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`Telugu Cine Geetalu', presented Telugu songs composed by Hindi music directors
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ONE GOOD thing about attending Telugu sabhas is that you feel re-assured that the language still exists in its pristine form. So, when Sukanya Art Theatres organised a variety cultural programme - the concept was to render a few Telugu songs composed by Hindi music directors - it was Telugu to the T. Right from `Namaskaram' and `Baagunnara' to `Sabha Saraswathiki Subhabhivandanaalu', everything was Telugu. Except the unique touch of Hindi music directors, of course.
The event - presented by popular singer-composer-keyboard player Vinod Babu and company, including singers Surekha Murthy, Raman Bharadwaj and Pavani (minus Nityasanthoshini who could not make it), to a packed auditorium - was a major draw despite a few hitches (it started 45 minutes late; the address and felicitation ceremonies took up another 15 minutes).
Well-chosen songs composed by O.P. Nayyar (Neerajanam), Shankar-Jaikishan (Jeevitha Chakram), Laxmikant-Pyarelal (Majnu), C. Ramachandra (Akbar Saleem Anarkali), Kalyanji-Anandji, Anand-Milind, Ravi (Sarigamalu), Bappi Lahari (State Rowdy, Gang Leader) and Aditya Paudwal (Sai Mahima) were presented.
Conspicuous by their absence were Panchamda (Antham), Ravindra Jain (Brahmarshi Viswamitra) and Salil Chowdhary (Chairman Chalamayya) (since when has Ram Gopal Varma's venture Antham run out of albums, one wonders).
The programme, held at Thyagaraja Gana Sabha, started off on an auspicious note with invocation by Vinod Babu and then, Sai divya roopam rendered by Surekha Murthy. After a devotional, a melancholic Sudigaalilona bratuku which followed, though rendered touchingly by Vinod Babu, sounded completely out of place and should have been postponed.
Seasoned artistes Vinod Babu and Surekha Murty proved their professionalism, skill and experience of singing on stage yet again. But two singers who despite being comparatively new to the stage fared well are Ramesh (a talented drummer too) and six-year-old Haripriya Kirtana.
While Ramesh brought forth the melody in Rafi's voice plus his non-Telugu pronunciation very well in the two songs he rendered (Taaralentaga meriseno and Sipayi O sipayi with Surekha Murty - both from Akbar Saleem Anarkali), baby Kirtana should have been kept off adult stuff. Her rendering of Sarigamalaapavaya sarasaku cheravaya - which she sang bravely sounding like a 16-year-old and coped with the `sruthi' as much as her age permitted - was a put-off because of its content. Having journeyed through songs like Suvvi suvvi... choode olammi (which was too loud and jarring), Idi toli raatri, Bhadrachalam konda, Sangeetame sarasa sallapame, Idi kalayani nenanukona (Vinod Babu attempted both male and female voices in the end) and Chiluka kshemama (which showed that youngsters Pavani and Raman Bharadwaj have still a long way to go), the event proved yet again that "music has no language barriers," as O.P. Nayyar put it once.
Well compered by S.V. Rama Rao, the programme, though dominated by the colour era mostly, entertained all alike.
SHANTI NANISETTI
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