
> discussion in Telusa in the lines Everybody thinks it is CNR (he
> produced this movie)
>

The movie was produced by DL Narayana, the same gentleman who produced
dEvadaasu earlier. sinaare wrote the dialogues (the only time he did that)
and some songs for this movie.

An oft-repeated joke about this movie (and sinaare): ఈ సినిమా తెలుగులో
తీస్తే బాగుండేది.

Regards -- V Chowdary Jampala

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[Avineny N. Bhaskar]

--- In racch...@yahoogroups.com, "V. Chowdary Jampala"

<cjampala@...> wrote:
>
> An oft-repeated joke about this movie (and sinaare): ఈ సినిమా
తెలుగులో
> తీస్తే బాగుండేది.

Chowdary gaaru, I didn't understand the joke at all. Can you be bit
elaborate enough on this so that people like me also enjoy it?

Thanks & Regards
Avineny N Bhaskar.

[Savithri Machiraju]

That's quite unfair, I think. Perhaps a better joke might have been: ఈ
సంభాషణలు వచనంలో ఉంటే బాగుండేవి. :)

Though I personally thought they were quite beautiful.

Savithri Machiraju

>
> An oft-repeated joke about this movie (and sinaare): ఈ సినిమా తెలుగులో
> తీస్తే బాగుండేది.
>
> Regards -- V Chowdary Jampala
>

[V. Chowdary Jampala]

On 3/17/06, Avineny N. Bhaskar <avi...@yahoo.co.in> wrote:
>
>
>
> Chowdary gaaru, I didn't understand the joke at all. Can you be bit
> elaborate enough on this so that people like me also enjoy it?
>

To paraphrase sinaare, the dialogues of Ekaveera were కవితాత్మకం,
రసాత్మకం, అంద్ ప్రతీకాత్మకం and were enjoyed by the రస్జ్నులు
(saavitri gaaru testified to this in another mail on this thread).

However, the general belief in trade circles was that the audience found the
dialogues to be too highbrow and rejected the film. To be fair, the
dialogues couldn't have been the only factor. A movie starring NTR and
Kantarao in folklore tights and not having a single swordfight, but full
of wistful sighs and muffled sobs probably did not have much of a chance at
the box-office. And the very unusual love quandragle was probably difficult
too.

Incidentally, the joke is not mine. I heard it directly from several people
including a now deceased famous film lyric writer.

Regards -- V Chowdary Jampala

PS: I am told, in an off-line mail by another member of the group, that I
was wrong in saying that Ekaveera was the only film for which sinaare wrote
the dialogues and that sinaare penned the dialogue for Akbar, Saleem,
Anaarkali. I wasn't aware of that. Can somebody verify this info? If I
remember right, that film had music by C. Raamachandra.

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[Bhimaraju Kalidindi]

--- In racch...@yahoogroups.com, "V. Chowdary Jampala"
<cjampala@...> wrote:

> However, the general belief in trade circles was that the audience
found the
> dialogues to be too highbrow and rejected the film. To be fair, the
> dialogues couldn't have been the only factor. A movie starring NTR
and
> Kantarao in folklore tights and not having a single swordfight,
but full
> of wistful sighs and muffled sobs probably did not have much of a
chance at
> the box-office. And the very unusual love quandragle was probably
difficult
> too.

Let me put my thoughts and what I used to hear about this movie ...
I was a kid (< 10 yrs) when I watched this movie. I was a die hard
fan of kantha rao until this movie, after which I stopped being a
fan of any telugu hero until now. NTR and kanta Rao did have a fight
in the movie. Kanta rao loses to NTR (Ofcourse I hated that !).
From what I heard, Ekaveera was a great kaLaakaanDam, but CNReddy
written dialouges were the main contributor to the failure. Probably
the tragedy of all four lead roles at the end, if I recollect
correctly, may not have pleased many .....? I personally would
credit K V Mahadevan for the great songs of Ekaveera .. besides good
lyrics.

Regards,
Bhimaraju