MSV, mighty and marvelled
Photo: M. Karunakaran
Honour: MSV being conferred the title, Sangeetha Saraswathi.
Recently Manava Seva Kendra, Bangalore, founded by Poojyasri Viswanath Guruji celebrated the 56th birthday of its founder, at Kamarajar Arangam.
Manayangath Subramanian Viswanathan, popularly known as MSV, was conferred the title ‘Sangeetha Saraswathi’ by the Guruji. Incidentally the previous day ( June 24) had been MSV’s 80th birthday.
Thanking the Swamiji, MSV, in his acceptance speech dedicated the award to all his mentors, producers, lyricists, singers, actors, and the members of his orchestra who he felt had played an important role in his growth. VCDs of concerts of Neyveli R. Santhanagoplan and drummer Sivamani and a book comprising Swamiji’s talks translated into Tamil by Sri Venugopalan, were released.
Guruji in his discourse that followed highlighted Love as a prime value of life.
Much-awaited segment
The aarathi song by Sriram Parthasarathy marked the commencement of the evening’s much awaited music programme.
Nine songs penned imaginatively by Kavignar Kamakotiyan, eulogising the Guruji, his Kendra’s activities etc., were all composed in a single day, said MSV during the course of the concert. The composer’s genius came to the fore in every song effectively rendered by Kovai Murali, Ananthu, Jaya Srikumar, Sabitha and Sudhavalli.
As the programme was drawing to an end a bonus awaited the rasikas. MSV invited P. Suseela, Vani Jairam and P.B. Sreenivos to the stage to present a song of their choice. And they did not disappoint the audience. The programme concluded with a drum solo by Sivamani.
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