Imagine Gavaskar and Tendulkar playing in the same Test innings at both ends and slamming double hundreds.
On-screen scenario: Two bosom pals engage in a sort of jugalbandi, musing about the same romantic muse.īesides the superb lyric and memorable music, this is an alloy of platinum and titanium, in terms of sentimental value as it's a rare all-male duet featuring Ghantasala and Balu. Picturised on N T Rama Rao, Kantha Rao and K R Vijaya. Prati Raatri Vasanta Raatri, Ekaveera, 1969
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Rich with gospel tunes fused with Indian raagas and laced with chaste Telugu, this pathos-filled long number unfolds like a tumultuous river in full spate, leaving the heart in knots, lacrimal glands overworked, and the mind pondering about the mystery, darkness and greatness of life in human form.Ĥ. On-screen scenario: The crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth. Kadilindi Karuna Radham, Karunamayudu, 1978 Check it out on YouTube or music sites.ģ. This song is a testament to the limits to which a language can be stretched to embody meanings and emotions that are best experienced and savoured in mind.īut with a supremely confident, in-the-zone Balu at the microphone, and a magical Mahadevan wielding the baton, Reddy's utterly crazy, tongue-twisting lyric, which appears impossible even to read in print, leave alone understand, gathers dimensions of electrifying, energizing, spellbinding beauty.ĭon't take my word for it. On-screen scenario: A struggling male poet whose works are rejected by publishers because he is dark-skinned, duels with a fair-skinned female classical dancer (and his admirer) in a public contest involving impromptu poetry to match what is portrayed through her dance on the stage, and vice-versa - and he comes up trumps, to tremendous applause. Charana Kinkinulu (Aadavay Mayuri), Chelleli Kapuram, 1973 Go figure the magic and mystery of Balu's voice and the classical raagas harnessed by composer Mahadevan (or "Maama", incidentally the finest of the excavators who mined the gold of Balu's singing prowess).Ģ.
My oldest nephew, when he was just two, would wake up sometimes in the night and bawl for apparently no reason, and demand that the ' Om' song be played on the tape-recorder! Nothing else, not even warm formula milk, would pacify him.Īnd once the boy had his fill of the song, he would magically slip back into his sleep. If Ghantasaala had Sivasankari Sivanandalahari that could melt rocks and give goosebumps, Balu's award-winning number - the first of his six numbers that won the National Award for best male playback singer - is of the inner god, for the god up above, by the god in between. On-screen scenario: Classical soulful solo by an orthodox, ageing singer rendered at a concert.
The overall compilation should serve to highlight the amazing range of Balu's songs, his fantastic repertoire. I have chosen only one song, my favourite, from each of the movies listed below, although many of these films have multiple superhit, unforgettable numbers. Recall effect (ability of the first few notes of a song to retrieve the entire related memory file and replay the number in the head, re-activating associated neural nodes and memories embedded therein). Impact (on the mind, the market and the filmmaker/choreographer who picturised the song) Ħ. Rendition (singer's application of talent to do full justice to the 'spirit' of the lyric and the music) ģ. Popularity quotient (inner joy experienced by music-lovers as reflected in LP record /cassette sales, repeat broadcasts, bathroom humming, public and media acclaim, or number of uploads, downloads and shares) Ģ. S P Balasubrahmanyam passed away in his 75th year, and so we celebrate the singer with 75 of his top songs, in a multi-part special.īesides my infinite respect and admiration for Balu, some of the key factors that informed my selection are:ġ. Siva Sankar looks at S P Balasubrahmanyam's fantastic repertoire.
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