Telugu peddalu

Vijaya,
Of the many that have gained a place in the hearts of people,
we have to take up this personality little later..

My mind referred to the following personality..

next post..

గంధర్వాంశ సంభూతుడు - వి. నాగయ్య
ఒక గంధర్వుడు - బి. ఎన్. రెడ్డి.
నాదబ్రహ్మ - పింగళి నాగేంద్ర రావు

గాంధర్వ హేల

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పలుకు కాకలిప్రదమై
పదము మరందాస్పదమై
సరసశ్రుతి సాకృతమద
షట్పద మృదుఝంకృతియై
.................. - డాక్టర్ సి. నా. రెడ్డి.

కమనీయ సంగీతహేల - దాశరథి

గంధర్వతార
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ఆ భావ భంగిలో అందాల బాలలై
నవరసంబు వచ్చి నాట్యమాడు
ఆ రసస్ఫూర్తిలో అనురాగామాలలై
రాగాలు పూలతోరణము గట్టు
ఆ రాగ లహరిలో ఆనంద డోలలై
సప్తస్వరాలు సాక్షాత్కరించు
ఆ గళస్వరములో అనుబంధ లీలలై
పులకరించిన కళల్ పలకరించు
...... కరుణశ్రీ

జగమెరిగిన బ్రాహ్మణుడు - కొసరాజు

Sri. Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao, popularly known as Ghantasala (GH).

watchout for more...

kalyani,
vow, great singer ni introduce chesaru. kani, attachments meedha click cheyadaniki ledhu. thanks for posting
-vijaya

Sri Ghantasala: A brief account

Ghantasala Venakteswara Rao was born on 4th December 1922 to Smt. Ratnamma and Sri Ghantasala Surayya. His father was a musician and used to play mridangam. Thus Ghantasala was exposed to music right from his childhood. His father used to take him to most of the places where he used to give performances and little Venkateswara rao used to dance. People used to lovingly call him "Bala Bharatudu". He won many accolades as a child artist.

After the demise of his father, when he was hardly 11 years old, the family came under the care of his uncle Ryalipicchi Ramayya. The little kid wanted to be proficient on music as that was the desire of his father too.

The only music school for the entire Andhra was the one and only one in Viajayanagaram. As the family was not affluent enough, he sold his golden ring and left for Vijayanagaram without informaing anyone at home in persuit of a guru to achieve his goal. By this time the kid was aware of the stalwarts in the field of carnatic music such as Dvaram Vekataswamy Naidu, Sri Adibhatla Narayanadasugaru and many others. But when he reached Vijayanagaram, he could meet none as it was summer vacation. At that time, he came under the tutelage of Sri Patrayani Sitharama Sastry, a vidwan in carnatic music. From then on his musical journey started and went on without any hurdles. He obtained a diploma in music and received the certificate from Dvaram V. Naidu, the then principal.

He returned to his native with the degree and started giving performances during Ramanavami, navaratri celebrations and many more. During this time, he also participated in the freedom struggle and was jailed where he got introduced to Sri Potti Sriramulu, Sr. B.S. Murthy and many more. After his stint in the jail he continued to give music and drama perfromances. He married Smt. Savithri in 1944 hailed from pedapulivarru. Thus he came in contact with Sri Samudrala Raghavacharya who was famous by then in Telugu cinema and was then introduced to cinema as a playback singer. His journey of music in the field of cinema and his contribution to it since then has been enormous.

For more information, please visit www.ghantasala.info/

I have taken this information from the book " mee ghantasala" published by Sri. N. Ananda naidu.

The book gives a biography of Sri Ghantasala vividly and presents some of the memorable moments in a picturesque way.

Some of his evergreen songs in my next post.

Ghantasala in various moods through the melodies.

1. A thing of beauty is a joy for ever - John keats
So sang Ghantasala, andame aanandam aanandame jeevita makarandam.

2. challani vennelalo chakkani kanne sameepamulo.. (shringaram)
3. joruga hushaaruga shikaaru podama (playful)
4. maava maava.. maava.. (frommanchi manasulu) (sensuous)
5. Silalapai shilpaalu chekkinaaru (adbhutam and praise)
6. ee nallani raaLLalo (soundaryam)
7. oho meghamaala.. neelaala meghamaala (lullaby mood)
8. palleku podaam parunu choodaamu chalo chalo (longing)
9. jagame maya bratuke maaya vedaalalo saaramintenaya (vairagyam)
10. nannu dochukunduvaTe ( Love)
11. konDagaali tirigindi..gunDe oosulaaDindi.. ( appreciating the beautiful creation !)
12. mohana raga maahaa.. moorthimantamaaye.. (shringaram and gratitude)
13. naa janma bhoomi enta andamaina desamu (patriotism)
14. namo bhootanaatha..namo deva deva (bhakti + dainyata)
15. niluvave vaalu kanuladaana .. (teasing...)
16. evaro taanevaro.. (inquisitive)
17. dhanamera anniTiki moolam ... (understanding/realization)
18. shivashankari.. (bhakti)
19. baabu vinara ... (sad)
20. chettulekkagalane.. oh chenchita.. (taking up the challange)
21. Neeli meghaalalo..gaali keraTaalalo.. (Viyogam)
22. Manasuna manasai.. (sad)
23. kalakaanidi viluvainadi.. (compassion..embedded with a message) Lyrics: Sri Sri.
24. entha ghaTu premayo.. (viyogam and prema) Film: malleswari..
YouTube - Entha Ghatu Premayo
(BGM: similar to Awaaz de kaha hai.. by Noorjahan).
25. Seshasailavasa Sri venkatesha .. (Bhakti)..
Observe this video clipping.. How near one could go for Darshanam !! It canbe only in dream today.
YouTube - Tirupathi in 1950's a rare clip of Kumbhabhisekam and Ghantasala song from venkateshwara Mahathyam

Enjoy these on youtube..

GH was the one who gave a new perspective to singing padyams in telugu films.

I will just give some samples in my next post..

Watchout..

hi kalyani,
chala manchi information gather chesaru. Ghantasalas voice gift from god and Geetha is a miraculous gift to us all by him. naaku telisi ippudunna generation lo ala devotional songs padadaniki yevaru satiraru ayana mundhu, even balu also. antha goppa voice. ghantasala gari bhagvadgita ante naaku chala istam. check this link:
YouTube - Ghantasala - Bhagavad Gita ( Part 1)

Quiz

-vijaya

Vijayagaru,
I have GH's Bhagavadgita.. have heard it many times. It is simply out of the world.
That was incidentally supposed to be his last album. tanu paata paadevarake undaali ani korukunnaaraayana. so unnanta kaalam paadaaru..

The list I posted is but a sample to show that GH's voice suits for different moods.

Balu is a great artist. No doubt.. But for certain moods GH's is the only one whose voice suits.

GH gave a new dimension to rendering padyams. He set a new trend which was followed later by many. I am attaching these audio files. Enjoy.
1. Kalahasteeswara Mahatmyam (1954)
2. Taruna from Tenali Ramakrishna (1956)
3. Sri Rama Dandakam (private)


Watch on Youtube..
1. Shlokam from Krishnavataram
YouTube - ooraka choochu slokam in ntr krishnavataram
Sri Krishna agrees to be the charioteer of Arjuna and blesses him.

2. Geethopadesham and Viswaroopam from Krishnavataram
YouTube - geetopadesam and viswaroopam to the arjuna in ntr krishnavataram

3. Shlokams from Nartanasala sung with Sri Madhava Peddi Satyam.
a). YouTube - arjuna slokam in ntr Nartanasala
b). YouTube - SLOKAM-2
4. Shlokam from Pandava Vanavasam after Draupadi Vastrapaharanam
YouTube - daaruni raajya sampada slokams in ntr pandava vanavaasam

5. Anjaneya Dandakam from Pandava Vanavasam
YouTube - manojavam maruta tulyavegam song in ntr pandava vanavaasam


Did you enjoy these?

Vijaya, Will you tell the next important person you wanted to?

kalyani,
vow, nice collection. when i watched these padyams i remembered my childhood days. Thanks kalyani.
i like this thread because most of the people doesn't know about great telugu people. so, ila ayina manaki chla vishyalu telusukovachu kadha.. ya, i will post another telugu pedda tomorrow today i am little busy with kids.
-vijaya

hi kalyani,
after reading newspaper i think i need to introduce this great person today. he is none other than "POTTI SREERAMULU"

Potti Sreeramulu (16 March 1901 – 16 December 1952) (age 51), was an Indianrevolutionary. He became famous for undertaking a fast-unto-death for achieving the state of Andhra and losing his life in the process. His sacrifice became instrumental in the linguistic re-organisation of states. He is revered as Amarajeevi (Immortal being) in Andhra Pradesh for his sacrifice. As a devout follower of Mahatma Gandhi, he worked life long to uphold principles such as truth and non-violence and objectives such as Harijan upliftment.

Early Life:
He was born to Guravayya and Mahalakshmamma on 16 March 1901 in house no. 165, Annapillai street, Chennai. His ancestors belonged to the Patampalle village of Nellore District. He studied in Madras until he attained the age of 20. Later, he studied Sanitary Engineering in the Victoria Jubilee Technical Institute in Bombay. He joined the Great Indian Peninsular Railway and worked for about four years there. After the death of his wife in 1927 when he was only 26, he lost interest in the material world and resigned from his job. He divided property between his brothers and mother and joined Sabarmati Ashram as a follower of Mahatma Gandhi.

Separate State for Andhra people
In an effort to unify the Telugu people, and preserve the unique culture of Telugu people, he attempted to force the government to listen to public demands for the unification of Andhra based on linguistic lines. He went on a lengthy fast, and only stopped when Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru promised to support unification. However, there was no movement on the issue for a long time. He started fasting again for attaining statehood for Andhra in Maharshi Bulusu Sambamurthy’s house in Madras on 19 October 1952. It started off without fanfare but steadily caught people’s imagination despite the disavowal of the fast by the Andhra Congress committee.
The government of the day however did not make a clear statement about the formation of a new state despite several strikes and demonstrations by Telugu people. On the midnight of 15 December (i.e. early 16 December 1952), Potti Sreeramulu died and laid down his life trying to achieve his objective.
In his death procession, people shouted slogans praising his sacrifice. When the procession reached Mount Road, thousands of people joined and raised slogans hailing Sriramulu. Later, they went into a frenzy and resorted to destruction of public property. The news spread like wildfire and created an uproar among the people in far off places like Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, Rajahmundry, Eluru, Guntur, Tenali, Ongole and Nellore. Seven people were killed in police firing in Anakapalle and Vijayawada. The popular agitation continued for three to four days disrupting normal life in Madras and Andhra regions. On 19 December, the Prime minister of the country Jawaharlal Nehru made an announcement about formation of a separate state.
On 1 October 1953, the state of Andhra was established with Kurnool as capital carving it out from Madras State. However, the Telangana region existed prior as a separate state before merging with Andhra state. On November 1, 1956, Telangana was merged with Andhra and as a result Andhra Pradesh was formed with Hyderabad as its capital, against the States Reorganization Commission Report (SRC). Kerala and Karnataka states were formed the same day in 1956, followed by Gujarat and Maharashtra in 1960. The formation of linguistic states is the single most important event in the history of South Indian languages, as it provided an opportunity for these languages to develop independently, each of them having a state to support.
Andhra Pradesh is formed based on linguestic base and that is when Hyderabad State (Burgula Ramakrisha Rao, Chief Minister for Hyderabad State from 17 September 1948 till merged in Andhra Pradesh) is merged.

Potti Sreeramulu's Death
Potti Sreeramulu fasted in the heart of Madras (Chennai) city for over 58 days for an Andhra state with Madras as the capital. He described "Andhra without Madras as a dead body without a head. The reasons as to why the Rajaji government, Union government led by Nehru or police did not intervene to force feed or shift him to a hospital remain unclear. The intentions of Nehru and Rajaji governments to effectively homogenize the cultural and linguistic diversity of the Indian Union in the name of National Integration have seriously undermined the very federal spirit upon which India's foundation lies. It is interesting to note that only one person before him in modern Indian history Jatin Das actually fasted to death; all the others either gave up or were arrested and force fed or hospitalised.


vow, what a great person. i don't know this much about potti sree ramulu. just andhra telagana issues chaduvuthunte e information antha vachinhi.

-vijaya