Article on Film Lyricist: malladi (in Telugu)
Sreenivas Paruchuri (sreeni@ktpsp1.uni-paderborn.de)
Wed, 21 May 1997 09:25:01 +0200 (MDT)
Check the URL: http://deccan.com/bhoomi/sahiti.html (aandhrabhoomi,
21st May 1997 issue) TODAY; i.e. 21st May. [aandhrabhoomi web edition
is not archived!] for an article on late poet, story writer and film
lyricist; malaadi raamakRshNa Saastry. One rarely gets to read something
on Malladi.
The article also does contain a rare photograph of my favourite film
lyricist and the author of the present article (I would say) found the
courage to list a considerable number of songs that are attributed to
someother, better known, film lyricist. Well, the list is no way complete,
but very few dared to say it loudly in the past 50 years.
Notable omissions; i.e. songs written by him but attributed to others, in
this article are:
O madanaa swaagatamOyi! chivuraakulivE baakulive (F: ratnamaala 1947,
M: Subburaman, Ghantasala and "rajani")
naDirEyi gaDichEnE cheliyaa raaDaaye naa saami (jaavaLi, F: jayasimha 1955,
M: TV Raju, S: P. Suseela) &
kalise nelaraaju kaluva chelini, kalise yuvaraaju anaarkalini (F: anaarkali
1955, M: P. Adi Narayana Rao, S: Ghantasala, Jikki)
I personally wish that the author also (atleast briefly) mentioned about his
great works (apart from chiranjeevulu, jayabhEri and raajanandini):
i. chivaraku migilEdi (1960, M: aSwatthaama) which has some all time hits
like: andaaniki andamu nEnE, kavi kOyila teeyani palukulalO, chenguna
alameeda, sudhavOl suhaasini, etc.
ii. kalimi lEmulu (1962, M: aSwatthaama) Remember the song: kommala meeda
kOti gummacchu laaDindi tella tellani bulli yenDa or chooDa chakkani
chakkanayya Ora choopulE choochEvu ...
iii. rahasyam (1967): esp. his role in composing/writing: girijaa kalyaaNam &
the raagamaalika: lalita bhaava nilayaa ..
Why do I post it here, on G-list? Reasons are many! But to put it briefly
Malladi brought lot of fame to G (and vice-versa). Two films: chiranjeevulu
and rahasyam, considered to be G's best works as composer were penned by
Malladi.
Well, plagiarism is not new to Telugu film songs. There were/are some revered
figures who used others works without acknowledging.
Regards,
Sreenivas