Sunday, January 26, 2014

Veena Songs of P.Susheela




Veena   is one among many instruments which represents   the system of Indian music. Several instruments like violin , guitar, sitar etc  have evolved in response to cultural changes in the country. However, the use of veena  has been recorded  since 1500 B.C.   Our ancestors  have attributed  religious  associations  to the divine instrument  so that the future generations  understand  the importance  and encourage the  divine music that flows through it . A few examples:  The patron Hindu Goddess of learning and the arts, Saraswati, is often depicted seated upon a swan playing a veena. The great Hindu sage Narada was known as a veena maestro. Ravana, the antagonist of the Ramayana, who is also a great scholar, a capable ruler and a devoted follower of Shiva, was also a versatile veena player.

    We are going to discuss about the use of veena in film music especially south indian films and P.susheela’s contribution as  a singer to veena based songs.. While Veena  is  used  mostly in south,   it’s extended form sitar  (influenced by Veena)  is used in the North.

Whenever a Veena is played , the immediate thought that arises  is “How pure and serene it is ”, “How divine it is ”, “How pleasing”. The sound  vibrations and tone   from it bring out  the deepest  intense  feelings  of one’s soul  , be it joy, sorrow , peace, longing etc   than any other  instrument  .  So ,the  songs  which are veena based  mostly reflect varied emotions in humans . Other instruments doesn’t produce that lingering  and strong effect in the minds of people.  When combined with  vocal support, they  are used in film situations  where one  needs  to bring out  that fervor of that character   be it like a devotional number , or longing , craving , expressing sorrow , joy    from the depth of the heart.

 We can draw parallels from  sounds emanating from  Veena and PS  Voice.    Unlike other instruments, the   waves emanating from the Veena , reverberate  for quite some time  even when we stop playing  it. PS’s voice also has this same quality. One can experience this Déjà vu  kind of feeling after hearing to these numbers.  In some cases the voice and veena vibrations  blend so harmoniously that one ends up wondering is PS veena itself? Or vice versa?.  , The effect is scintillating! 

Let’s take a few examples  depicting different moods and scenarios  using  our  great pair ( PS, and veena):
1) Madhilo veenalo mroge –(aatmeeyulu(Rajeswara Rao) :  Bhavam for this song is passion…. Heroine  has such strong feelings for  the hero that she compares the veena vibrations  that are vibrating to that of her desire for him.  When the song begins  with a humming by PS, one  feel s like   the instrument  is producing that  effect  (humming)!   When the  song moves on we are totally swayed by the continous mix and match of instrument and  the voice . Are they competing with each other or blending or sharing or  what is happening ?to be simple!    The final effect is  one is  mesmerized and  get’s involved………

2)  Padamani nan(Dr.Chakravarthi : this is a very difficult situation in the movie.  (S.Rajeswara Rao)
The scenario is where the sister has to convey both her joy and sorrow (mixed state of feelings) to her brother and family. Her joy is that she has lived such a beautiful life with an adorable brother, has been blessed with peace and harmony. Her sorrow is  that her stay is short on earth and so has to leave soon…. The balance (vocal + instrument ) has to be perfect otherwise the essence of it cannot be conveyed to the viewers!  When we hear to this number, it is like we are transported to a queer state of joy and sorrow alternating together resulting in an even mixture of pain and sorrow! 50-50! One of the finest songs!

3) Paadithe silalaina karagali : (Gorintaaku, KVM) :  A pathetic scene where an about to be  groom gets killed and so marriage is cancelled. The girl is in a state of vacuum. The song has to come right  !. If the emotion is too less or too intense,  the effect could be  disastrous! .  Again, PS+ veena combination creates  magic  thereby setting a perfect melancholy stage for the audience!

Like this, the list  is endless…. consider the feeling of nature in madhilo virise theeyani ragam from rendukutumbala katha or  a feeling of remorse or guilt like in “Ye ragamani paadanu” in jeeva theeralu or one of the finest pathos   Yemani paadethano from bharya bharthalu! Simply superb!

Be it any  genre  or rasa  , all PS  based veena numbers  are  a complete blend of harmony ,melody  and peace. Total treat for the ears!! 

(  Write-up Courtesy: Srividya, US )

VEENA /SITAR SONGS FROM TAMIL MOVIES 

SONGMOVIE
kalaimagal kaiporulevasantha maligai
gangai karai thottamvanampadi
komatha engal kulamathasaraswathi sapadam
raman ethanai ramanadilakshmi kalyanam
malarum vaan nilavummahakavi kalidas
andha sivakami maganidampattanathil bootham
sonnadhu nee dhana (sithar)nenjil or alayam
Ennuyir thozhi keloru sethi Karnan
idhaya veenai thoongum iruvar ullam
jeeva gaana veenai naanbhoologa rambai
ther kondu sentravanenakkul oruvan
maalai pozhuthin bhagya lakshmi
deviyar iruvar muruganukkukalaikoyil
veenai enadhu kuzhandhaioonjalaadum uravugal
maanikka veenayinveedu varai uravu
sugamo aayiramThunai iruppal meenatchi
Maharajan vandhanoru kudumbathin kadhai
naan konda maangalyam                      Malligaipoo
unnai nambinaar kduvathillai               panakkara kudumbam

VEENA / SITAR SONGS FROM TELUGU MOVIES


SONGMOVIE
EE VEENAPAINA PALIKINA RAGAMABHIMANAVANTHULU
NEE ROOPAM HRIDAYAMLO
ADAMBARALU ANUBANDHALU
MANASE MADHUGEETHAMAIADUGU JAADALU
MOOGAVOYINA HRUDAYA VEENAADUGU JADALU
PADEDA NEE NAANAME GOPALAAMAYAKURALU
PALUKAVE RAAGA VEENAAMERICA ABBAYI
ANNAYYA HRUDAYAMBANGARU CHELLELU
MADILO VEENALU MROGEATHMEEYULU
EE VEENA PALIKINCHUATTHALU KODALLU
SRUTHI CHESINA VEENABHARATHI
YEMANI PAADEDANOBHARYA BHATHALU
VEENALONA THEEGALONACHAKRAVAKAM
VEENALONA THEEGALONA(sad)CHAKRAVAKAM
MEETI CHOODU NEE HRUDAYANICHEEKATI VELUGULU
YEMANI THELUPANURACHINNANATI SNEHITHULU
EE VEENAKU SHRUTHI LEDUDESODDHARAKULU
NEEVULEKA VEENADR CHAKRAVARTHI
PAADAMANI NANNADAGAVALENAADR CHAKRAVARTHI
PAADAMANI NANNADAGATHAGUNADR CHAKRAVARTHI
PADITHE SILALAINAGORINTAKU
KALUSUKUNA THOLIGUNAVANTHUDU
PADAVELA RADHIKAIDDARU MITHRULU
YENAATIKAINA EE MOOGAVEENAJARIGINA KADHA
YE RAGAMANI PAADANUJEEVANA THEERALU
MALLE PANDIRI NEEEDALONAMAAYADARI MALLIGADU
ANNADHI NEEVENAMANASE MANDHIRAM
MANASE ANDALA BRUNDAVANAMMANCHI KUTUMBAM
SRIRAMA NAMAALUMEENA
THIRUMALA THIRUPATI VENKATESWARAMUKYAMANTRI THIMMARUSU
PRABHO NEENAGULA CHAVITHI
SAKHIYA VIVARINCHAVENARTHANASALA
VEENA PALUKADANETI YUGADHARMAM
RAGAALANNI NEEVENINNE PELLADUTHA
PADAMANI PAATA VINEPACHHANI SAMSARAM
VEENATHO NAA GONTHUPALLE SEEMA
MANASAA KAVVINCHAKEPANDANTI KAPURAM
ATHADE NAA JATAGADUPEDDALU MARALI
NEE DAYA RADAAPOOJA
NEEVU RAAVU NIDHURA POOLA RANGADU
YEVARO RAVAALIPREM NAGAR
VENUGAANA LOLUNIGANARENDU KUTUMBALA KADHA
MADILO VIRISE TEEYANI RENDU KUTUMBALA KADHA
SUNDARANGA MARUVALONOYESANGHAM
JANAKI RAMULA KALYANANIKISAMSARAM OKA SADURANGAM
PAATAKU PALLAVI PRANAMSANGEETHA LAKSHMI
VEENA PAADAVE RAAGAMAYEESEETHARAMA KALYANAM
NAA SWAMI DASAKANDHARASEETHARAMA VANAVAASAM
PALIKINDHI PILICHINHDISEETHARAMULU
CHANDANA CHARCHITATENALI RAMAKRISHNA
PAATA PAADANAA PRABHUTHALLI THANDRULU
SWARAMULU YEDAINATHOORPU PADAMARA
SREE GOURI SREE GOURIYEVICHITHRA DAMPATHYAM
NA MANASE VENIYAGA PAADANIVICHITHRA DAMPATHYAM
MROGINDI VEENA PADE PADEZAMINDARGARI AMMAYI
Veena na VeenaSri Vasavi kanyaka parameswari
Aalapinchina ee velaSri Rama pattabhishekam

aadinchedi paadinchedi
Bangaru Manasulu
Mrogi mrogi
Sri Vinayaka Vijayam
Marapurani MAruvaleny
Pelli kaani pillalu
oka puvvu poochindi
Sirimalle navvindi

pillanagrovi manthira ( Keelu Bommalu)

MALAYALAM SONGS
CHILANKA KETTIYAAL    ( ABHIMANAM -1975)

Additional Songs :
Kondalalo nelakonna ( Alludu kosam )

3 comments:

Unknown said...

Good collection. Thank you.

Subramaniam Narasimhan said...

A top song with the accompaniment of veenai by Chittibabu, shehnai by Ustaad Bismillah Khan was in the movie Karnan -- ennuyirth_thOzhi_keLoru_sEdhi... (Kannadasan, Viswanathan & Ramamurthy)

kalaikumar said...

Thanks Sunramaniam Narasimman