P.Susheela Sings to Actress Saritha

                       Actress Saritha is one of the famous actresses in South India during 1980’s. She has acted in all the four south Indian languages Telugu. Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam. Saritha was discovered and introduced as a heroine for the telugu film"Marocharithra" (1979) opposite Kamal Haasan, which became a super hit. She was also introduced by Balachander in Tamil through the Movie “Thappu thalangal”. The credit of acting in major number of films directed by KB goes to her. She was known for her acting skills and mostly carried herself I woman centric roles. Apart from that, she had expressive eyes and good voice. Later in her career, she also became a famous dubbing artist, lending her voice to many heroines in South Indian films

            . Her debutant song, “Ye theegapuvvuno” was rendered by P.Susheela and Kamala Hasaan for the movie “Maro Charitra” which was a super hit. From then onwards, P.Susheela has rendered around 100 songs for her in all the four languages Telugu. Tamil. Kannada and Malayalam. PS voice suited saritha very well because of her mature looks and serious roles that she played all through her career. Some interesting songs in telugu by PS – “Ye theega puvvunu” by PS-Kamal hasan is an interesting number composed by MSV. In this number,even though the hero and heroine come from different culture, language and background, they express their feelings towards each other in his/her own language, saritha in telugu and kamal in tamil. Yet they understand what is being communicated! “Kokilamma” directed by Balachander had Saritha playing the role of a deaf dumb woman who works as a house maid and Sai chand playing the role of a singer who turns famous because of her efforts and finally leaves her for someone wealthy(Swapna). PS rendered all songs in this movie, the notable one is Komma meedha koyilamma, a beautiful melody by MSV. Another nice movie “Bhagyalakshmi” directed by Dasari was a remake of tamil movie ‘Panchavarnakili’. Saritha played the role K.R.Vijaya played in tamil. All songs were by PS and music composed by MSV. However the tamil tunes were not repeated. Some notable numbers “Krishna sastri kavithala”(Thamizhukku amudenru version), “Murali Krishna ra ra(Kannan varuvan verson). “Srirastu subhamastu” directed by Balachander had saritha and chiranjeevi in main roles. Chiranjeevi played the role of a womanizer while saritha plays a victim who is after him to teach him a lesson. Some beautiful songs in this film – “Navvisthade kavvisthade” by PS, ‘Srirasthu subhamastu” title song by PS-SPB as well as the sad version by PS. PS sang some beautiful numbers in tamil. Some notable numbers –Kankanda deivame (PS,TMS) from Kizhvanam sivakkum, Maapillaikumaman manasu(Netri kann?), poo mugam sivaka from the movie amma. Achamillai Achamillai starrign Saritha (playing a village belly) , Rajesh politician turned husband) directed by balachander had good numbers composed by V.S.NArasimhan. To name a few Aavaram poovu by PS-SPB,Odugira thaniyile by PS and MVD. PS-Saritha combination has very interesting numbers with different shades and styles making it interesting for listeners.      

              

Some notable hits From Tamil Movies .. 

Saritha acted in Many Telugu  Movies . Notable Songs from Telugu Movies are below

K.BalaChander Remade "thamarai nenjam" Movie in Kannada and name of the movie is Mugila mallige. You can see the videos here.  A Malayalam song

Year	Language	Movie	Songs	Music
1978	Telugu	marocharithra	Ye theegha poovunu	M.S. Viswanathan
1979	Telugu	vijaya	alli billi	Chakravarthy
1980	Tamil	panam penn paasam	anbodum panbodum	Shankar Ganesh
1980	Tamil	rusi kanda poonai	santhanam ittu	Ilayaraja
1980	Tamil	sujatha	engiruntho vantha	M.S. Viswanathan
1980	Tamil	sujatha	kanalile meenvettai	M.S. Viswanathan
1980	Telugu	gootiloni ramachilaka	chilakalu chilakalu	Chakravarthy
1980	Telugu	gootiloni ramachilaka	chilakallu chilakallu sad	Chakravarthy
1980	Telugu	gootiloni ramachiluka	Kalagannadila	Chakravarthy
1980	Malayalam	thirakal ezhuthiya kavitha	ariyaatha pushpavum	M.S. viswanathan
1981	Tamil	kaalam oru nal marum	I love U pennellam	V. Kumar
1981	Tamil	keezhvanam sivakkum	kan kanda deivame	M.S. Viswanathan
1981	Tamil	netrikkan	maapillaikku maaman	Ilayaraja
1981	Tamil	thanneer thanneer	kannana poo magane	M.S. Viswanathan
1981	Telugu	aadavallu meeku joharlu	Chakam Kaali Poyanu	K.V. Mahadevan
1981	Telugu	Nyayam Khareedu	kalalu kane kanule	K.V. Mahadevan
1981	Telugu	srirasthu subhamasthu	Navisthade kavisthade	J.V. Raghavulu
1981	Telugu	srirasthu subhamasthu	Srirasthu subbhamastu	J.V.Raghavulu
1981	Telugu	srirasthu subhamasthu	He krishna	J.V. Raghavulu
1981	Telugu	srirasthu subhamasthu	Srirasthu subbhamastu (sad)	J.V.Raghavulu
1982	Tamil	agni satchi	adiye kannamma amaithi	M.S. Viswanathan
1982	Tamil	agni satchi	vanakkam muthal variyai	M.S. Viswanathan
1982	Tamil	amma	ammave deivam	Shankar Ganesh
1982	Tamil	amma	poo mugam sivakka	Shankar Ganesh
1982	Tamil	thunai	life is a game	Shankar Ganesh
1982	Telugu	amma kaavali	ammante deivam	Shankar Ganesh
1982	Telugu	amma kaavali	oorukko naana thoduga	Shankar Ganesh
1982	Telugu	bhagya lakshmi	Murali krishna rara(happy)	M.S. Viswanathan
1982	Telugu	bhagya lakshmi	Murali krishna rara(sad)	M.S. Viswanathan
1982	Telugu	bhagya lakshmi	muvvalu palikenura	M.S. Viswanathan
1982	Telugu	bhagya lakshmi	Krishna sashtri kavithala	M.S. Viswanathan
1982	Telugu	chandamama	nayanala nandakumara	satyam
1982	Telugu	kalarudhrudu	roju muddu	Ilayaraja
1982	Telugu	kalarudhrudu	gala gala navvula	Ilayaraja
1982	Telugu	kalarudhrudu	nelavangai	Ilayaraja
1982	Telugu	kalahala kapuram	papa adigo choodu	J.V. Raghavulu
1982	Telugu	kalahala kapuram	oddanna mudostudu	J.V. Raghavulu
1982	Telugu	kalahala kapuram	premande muddata	J.V. Raghavulu
1982	Telugu	kalahala kapuram	raathiri tholi raathiri	J.V. Raghavulu
1982	Telugu	kalahala kapuram	raathiri tholi sad	J.V. Raghavulu
1982	Telugu	athagari pethanam	yeti gaali choosanu	satyam
1982	Telugu	athagari pethanam	o yebbo	satyam
1982	Telugu	athagari pethanam	Sivarathri chaligali	satyam
1982	Telugu	chandamama	muggurammala koduku	satyam
1982	Telugu	chandamama	taralatho cheppalani	satyam
1982	Telugu	chandamama	okasari navvave	satyam
1983	Tamil	imaigal	maadapuraavO illai manjal	Ganagi Amaran
1983	Tamil	ival oru thamizhachi	neeyo manikuyil muzhakkam	M.S. Viswanathan
1983	Tamil	ival oru thamizhachi	podee pogattum podee	M.S. Viswanathan
1983	Tamil	yaamirukka bayamen	koopitta kuralukku	M.S. Viswanathan
1983	Tamil	yaamirukka bayamen	vandhen muruga	M.S. Viswanathan
1983	Tamil	yaamirukka bayamen	yaamirukka bayamen	M.S. Viswanathan
1983	Telugu	daham daham	manasaina maradalinee	M.S. Viswanathan
1983	Telugu	daham daham	thattaku bommarinta	M.S. Viswanathan
1983	Telugu	kokilamma	Ponee pothe ponee	M.S. Viswanathan
1983	Telugu	kokilamma	Komma meedha kokilamma	M.S. Viswanathan
1983	Telugu	kokilamma	Neelo valapula	M.S. Viswanathan
1983	Telugu	chilakkamma josyam	Cheppaku cheppaku	K.V. Mahadevan
1983	Telugu	chilakkamma josyam	Yedhalo mohana lahiri	K.V. Mahadevan
1983	Telugu	thodu needa(new)	poonjalleni chesano	Chakravarthy
1985	Tamil	Mel Maruvathoor Adi	unna nambi uchiyile	K.V. Mahadevan
1983	Telugu	thodu needa(new)	Naa thoduvai	Chakravarthy
1984	Tamil	achamillai achamillai	aavaram poovu arezhu naala	V.S. Narasimman
1984	Tamil	achamillai achamillai	odugira thanniyile (megatha)	V.S. Narasimman
1984	Tamil	kuzhanthai yesu	Selvame Deiveega malare	shyam
1984	Tamil	nalam nalamariya aval	innum En mounam	Shyam
1984	Tamil	nalam nalamariya aval	Kovam eno en kanna	Shyam
1984	Tamil	shankari	Aduthathu rukkumani	V. Kumar
1984	Tamil	shankari	vaay pesa theriyadhu	V. Kumar
1984	Tamil	sridevi	mai vacha kannamma	Shyam
1984	Tamil	sridevi	vasamulla Santhaname	Shyam
1984	Tamil	uravai katha kili	pullainga perula dhaan	T. Rajendar
1984	Telugu	bala yesu	Divyame nee	Shyam
1984	Malayalam	Sandharbham	pandoru kaatiloransimham	johnson
1984	Kannada	mugila mallige	prathithina hosa kavitheyu	V.S.Narasimman
1984	Kannada	mugila mallige	saaku saaku hoge	V.S.Narasimman
1985	Tamil	kalyaana agathigal	manasukkul udkaarnthu	V.S. Narasimman
1985	Tamil	kolusu	kovam enna raasaavukku	Malaysia vAsuDevan
1985	Tamil	sugamana ragangal	aathakadkka venum	M.S. Viswanathan
1985	Tamil	sugamana ragangal	moonaam pirayapOla	M.S. Viswanathan
1985	Tamil	veli	kannaana kanmanikku	Shankar Ganesh
1985	Telugu	devi mahatmyam	ninnu nammi	K.V. Mahadevan
1986	Telugu	radhamma kapuram	andindi uttaram	M.S. Viswanathan
1986	Telugu	radhamma kapuram	challani radhamma	M.S. Viswanathan
1986	Telugu	radhamma kapuram	naa kadupu pantaki	M.S. Viswanathan
1987	Tamil	koottu puzhukkal	intha malligai poovukku	M.S. Viswanathan
1982	Telugu	narasimhavataram	govinda govinda narayana	T.G. Lingappa
1982	Telugu	narasimhavataram	hari hariyani	T.G. Lingappa
1982	Telugu	narasimhavataram	Idi Tagadura Moorkha	T.G. Lingappa
1982	Telugu	narasimhavataram	kenchave naanna	T.G. Lingappa
1982	Telugu	narasimhavataram	namo namo narasimha	T.G. Lingappa
1982	Telugu	narasimhavataram	nee bhaktulara	T.G. Lingappa
1982	Telugu	narasimhavataram	Souriki Seshudu Sayyaga	T.G. Lingappa
1982	Telugu	narasimhavataram	namonamo -ver2	T.G. Lingappa
1982	Telugu	narasimhavataram	Narayana Hari Narayana	T.G. Lingappa
1986	Tamil	Dharmam	Kangale Kadhan Saithal	Usha Khanna

                There will be more songs in the list. Because I dont have complete list of movies acted by Saritha. This is the available list..
 
Courtesy : Srividya Sanjay, United States..