Penning a different beat
RANEE KUMAR
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Kulashekar continues to scorch charts with his hummable songs.
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HIT MACHINE Kulasekhar turns dialogue writer too.
From print to visual media to entertainment industry was no cakewalk for T.P. Kulasekhar whose pen has catapulted him into one of the top bracket lyricists of Telugu cinema.
From the 60-year-old fruit vendor to the six - year old school-going kid there is hardly anyone who doesn't tap and hum to the tunes of his hit numbers like Gaajuvaaka pilla mem gaajulollum kaama, Raanu raanantooney chinnado to the recent Cheliya cheliyaa long after they scaled the Top 10 charts. To top this, Kulasekhar has turned into a dialogue-writer too with Gharshana (Telugu). Style and Tenth Class are natural corollaries. "It sounds weird and contradictory that apart from the 500 over flippant lyrics that I have penned, I am able to indulge in sombre poesy like Rama Rasa Vahini. My compilation unfolds Ramayana in its entirety. In Nemali Pincham I've devoted myself to the cult of Krishna consciousness. I have been writing poetry ever since I was a child and awards came my way when I was too tender to appreciate them. Today my lyrics have become my breadwinners. I have no formal training in music but a sruti and laya knowledge (by ear and rhythm) that can decipher the original raga of any tune I hear within a matter of seconds. And I can never compromise on camouflaged vulgarity. My popular lyrics have won me a recognition but here on the home turf, my wife is my greatest critic," he quips. Kulasekhar said good-bye to mainstream journalism when he took shelter under the wings of Sirivennala Sitarama Sastry who was by then established lyricist of Telugu films. "He was a mentor in the true sense of the term. I was still a fledgling when the great master of rhythm, Ilayaraja gave me a break, sharpened my vision towards my potential profession and taught me that simple, everyday occurrences can be moulded into music which would go directly into the heart of the man on the street." There can be no one word to describe the poetic genius of this Sanskrit post-graduate who is witty, religious, rational, down-to-earth, creative, imaginative all at the same time making for a wonderful human being.
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