>It seems ARR used > to lovingly > > chide his singers as " Sharada", when they do not sing properly. > even Harini > > was the benefcient of Sharada once or twice. The logic behind > calling > > Sharada was that in the film Sankara Bharanam, Somyajulu used to > say ' > > Sharada , Sharada " to the singer, who didn;t sing as per the > shruti, . ARR > > was influenced by that and he used to follow that stye.
For anyone who grew up watching K. Vishwanath's legendary Shankarabharanam a few dozen times on DD's Sunday afternoon movie shows, that's a pointer to the phenomenal yet subtle and sometimes cryptic sense of humour that ARR has.
