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Metro cultural round-up
Ch. Neelima
Dr. Akkineni Cultural Association organised a 'goshti' on `Dasaradhi rachanalu and cine geetaalu' recently. Its president, Kotipalli Chandrasekhara Rao, who chaired the session, said that while the Kavitha samputis `Agnidhara', `Rudraveena', `Punarnavam', `Galib Geethalu' and the likes of the poet not only fetched him high esteem but also enriched the grandeur of Telugu literature, his cine lyrics, `Yedivilo virisina parijathamo' for Kannevayasu, `Khushikhushigaa navvuthu' for Iddarumitrulu, `Nadireyi Yejhamulo' for Rangularatnam and `Mogindi veena' for Jamindarigari Ammayi, were a few gems among the ever haunting melodies he contributed to the film field.The guest of honour, Ponnada Kumar, gave a detailed account of the unique contribution of Dasaradhi inspiring the people of Telangana with his poems like `Naa Telangana Koti Ratanala Veena' to raise rebellion against the then dictatorial rule and even suffered imprisonment, but happily for him, the people ultimately succeded in achieving emancipation from the clutches of slavery. Kumar recited a few excerpts from `Timiramlo samaram', `Kavithapushpam' and the likes which won Central and State Sahitya Akademi awards. Small wonder, Sri Venkateswara and Andhra Universities conferred honorary doctorate degrees on him.#The recital of some songs of Dasaradhi from old films by Kovila, Kumar, Radhakrishna, Ayesha Begum, Appayamma and Bhanuprasad among others marked the grand finale.
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Telugu Bhashaa Samvardhana Samithi and Bharateeya Sikshana Mandal, commemorating the Andhra Pradesh Formation Day, jointly organised a talk on `Andhrodyama kavitvamu - Teerutennulu' by Bharathibhushana Rambhatla Nrusimha Sarma of Akashvani recently. Presided over by G.V.S.L. Narasimha Raju, the function at which the former AU Vice-Chancellor, Maddi Gopalakrishna Reddy, was the chief guest, was held in Bhuvanavijayam Vedika of the B.V.K. College.The samithi secretary, D.V. Surya Rao, gave an elaborate account of the aims and objectives of the body, the most important of which being the need to teach Telugu right from kindergarten stage and make it compulsory for all schools, including convent schools. Prof. Raju, Dr. Reddy and the Akhila Bharatiya Sikshana Mandal secretary, Duggirala Visweswaram, spoke emphasising this aspect.''This does not mean any prejudice for any other language, English in particular, but at the same time the kids of today, the future of the culture, should not be deprived of a chance even to read and understand their own mother-tongue, leave alone assimilating its grandeur evolved over the ages.as if in. Who are to blame ultimately for the sorry state of affairs? `Are we not the elders who have, of late, started deriving the acme of pleasure when our own younglings call us mummy, daddy, granny and so on?','' they averred making the house-full audience murumur about such a folly.Rambhatla's talk was an exhaustive coverage of the data of 'udyama kavutvam' starting from the early period of the last century updated till the formation of the full-fledged State of AP on November 1, 1956. First he dealt in brief how the swadeshi movement by the Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak on one hand and Kandukuri's mission of promotion of Telugu culture along with the language on the other inspired the national leaders from Andhra region like Kopella Hanumantha Rao to start the Hindu College at Machilipatnam, the Krishna Karmagaaram by Mutnuri Krishna Rao, Vignana Chandrika Grandha Mandali by Komarraju Lakshmana Rao and Raavichettu Ranga Rao at Hyderabad and so on as early as the first decade of the last century itself. Analysing eruditely how the sanction of separate States for Oriya and the Sindhi speaking people by the British in 1930s, turning a deaf year to the demand of the Andhras over decades by then, he said that made their resolve more firm.Sarma classified the Andhrodyama kavitwam into four stages, 1900-12, a period of venting out fealings, 1912-20 of high profile canvassing, then a dormant state as everybody's prime concern was for freedom and finally the agitation till the formation of Andhra Rashtram on October 1, 1953, with its capital at Kurnool as a result of Potti Sriramulu's martyrdom on December 14, 1952, after 57 days of fasting. Overall, the talk interspersed with an inspiring recitation of some chosen excerpts from the poesy of renowned men of letters, Balantrapu Venkata Rao, Budamagunta Sivaramayya, Lanka Sundaram, Mangipudi Venkata Sarma, Gaddam Konda Reddy, Pippara Sodara Kavulu, Jampana Chandrasekhara Rao and Seshadri Rama Kavulu among others between 1910-14; and Duggirala Balaramakrishnayya, Konda Venkatappayya, Vemulapalli Srikrishna, Paidipaati, Suravaram Prathapa Reddy, Rayaprolu, Tripuraneni Raviraju, Gudipudi Rajeswari, Sankarambadi Sundarachari, Viswanadha, Devulapalli, Narla Chiranjeevi, Dasaradhi, Adavi Bapi Raju, Tummala, Cinaare and the likes (1915-56) went astir like the thudding and thrusting flow of the Nayagara falls. No wonder, a flabbergast audience was literally glued to the seat.
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Sri Vijaya Thyagaraja Sangeetha Sabha, the earliest of all the organisations serving the cause of classical music and dance in the port city, awards two gold medals to be given to young and up coming artistes in both the forms of the fine arts every year. These awards have been instituted in memory of the noted connoisseur of the Carnatic tradition, Durvasula Bhagavanulu and Namburi Alahari Singari who was professor in Andhra Medical College and also one of the prime founders of the sabha in 1946 and its president too for a long time.The talented young Ch. Neelima studying in Class IX in Timpany School has been chosen for this year's Alahari Singari award. It will be presented by Sadguru K. Sivananda Murthy at a function to be held at Kalabharati at 6 p.m. on Thursday. Neelima will render a Bharatanatyam recital also.
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The Vaishnavi Conference Hall recently witnessed an exhibition of some works in water colours by Chelikani Muralikrishna of Bobbili.A show of a specially significant and appealing pictures of the manifestations of the Lord of Lords of the universe, it attracted overhelming response. Inaugurated by Tridandi Sri China Srimannarayana Ramanuja Jeeyar Swami, it displayed select paintings that stood out visually depicting some of the descriptions contained in chosen compositions of Annamayya.A medico by profession though, Muralikrishna, hailing from a family of pious devotees of Lord Krishna and endowed with a flair for the brush, continues to nurture his gift in painting. More than a thousand of such paintings were already published in dailies and weeklies like Andhra Patrika, Andhra Prabha, Krishna Patrika and Visalandhra. Some of his works in group shows won him many a laurel too.#His penchant decidedly seems to be for the themes in pietistic poetry. He worked successfully visualising the descriptive part of about 40 compositions from the Gita Govindam of Jayadeva, Andal's Tiruppavai and so on, attracted accolades from renowned men of spirituality and the authorities of the TTD as well who published them in book form. Thus, he carved a niche for himself as a transliterator of sublime poesy into the visual medium of art. All the pictures mounted for public view in the Vaishnavi Hall stood testimony for his fervent relish for transliteration of the ecstatic imagery expounded in the compositions of Annamayya in poetic idiom into the instantly appealing vocabulary of his pallette. The visualisation of `Kulukaga nadavaro ammalaala', `Paratatwambagu baaludithadu', `Kolanigapariki gobbillo', `Adivo alladivo Sriharivasamu', `Ghora vidarana Narasimha', `Emoko chigurutadharamuna', `Alaralukuriyaga' and `Bhavayami Gopalabalam' among others reflecting conformable scheme of colour and aesthetic composition command contemplative attention. #Later in the week, Visakha Music and Dance Academy organised a recital of Ghantasala's songs by Gollapalli Krishna and party from Vizianagaram in Kalabharathi. Niharika, Parvathi and Dora joined him in chorus, duets and rendered a couple of solos each. K.P. Sastry on the harmonium, T.V. Ramanamurthy on the tabla, V. Narasimha Rao on the clarionet and Purnachandra Rao on the guitar lent fairly good support.However, Krishna struggling for breath more often than not failed to impress despite his voice had the needed metalic timber. Except Parvathi, the others seemed to be novices on the stage. Over all, it turned out to be a programme not at all conformable with the name and fame and befitting the dignity of the Academy.
A. RAMALINGA SASTRY
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