Hi Pavan,
U are right...
I met both Dakshinamoorthy sir and his daughter Gomathishri at a function in
chennai recently.. It is the same Gomathishri who sung the thiruppaaavai bit in
Sahana...
Aravind
arr pavan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Dude ! Whether it is his daughter Gomathisri who sang the traditional
thirupaavai - 'Maalae Manivanna' portion in the slower version of Sahana song
(Sivaji) with co-singer Vijay Yesudas ? Check out here, his photo, about him &
the web-link. Regards Pavan
Friday Review
Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Friday, Oct 26, 2007
Down music lane
P.K. AJITH KUMAR
Veteran composer V. Dakshinamoorthys hallmark is the classic touch
he added to all his evergreen songs.
Photo: S. Ramesh Kurup
Living legend: V. Dakshinamoorthy.
When P. Leela, who was supposed to sing a lullaby for the 1960 film,
Seetha, failed to turn up, music director V. Dakshinamoorthy decided to
introduce a new voice to Malayalam film music. Her name was P. Susheela, but
she nearly gave up on that song. I cant sing this song, the pronunciation is
difficult, she told the composer. He didnt pay heed to her.
The song was Pattu padiyurakkam njan
, which remains a popular lullaby in
Malayalam cinema, nearly five decades on. Making Susheelas golden voice heard
in Malayalam is one of the many contributions of Dakshinamoorthy.
I had heard Susheela sing some Tamil songs and was impressed by her voice
and rendering; I wanted her to sing that song in Seetha, but she had a
problem with the Malayalam letter na. She just couldnt get it right. I told
her that she should touch her teeth with the tip of her tongue. She got it
right finally, and we recorded the song the following day, says
Dakshinamoorthy, who was in Kozhikode recently for a Carnatic vocal recital at
the Navaratri festival.
Full of anecdotes
He may be 88, but he can still regale you with many such anecdotes. It is
the first tune that comes to my mind as I go through the lyrics of a song that
I retain in the final composition; first impression is the best impression
after all. And usually, the producer and the director agree with my choice too.
But when I composed Kakkakuyile cholloo
, for the film Bharthavu, the
producer T.E. Vasudevan wasnt happy with it and there was no consensus. So I
composed another tune and it was decided that we should vote as they were five
of us at that time. My original tune won by a huge margin, he chuckles.
This living legend in Malayalam film music says he never wanted to impose
music on the lyrics. What I did was just apply music lightly on the lines.
When he did that, we got immortal songs. He took a two-decade break after
composing Vathil pazhuthilooden
(Idanazhiyil Oru Kalocha). Recently he
recorded three songs for a film titled Mizhikal Sakshi.
It was with Sreekumaran Thampi that Dakshinamoorthy worked with in the
highest number of films. They formed one of the most fruitful combinations in
Malayalam film music, like Vayalar-Devarajan and P. Bhaskaran-Baburaj.
Though I was just 26 when I began associating with Dakshinamoorthy, for
Cochin Express, I felt comfortable working with him. Our first hit together
was Hrudaya sarassile
I would say Dakshinamoorthy was the first composer who
brought pure Carnatic music to Malayalam cinema. He knew precisely how to use
classical music in Malayalam light music, says Thampi.
If one looks at Dakshinamoorthys compositions, Kharaharapriya would seem a
favourite raga. He explains why: When I found that Uthara swayamvaram
was
loved by people, I thought I would as well tune one song in Kharaharapriya in
all my films, he says with a smile.
The Chennai-based composer, who would be visiting Kerala more often as he is
one of the judges of a classical music talent hunt on television, is surprised
that only a few of his songs are heard in ganamelas. Maybe because they cant
sing some of my compositions for K.J. Yesudas, like Kattile pazhmulam
I have
seen only Madhu Balakrishnan attempt that song, says the man who made his
debut in Malayalam cinema, with Nalla Thanka, way back in 1950.
Unforgettable - Some of Dakshinamoorthys unforgettable melodies:
Ponveyil manikacha
(Nrithashala)
Swapnangal
(Kavyamela)
Hrudaya sarassile
(Padunna Puzha)
Uthara swayamvaram
(Danger Buscuit)
Kattile pazhmulam
(Vilakku Vangiya Veena)
Shranthamambaram
(Abhayam)
En mandahasam
(Udayam)
http://www.hindu.com/fr/2007/10/26/stories/2007102650320300.htm
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