Vidhata Talapuna - An old telugu karaoke recording
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Song : Vidhata Talapuna
Movie: Srivennela
Singers : SPB, Susheela
Composer : K.V.Mahadevan
Lyrics : Seetarama Sastry
Performed by : Murali Venkatraman
Was done in 2008. Would not consider this as one of my better efforts. Just posting for the love of the song.
Write-up from then:
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I am up from the slumber with a telugu number (ooh…sounds like a telugu movie dialogue ? :-)). I have not been exactly inactive musically since composing keeps me busy. But my singing nose-dived because of severely blistered throat which persisted for almost 2 months and the after effects are still haunting me. I have just started recovering and hopefully this song will dust off my rust.
Research has kept me utterly busy that I have started hating it. (Who knows, in some years, if financial situation permits, I will ditch research for music composing.) And I have also been working on some articles on music which will probably get published in dhool and this blog simultaneously.
How would two lovers – one blind and the other mute, communicate ? This was an interesting question I had when I was in college. It inspired me to write a poem in a modern style without alliterations or rhymes. This poem got published in my college magazine.
To my consternation I learn after coming to USA that the answer that K.Vishwanath had provided was in celluloid ! The movie Sirivennela directed by K.Vishwanath featuring Sarvadaman Banerjee (Blind flautist) and Suhasini (Mute fan) went on to be preserved as an all time classic in telugu. He had chosen to portray the girl as mute and the guy as blind whereas in the poem I had chosen the opposite.
I was introduced to this song by one of my friends who had causally remarked in a conversation :“vidhata talapuna in telugu is a great song”. Somehow the two words stuck on my memory. And one day, thanks to musicindiaonline.com ended up listening to this song.
As they say in tamil “uyirodu kalandhadhu” – It just dissolved in my soul and became an all time favorite in the very first listnening. IF melodies were queens, their undisuputed king would be SPB. And this is just another song that proves how soulful a song becomes in his voice.
Somehow with an irrepressible desire to sing the song in entirety I have not shared this any of my favorite lady singer friends. SPB, KVM and Susheela and you all – please pardon me.
Since the Karaoke had to be made by ripping the original mp3 and adjusted, the mixing is not that effective. To ease that, I have tried some voice overs. Hope you dont find it irritating.
Special thanks to Sudhamsu for correcting my pronunciation in the first part of the song. (We could not sit for the rest of the song. So whatever good pronuncition you hear is because of him and whatever is bad is because of me. You are welcome to point out the errors as I believe no song should be sung at the expense of its lyrics)
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காற்றின் மேலுள்ள காதல் தன்னாலே
கடல்நீரும் அலைக்கைகள் நீட்டுதுவோ?
சீற்றம் தாஙகாமல் சிதறுதுவோ மட்டுளிகள் ?
சிறிதும் காணாமல் நீரும் சிலிர்த்து
மண்ணின் மனதை மிதித்து இறுக்கிடுதோ ?
வளியோடு வாரியது விளையாடுங் காலை
ஒவ்வாத நிலத்திர்கென் வேலை ?
நினைந்து நடக்கின்றேன்; நீரில் நிற்கின்றேன்;
நீரலைகள் என்பாதம் நீவிவிட நெகிழ்கின்றேன்;
மண்ணில் கோட்டைகள் மட்டின்றி கட்டிடலாம்;
மனதில் வேட்கைகள் குறைவின்றி கொண்டிடலாம்;
கண்ணில் தெரிகின்ற கனவுக ளையெல்லாம்
மெய்யாய்க் கண்டிடவும் ஆசைகள் வைத்திடலாம்;
காலமெனும் கூற்றுவனோ கண்ணின்றி கருக்கிடுவான்;
கனிகின்ற போதினிலும் கருமை படர்த்திடுவான்;
முன்னே நான்செல்ல முயலுங்கால் காண்கின்றேன்;
ஓரடியும் கால்வைக்க இயலாமல் இடறியொரு
கம்பத்தைக் கையில்கொண் டிருப்பவளைப் பார்ப்பேன்நான்
பனியில் கால்வைத்த அணில்போன்றும் பதைக்கின்றேன்
எழுலுருவாய் என்முன்னே நிற்கின்ற என்பெண்ணே !
எங்கே தொலைத்திடாய் உந்தன் பார்வயினை ?
ஒளியோடு வாழுங்கால் ஒருநூறு நண்பர்கள்
உனைசுற்றி வாழ்ந்தாரே ஒருவருமே இன்றில்லை!
களியொடும் கவினோடும் வாழ்ந்திட்ட நாளுன்மேல்
காதல் செய்தேனே!காணாதி ருந்தாயே!
இன்றோ அன்பனென யார்வந்தும் காணாது
இருக்கின்ற நிலையினிலே நின்றாயே – நின்னைக்
கண்ணின்றிக் காணத்தான் காலமெனை விட்டதா ?
வலியில்லை என்நெஞ்சில் வன்துயரம் தாங்கிடவும்.
சிலையாய் நிற்கின்றேன் சிந்தை கலங்கிபோய்!
சிறிதே அண்டிட்டு மேனில்யிலே சிதறுகிறாய்!
கைதொட்டு உனைத்தூக்கி நிறுத்திடவும் செய்திட்டால் – என்
கரம்கொண்ட வளையத்தால் கணத்திலெனை உணர்கின்றாய்!
“நீங்களா… ?
முன்னம் வாழ்வினிலே சுற்றம்பல விருந்தார்
இன்னம் விழியின்றி இருக்குங்கால் – ஒரு
கழியே – எனக்கு
விழியே – மற்றும்
வழியே
உம்மனதை வெந்திட்டேன் முன்வாழ்விலானாலோ
தம்மனதைத் “தந்திட்டேன்” எனச்சொல்லி எனையேற்பார்
தாரணியில் இலர்போலும்!உளரோ ? சொல்வீர்நீர்!"
கண்ணே!
கடலின் மேற்புறத்தே அலைகள் உண்டென்றும்
ஆழ்புரத்து இல்லை இதுண்மை;மண்ணில்
மேலொன்றும் கீழ்ழோன்றும் (இ)ரண்டென்று இல்லையடி
என்றென்றும் ஓர்நிலையே தான்!
“வாழ்வு இருந்தக்கால் அன்பை நினைந்ததிலை
ஊழின் பயினிங்கு வாட்டுங்கால் உணர்கின்றேன்
ஏற்பீரோ என்னைநீர் இந்நிலையில்”என்றழுது
நிற்கின்றாள் !நினைவேன் நான்!
நின்னை அடைந்திடவே என்னதவம் செய்திருப்பேன் ?
காமத்த்தால் அன்றிக் காதலினால் மட்டும்
கருத்து ஒருமித்த வாழ்வும் தண்திடுவேன்! – ஆனால்
“இயம்புவதும் இயலாதே தோழி !
என் நாக்கினிலே வாக்கில்லை இன்று”
விழியைத் தொலைத்திட்டு வீதியில் நீ வந்தாய்
மொழியைத் தொலைத்திட்டு முன்னேனான் உள்ளேன்
ஏ வாணி !
என்னருகே வா நீ!
கண்மணி தன்னிடம் காதல் சொல்லிட்டே
கட்டாயம் தருகின்றேன் உன்னிடமே !
ஏ வாணி !
என்னருகே வா நீ!
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July 24, 2010
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Rahul Soman said
Murali Anna,
I rarely see your post without a comment that too after I see there are 6 plays…. Hence, I am glad to be the first to acknowledge that I heard this wonderful cover version. I don’t know the meaning, but I think I understood what the poet conveyed because certain words struck a chord in me. You have emoted well in this song and sung with a lot of feel. I enjoyed the song. I loved the way the flute was played in this song. I have never heard the original. Thanks for sharing this version!
Regards,
Rahul Soman
“The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do!!!”
Please listen to the original compositions for which I have penned lyrics
1. En kaNNil niRayum daivam – A tribute to Amma
2. Urukumen manamoru
3. Makara Nilaavin
4. Akshararoopini Saraswathi
5. Ponaryanpaadam – Onam Song
Sriram Srinivasan said
Murali,
Everything about this post is BEAUTIFUL….
your song pick, your write up, your perception, your interpretation, your diction and your singing….
keep them coming….
—
Sriram
Murali Venkatraman said
Rahul and Sriram :
Thank you for your kind words.
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Adithi said
Totally agree with Sriram! I have heard this a few times in your blog. Good that you posted it here! :)
Peace if possible, but truth at any rate – Martin Luther
Kavi Nagarajan
said
Hi Murali
Thanks for re-introducing this gem of a song. I love the depth in your voice and enjoyed this cover. Some sangathis were beautiful. Some of the others could have been crisper….
The thing I noticed is that your version has a melancholic tinge to it versus the original (Susheela amma’s part) is chirpier. Don’t know if that is intentional.
Nevertheless liked this and listening again to the original after a long while….
I have been inactive in Muziboo for quite a while now, so I may be too late wishing you. I hear you got married, Congratulations.:-)
Kavitha
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Murali Venkatraman said
Adithi: Thanks.
Kavitha : Welcome back. Yes…I dont know why it sounds a bit sad. May be my mood then :) And thanks for the wishes.
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Swati Prasad (unable to be frequent) said
Whoa!!! what a song
story of the movie is awesome indeed
and the lyrics is soo good
loved it in your voice :)
Regards
Swati
Ajeesh Kumar said
Lovely singing Murali. Liked the feel. You have a very distinct voice.
--Orma Thirivil – Passenger
Wedding Qawwali – A R Rahman
Vishak Subramoney said
very nice Murali. if u have the track for this, please send it to me….would like to try this song out….vishak81@yahoo.com
Latha Ganti
said
Excellent Tonal quality murali, very good singing ….one of my fav .very difficult to handle this song .you did a great job …
Sarada Bhagavatula
said
Fantastic song pick. K.V.Mahadevan, Seetharama Sastry, S.P.Balasubramanyam all greats under the direction of K.Viswanth, the greatest, is the best you can get from Telugu films.
Enjoyed your rendition very much. You have a very good voice. I noticed some audio issues. But I liked your experiment with the harmonies and chorus effects.
Sarada Bhagavatula
Murali Venkatraman said
Thank you Swati, Ajeesh, Vishak, Latha and Sharada.
Vishak – I will send you the karaoke soon.
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Dr. priya Rajan said
Good singing Murali, diction is not a big issue, kindly give more punch to words, ezuthama paadungo, more energy in the latter parts…Love to hear some Originals in yr voice….
Thanks for sharing.
MUSIC is the language of the soul!
Latha Ganti
said
listening again !! Wonderful rendition Murali ! The lyrics itself that makes this song Wonderful !Out standing lyrics by seetharama sastry garu ! Sarasa swara sura jhari gamanamou sama veda saaramidi ! cant get much better than these words !
Mastan said
Never I felt like this song sung by one Tamilian….this is exactly how any fine telugu singer sings!! thats great!! especially this song is a typical lyric song one Teluguiate finds it tough. Hatts off.
I have heard this song before reading any comments…… and thought might u got a original tracking from KVM library :)
Murali Venkatraman said
thank you very much Latha and astan !
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Hari Bhaskar
said
Wonderful singing Murali ! Loved it.
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Naren Allam said
hi….u did well.its pleasant.i liked it.
pls send me ktrack if u have to naren.allam@gmail.com,….it would be great help.
keep goin….