P.Leela and P.Susheela Sing together

                          Playback Singer Smt.P.Leela got introduced in South film industry in 1948 through the Tamil movie “Kanganam”.  In 50’s she was virtually the queen of playback singing in the South,rendering songs in all four major languages like  Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and in  her own lingo Malayalam. Apart from that, she also sang in Sinhala movies. She is one of the female playback singers in the South who had rigorous training in Classical Carnatic Music. She had a sweet, open and powerful voice which suited Carnatic classicals, devotionals, folk and melody numbers. Her speciality was that she could emote the intense feelings(of women) be it any kind(sorrow,longing, joy etc) from the depth of her voice. Apart from Playback Singing she scored music for a telugu movie "chinnari papalu", in which P.Susheela also rendered songs. She was awarded "PadmaBhushan" by   the Indian government after her demise.  Her song "kani kanum neram" used to be played every day in the famous Guruvayoor Temple (kerala) when the temple door opened for prayers. 

                             

                       P.Leela and P.Susheela have together sung more than 80 numbers in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada langages. I remember listening an album "Ambika Suprabhatham" in sanskrit too. Their voices gel up very well like sisters because both of them used to sing with an open throated voice combined with clarity, sweetness  and diction.  Let’s have a look at few numbers in their combination - The evergreen numbers from “lavakusa”  are considered as classic superhits  even  today. Originally made in Telugu and then remade in Tamil and dubbed in kannada. the songs in all these languages are awesome. The Tamil song "Jagam pugazhum punya kathai" (  telugu -“Vinudu vinudu”) has the speciality as "the song with longest  duration" (more than 15 min ) in Tamil Film Music.  This can be termed as one of the difficult songs from this movie   and both deserve a special appreciation for their rendition.

                                             (Vinudu Vinudu Ramayana Gatha -Telugu)

                                                                         

 ( Jagam pugazhum - Tamil )

                       
      A Beautiful Dance song "kodi kodi inbam tharave" by P.Leela and P.Susheela from the Tamil movie "aada vantha deivam". 

                                                                         

                                                                       
        Another beautiful song "swagatham swagatham" from Telugu movie Sreekrishna pandaveeyam 

                                           
       "kaadhal kadal karai orame" from the Tamil Movie "Kuravanji" by C.S.Jayaraman, P.Leela and P.Susheela. 

                                                                   
                                                                     
Sri ramini charaitamuni from Telugu movie "Lava kusa"

                                                               

          The Telugu movie "Jagadeeka veeruni katha" has five duets in their combo. Jalakatalalo and varinchi vachina are notable numbers. 

                                                                 (jalakalattalalo)

                                                            ( Varinchi vachina )

    Another tough song "natinchana jagalane" ( Link ) 

    Some notable hits from Malayalam movies are "Po kuthire pada kuthire (uyyiyarcha), "indeevara nayane". "illaththama kulichi varumpol" and "kannanam unni kannil unni".

                                                    ( Po kuthire pada kuthire - unniyarcha)

                                                ( Indeevara nayane - thilothama)          
      

                                           (illathamma kulichi varumpol - Omankuttan)    

Some notable songs in kannada are  "Neenu namage siggibiddaya "barave barave ramayana"

                                       

                                      ( Neenu namage - sathya harischandra -kannada)

Please find all the songs in their combination with audio links.

Year Lang Movie Song 1955 Tamil kanavane kankanda deivam intha veen kobam varalamo 1956 Telugu elavelupu challani raja oh chandamama 1957 Telugu mayabazar alli billi ammayi  1957 Telugu vinayaka chavithi nalugidare nalugidare 1957 Telugu Mayabazzar Vinnava yeshodamma 1957 Kannada Mayabazzar gothenu yasodamma 1958 Tamil annaiyin anai vaanga vaanga maapillai 1958 Tamil kadan vangi kalyanam kallamilla kaadhalilE 1959 Tamil manjal magimai undu enbeero illai poi enbeero 1959 Telugu appuchesi pappukoodu kalam kani kalam 1959 Telugu stree sapadam rajune jeyimchenu  1959 Tamil sowbhagyavathi ohoho machan 1959 Telugu Sowbhagyavathi oho bale dheerule 1960 Tamil kuravanji kadhal kadal karai 1960 Tamil aada vantha deivam kodi kodi inbam tharave 1960 Telugu srivenkateswara mahatyam kalyana vaibhava ee 1960 Telugu bhatti vikramarka Natinchana 1960 Tamil malliyam mangalam maname 1961 Tamil thaayilla pillai vaamma vaamma chinnamma 1961 Telugu jagadekaveerunikatha Adi lakshmivanti athagarivamma 1961 Telugu jagadeka veeruni katha jaya jaya jagadeka  1961 Telugu jagadeka veeruni katha jalakaalatalalo  1961 Telugu jagadekaveerunikatha varinchi vacchina manava 1961 Malayalam unniyarcha po kuthire padakuthire dakku 1961 Kannada jagatheeka veeruni kath adhi lakshmi 1961 Kannada jagatheeka veeruni kath sthree naarttagalu  1962 Telugu gulebakavali katha varinchi vachhina 1963 Tamil lava kusa eedu iNai namakku yedhu 1963 Tamil jagathala prathapan jalam thanil adugirom 1963 Tamil lava kusa rama suguna seela  1963 Tamil lava kusa jaya jaya ram, sree rama 1963 Tamil lava kusa thiruvalar nayagan 1963 Tamil lava kusa jagam pugazhum pinya 1963 Telugu lava kusa Balavrudhula(Padhyam) 1963 Telugu lava kusa Jagadabhi ramudu 1963 Telugu lava kusa Jaya Jaya sriram 1963 Telugu lavakusa Leru kusalavula saati 1963 Telugu lavakusa Rama kathanu vinnara 1963 Telugu lava kusa ramanna ramudu 1963 Telugu lava kusa seepaala 1963 Telugu lavakusa Sri Rama Paranthama 1963 Telugu lavakusa Sreeramuni charithamunu 1963 Telugu lava kusa thandri Pampina(Padhyam) 1963 Telugu lavakusa vinnudu vinnudu ramayana 1963 Telugu lavakusa Oorike kanneeru nimpa 1963 Telugu lava kusa Sri Raghavam(Padhyam) 1963 Kannada lava kusa barave barave ramayana katha 1963 Kannada lava kusa rama suguna thama 1963 Kannada lava kusa ravi yathathriya 1963 Kannada lava kusa sree rama paranthama 1963 Tamil lava kusa maari pol 1964 Malayalam Omanakuttan illathama kulichu varumpol 1965 Telugu satya harischandra neevu maapu 1965 Telugu srikrishna pandaveeyam Swagatham suswagatham 1965 Kannada Sathya Harichandra neenu namage siggi 1965 Tamil jagathala prathapan vanathil odiya 1966 Malayalam thilothama indee varnayane sakhee nee 1967 Tamil pesum deivam idhaya oonjal aada vaa 1967 Telugu raktha sindooram(old) yemo anukuna 1967 Telugu bhuvana sundari katha entha chilipi 1967 Telugu Rahasyam Lalitha Bhava 1967 Tamil Rahasyam idiye deva rahasyam 1967 Telugu sri krishnavataram nee charana kamalala 1968 Telugu thalli prema kalalo ilalo 1968 Telugu veeranjaneya Manasaina daananura 1968 Malayalam viplavakaarikal thampurattikkoru 1968 Tamil raaja sooyam vijayeebhava 1969 Telugu tara sasangam neeke maake thagura 1970 Telugu rendukutumbalakatha Jagathiki jeevam 1970 Telugu rendukutumbalakatha kamalabhuvuni 1972 Telugu sampoorna ramayanam Rama laali 1973 Telugu pattindalla bangaram anaga 1973 Telugu pattindalla bangaram oura 1973 Telugu pattindalla bangaram puttina 1976 Tamil kanavan oru kuzhnathai chinnap ponna irukkayile 1976 Malayalam kuttavum sikahayum kannanam unni kannil unni 1978 Telugu sathi savitri vugave nethalli 1978 Telugu sathi savithri pamputhunamamma ninu 1978 Malayalam kadathanattu Makkam aanandha natanam apsara 0 Kannada unknown banni balayare banni 0 kannada babruvahana padhyams

The list is not completed. There will be more songs in their combo. For eg. there are five songs in Jagadeeka veeruni katha in Telugu. The movie was dubbed in Tamil as "jagadala prathaban" and kannada in the same name. We got only one song in Tamil, two in kannada. Like this many more songs are possible in their Combination
          
          " Devi Sridevi thedi varunnu njan" is a super hit song in Malayalam originally sung by P.Leela, That song was sung by P.susheela in Tamil. 

                                                               
                                                     ( Devi Sridevi thedi varunnu - P. Leela )

                                           

                                          ( Devi Sridevi thedi alaigintren -  Tamil )

      "Swapnangal swapnangale" is a beautiful duet in malayalam by KJY and P.Leela. That song was sung by TMS and P.susheela in Tamil.

                                        (Swapnangal Swapnangale - KJY-P.LEELA)
                                                                     
                                        Thithikkum muthamizhe - link (TMS-P.SUSHEELA)

   "aakshathin mahimave" is another beautiful number by P.Leela from the  malayalam movie "snapaka yohannan" . That was dubbed as "Mulla kireetam" in telugu.  P.Susheela sung the equivalent "aalinchi paalinchi brova" and the tune is modified by S.Rajeshwara Rao.