I still remember listening to the song “ಹತ್ತು ವರುಷದ ಹಿಂದೆ” (hattu varuShada hinde) decades ago, when I was in my elementary school. This is a bhAvagIte written by K.S.Narasimhaswamy. If I recall correctly, the AIR version was sung by Jayavanti Devi. Or it might have been H.R.Leelavati. I forget. My mother used to sing this song very well too. Even though she was partial towards singing classically tuned bhAvageethes, she sometimes sang songs falling into sugama sangeta genre too, and this was one of them. I came to learn about the book called “Maisooru mallige” by K S Narasimhaswamy from her.
When the cassette revolution started in the early 80’s, it gave a new life for kannaDa sugama sangeetha, C Ashwath’s album Maisooru Mallige became one of my favorites. I believe this is one of the most highly successful albums in kannada sugama sangeetha, along with the likes of Nityotsava (ನಿತ್ಯೋತ್ಸವ) and Bhava sangama (ಭಾವಸಂಗಮ). In my opinion Ashwath was in his best during this time.
If you have not listened to this collection, then you must 🙂
Songs from C Ashwath’s maisooru mallige
This online link does not have the song ತೌರ ಸುಖದೊಳಗೆನ್ನ (Toura sukhadoLagenna). Based on Sindhu bhairavi rAga, and sung very nicely by Ratnamala Prakash, (daughter of nonegerian musician Sri R K Srikanthan) I consider that one as the best song in the collection. Very apt music for the lyrics.
Sometime later, probably in mid 1990s a movie was made based on the poems of maisooru mallige. This may have been the first time a story was written with the framework provided by the songs. The movie went on to become commercially successful too. Nagabharana directed the movie. The songs were OK, but in my opinion they were definitely paler, because of choosing mainstream singers like SPB, and S Janaki instead of the original singers from the album for some of the songs. Many songs from the album were in the movie, and some other songs were introduced too.
Last year, during an interview on Udaya TV Nagini Bharana, wife of the director Nagabharana choose one of the songs from the movie Maisooru mallige- this was not part of the original Maisooru mallige album – ದೀಪವು ನಿನ್ನದೆ, ಗಾಳಿಯು ನಿನ್ನದೆ (dIpavu ninnade, gALiyu ninnade) as her favourite song among the songs of all the movies directed by her husband. This was when I rellay noticed this song. The picturization is wonderful. Just taken with the light of a ದೀಪ, it provides a very nice imagery of the lyrics.
Here is the text of the song:
ದೀಪವು ನಿನ್ನದೆ ಗಾಳಿಯು ನಿನ್ನದೆ ಆರದಿರಲಿ ಬೆಳಕು
ಕಡಲು ನಿನ್ನದೆ ಹಡಗು ನಿನ್ನದೆ, ಮುಳುಗದಿರಲಿ ಬದುಕು
ಬೆಟ್ಟವು ನಿನ್ನದೆ, ಬಯಲು ನಿನ್ನದೆ, ಹಬ್ಬಿ ನಗಲಿ ಪ್ರೀತಿ
ನೆಳಲೋ ಬಿಸಿಲೋ ಎಲ್ಲವೂ ನಿನ್ನದೆ ಇರಲಿ ಏಕರೀತಿ
ಆಗೂಂದು ಸಿಡಿಲು, ಈಗೊಂದು ಮುಗಿಲು ನಿನಗೆ ಅಲಂಕಾರ
ಅಲ್ಲೊಂದು ಹಕ್ಕಿ, ಇಲ್ಲೊಂದು ಮುಗುಳು, ನಿನಗೆ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ
ಅಲ್ಲಿ ರಣದುಂದುಭಿ, ಇಲ್ಲೊಂದು ವೀಣೆ, ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರತಿಧ್ವನಿ
ಆ ಮಹಾಕಾವ್ಯ, ಈ ಭಾವಗೀತೆ ನಿನ್ನ ಪದಧ್ವನಿ
You can listen to the song here:
Or here is an alternate link, if the above does not work:
dIpavu ninnade – On Music India Online
In the first link above, there is the filmi version sung by S Janaki, and another, more elaborate version sung by Ratnamala Prakash on a stage show – The background music is much better in the stage show version. You can hear the flautist creating magic here!
For those of you who may not understand kannDa, here is a gist of the poem:
The candle is yours;
The wind, yours too;
Don’t blow out the light.
The ocean is yours;
The ship is yours too;
Pray, don’t wreck it.
The hills are yours;
The plains are yours.
Let love blossom everywhere!
The sunny days are yours;
The cloudy days are yours.
Measure them alike.
The great thunder,
The dark clouds
Dress you up in the sky!
The chirping birds,
The smiling faces
All salute thee.
Pounding War Drums
The gentle-sounding lutes
They are both your echo.
The great epic poems
This simple song
They are all your words.
The ocean is yours;
The ship, yours too;
Pray, don’t wreck it.
The candle is yours;
The wind is yours;
Don’t blow out the light.
This song was used in the movie “Maisoora Mallige” – Watch it here.
Now coming to my favorite part 🙂 This song is based on a rAga from Indian classical music. In karnATaka sangIta, this rAga is called bhOgavasanta (ಭೋಗವಸಂತ). It is not a very popular or well known rAga. This may be because it treads the territory of other well-known rAgas such as kAmavardhini. In fact, there were no formal compositions in this rAga until Jayachamaraja Odeyar, the last king of Maisooru, composed a kriti sometime during the 1940s.
You can listen to this kriti, in the voice of M S Sheela. This is a recording from a program on Jayachamarajendra Odeyar’s compositions on All India Radio.
Before singing the song, she describes the notes that are used in this melody. This is a shADava rAga, meaning a rAga that uses six of the seven notes.
M.S.Sheela sings amba srI rAja rAjEshwari
You may have noticed that ambA ShrI and dIpavu ninnadu seem very different, even though I say they are basically the same melody. That is because the song dIpavu ninnade, takes more from the form in the hindUstAni counterpart of this melody.
In hindustAni music, this rAga called din-ki-pooriya. The name suggests it is a rAga to be sung during daylight hours, and is a relative of rAga pooriya. Although not very well known, din-ki-pooriya stands much better off than bhOgavasanta in terms of the number of recordings available. Pandit Jasraj and his shishyas like Sanjeev have popularised this rAga quite a bit.
Here you can listen to a very nice rendition of rAga din-ki-pooria from Sandeep Ranade, an exponent of mEwAti gharAna. See if you can spot elements of the song dIpavu ninnade in here.
Sandeep Ranade sings din-ki-pooriya
This din-ki-pooriya recording is part of a rAga mAlika begins with din-ki-pooria and then moves on to lalit, and then toother rAgas, each time differing by one-note-hamming distance. I highly recommend you to listen to the entire recording 🙂 of Sandeep Ranade’s raga-morphing rAgamAlike here:
http://www.sandeepranade.com/html/ClassicalSinging/raga-morphing.htm
There are many more such wonderful recordings for music lovers available on the artists website (www.sandeepranade.com).
As I was writing the lines from deepavu ninnade, I remembered two other haridasa compositions. But let me blabber about that some other time!
Happy listening.
-neelanjana
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ಸೆಪ್ಟೆಂಬರ್ 27, 2007 at 2:00 ಅಪರಾಹ್ನ
Arunk
Both songs were nice. I think this may have figured in many film songs too (seems to have that feel).
It has a “impending doom” (or “lost everything”) like feeling – what rasa would that be 🙂 ?
I did not know about this raga until now – but it seems to be close to pUrvi as in the “ni ri ni ri ga ma ga ri sa” that MDR (and KVN) use to sing often The pallavi and anupallavi part of the song is all swaras – and no panchama which is why I think it has the same feel.
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ಸೆಪ್ಟೆಂಬರ್ 27, 2007 at 2:11 ಅಪರಾಹ್ನ
neelanjana
arunk,
I think the absense of panchama, and combinattion of prati madhyama with shuddha dhaivata and shudda rishabha contribute to the feeling you are mentioning. However, it definitely suits the poem for the “anyatha sharaNam nAsti – tvamEva sharNam mama” feel.
I can relate this rAga with poorvi of tillana nirinirigamagarisa. However, there seems to be some stray panchama prayoga in that rAga as seen in the following rendition by KVN:
[audio src="http://www.sangeethapriya.org/Downloads/kvn/stanford/14_NiRiNiRiGaMaGaRiSa_Tillana_Purvi.mp3" /]
-neelanjana
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ಅಕ್ಟೋಬರ್ 8, 2007 at 5:08 ಅಪರಾಹ್ನ
December Stud
‘hattu varuShada hiMde’ was Jayavanthi Devi and ‘uDugaNavEShTita’ was H.R.Leelavathi. Trust me, I know 😉
@DS
I certainly will count on what you say 😉
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ಅಕ್ಟೋಬರ್ 14, 2007 at 9:01 ಅಪರಾಹ್ನ
Sathej
Bhogavasantha – hmm,never heard of it too. Keep writing 🙂
Sathej
@Sathej
Welcome to my blog – Did you listen to the kriti I posted ( Odeyar Kriti) and the hindustani version ( which is more elaborately expanded)? I am sure you’d like them.
-neelanjana
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ನವೆಂಬರ್ 20, 2007 at 12:30 ಫೂರ್ವಾಹ್ನ
eightlegs1brain
hi neelanjana…
i had very briefly listened to deepavu ninnade[sung by M.D.Pallavi i guess..] in my college canteen the other day and i took the cd from him… and this morn the moment i opened my eyes i suddenly wanted to listen to that song.. and after i heard the entire 7min 33 sec track.. i’ve gone crazy abt it.. listened to it over n over for 23 times already today.. and i wanted to know more abt the song and its raaga.. thats where i found your post and immediately became a member of this lovely forum..
thanks a million…
you made my day…
p.s: is yaake mukanado guruve based on purvi raaga??
@eightlegs1brain,
Welcome to my blog page. I am glad you liked this posting. Keep visiting 🙂
Which version of yaake mookanadyo are you talking about? If it is Bheemasena Joshi’s, I don’t think it in Poorvi or Pooria. Looks like Jaunpuri/Asavari or one raga belonging to that family. But, since compositions of dAsas are sung in different rAgas, you may be asking about some other artist’s version..
-neelanjana
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ನವೆಂಬರ್ 21, 2007 at 6:43 ಅಪರಾಹ್ನ
ve1ka2te3sh4
ಅಬ್ಬ ಎನ್ ಬರ್ದಿದಿರ ಸರ್. ನಿಮ್ಮ ಕ್ಯಾನ್ವಾಸ್ ಭಾರಿದೊಡ್ದು. ಅದ್ರಲ್ಲಿ ಎಲ್ಲ ಇದೆ. ನೇಚರ್, ಪದ್ಯ, ಗದ್ಯ, ಇನ್ನು ಏನೆನೊ. ಹಂಗನ್ಬೊದು. ತಕ್ಷಣ ನಿಮ್ಬ್ಲಾಗ್ ನೊಡಿದ್ರೆ, ಒಂಥರ ಅಗುತ್ತೆ. ಮೈನಡ್ಗತ್ತೆ.
ಇಸ್ಟ ಹೇಳ್ಬೊದೇನೊ ಈಗ ಸದ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ. ಬರ್ತಿನ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರೆ.
@ವೆಂಕಟೇಶ್,
ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ
ನನ್ನ ಪುಟಕ್ಕೆ ಸ್ವಾಗತ. ನಿಮಗೆ ಈ ಬರಹ ಹಿಡಿಸಿದ್ದು ಬಹಳ ಸಂತೋಷ. ಅಂದಹಾಗೆ ನೀವು ಸಂಪದದ(ಲ್ಲೂ ಇರುವ) ವೆಂಕಟೇಶರೇ?
-ನೀಲಾಂಜನ
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ಡಿಸೆಂಬರ್ 18, 2007 at 10:24 ಅಪರಾಹ್ನ
shree
nanage e hadu thumba ishta… Can you please mail me the lyrics?? Please……. (shree.angel@gmail.com)
@shree.angel
blog post nalle ideyalri lyrics?
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ಜನವರಿ 1, 2008 at 4:44 ಫೂರ್ವಾಹ್ನ
Shruthi
Hi there,
The link given for listenin to the song ‘Deepave ninnade’ is not working.I like this song very much. Can you please mail me the correct link where i can listen to this.
-Regards,
Shruthi
@Shruthi
Welcome to my blog. I saw that the udbhava site was down. Here is a link to the version sung by S Janaki in the movie Maisooru Mallige.
http://www.musicindiaonline.com/p/x/8UxjXzeJsS.As1NMvHdW/
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ಜನವರಿ 7, 2008 at 12:27 ಫೂರ್ವಾಹ್ನ
eightlegs1brain
good day..! 🙂 i haven’t any clue abt the singer but this song is on a cd titled ‘daasawaani'[if that helps.. 😦 ]
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ಮಾರ್ಚ್ 11, 2008 at 8:18 ಅಪರಾಹ್ನ
TS
I accidentally stumbled on this site in my quest for the lyrics of this song.:) I am an amateur musician driven by passion than any real talent. You have a great blog site here and I found the lyrics pretty useful and made my job easier.
I have tried rearranging and playing this song on my keyboard slightly differently and this is what I came up with.
[audio src="http://files.keyfax.com/forums/user-files/393139-Indian_Tune1.mp3" /]
Keep up the good work.
@TS
Welcome to my page – I am glad to hear you liked it 🙂
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ಅಕ್ಟೋಬರ್ 14, 2008 at 2:19 ಫೂರ್ವಾಹ್ನ
ambika
nanagoo ee haadu bekagihthu. please mail madteera?
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ಜನವರಿ 11, 2009 at 9:46 ಫೂರ್ವಾಹ್ನ
Sourabh
daiviTTu, S.Janaki haaDiruvantaha “deepavu ninnade” haaDannu upload maaDteera…!?
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ಜನವರಿ 13, 2009 at 9:42 ಅಪರಾಹ್ನ
raj
thanks for resource
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ಮಾರ್ಚ್ 5, 2009 at 11:09 ಅಪರಾಹ್ನ
Bharathesh
ellarigu nanna namaskaragalu. Naanu Bhaava sangama, Mysore mallige, Janapada geete, Sishunala shariffa, haadugalanna mp3 format alli huduktha idini aadre yaav site kuda free download ge anumathi kodtha illa. nimmalli yaarigaadru yaavudaadru site gothidre dayavittu tilisi,
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ಆಗಷ್ಟ್ 12, 2009 at 12:15 ಫೂರ್ವಾಹ್ನ
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ಸೆಪ್ಟೆಂಬರ್ 21, 2009 at 9:13 ಫೂರ್ವಾಹ್ನ
Raju
Please send me above MP3 song or link ti download the song -DEEPAVU NINADE GALIYU NINADE.
This is my fav song
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ಅಕ್ಟೋಬರ್ 14, 2009 at 7:39 ಫೂರ್ವಾಹ್ನ
Saraswathi
Thank you very much for this blog post. Deepavu Ninnade is indeed one of my favorite songs of all time! I was thrilled to read about all the details, the translation and the raaga comparisons.
Here’s a version performed by M.D. Pallavi Arun of the same song, in the recent past.
http://www.kannadaaudio.com/Songs/Bhaavageethe/home/LiveConcert-1-PallaviArun.php
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ಅಕ್ಟೋಬರ್ 26, 2009 at 10:43 ಅಪರಾಹ್ನ
Praveen
Thanks a ton for the English meaning of Deepavu Ninnade. I keep listening to this song in Kannada Bhaava Geete concerts in Bangalore and everybody sings this song (mentioning it to be a popular song by K.S.Narasimhaswamy).
Now that I know what the song means, I should be able to enjoy it even more when I listen to it again. Thanks once again!
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ಅಕ್ಟೋಬರ್ 30, 2009 at 9:01 ಫೂರ್ವಾಹ್ನ
neelanjana
@Praveen,
Welcome to “allide namma mane” 🙂
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ನವೆಂಬರ್ 16, 2009 at 1:19 ಫೂರ್ವಾಹ್ನ
nagashri
Can any one please upload the song ‘hattu varushada hinde’..
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ಮೇ 7, 2010 at 11:47 ಅಪರಾಹ್ನ
geetha
Hi neelanjana,thanks for the lyrics of deepavu i had heard this song long back now i bought the cd every time i listen become emotional tears rolls down then i experience the wonderful silence, would mindgiving the lyrics of neeli bhavi from mysore anathswamy.I would like learn sughama sangeetha i stay at vijanagar can u sujest good teacher for me. thanks gita
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ಮೇ 14, 2010 at 8:36 ಅಪರಾಹ್ನ
Um
I wanted the lyrics of Yaake Mookanadyo Guruve Nee Sung by Bhimshen Joshi
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ಮೇ 28, 2010 at 8:52 ಫೂರ್ವಾಹ್ನ
neelanjana
You can find it here: http://sunaada.blogspot.com/2010/03/blog-post_5012.html
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ಸೆಪ್ಟೆಂಬರ್ 8, 2010 at 2:24 ಫೂರ್ವಾಹ್ನ
Um
hi i wanted lyrics for “Intha Prabhuva kaneno” from Dasara Padagalu… any one can help me please..?
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ಅಕ್ಟೋಬರ್ 11, 2010 at 4:16 ಫೂರ್ವಾಹ್ನ
Shree
Good stuff! Din-ki-puria is a weirdly beautiful beast; while Lalit has shudh madhyam to rest on, DKP has none; and Shadja being weak, the chalan gets precariously fluid between Nishad and Gandhar. All IMHO, that is.
I am not a great fan of Jasraj Pandit and his troops’ interpretation of DKP. You may like to listen to Jitendra Abhisheki’s Din-ki-Puria from the T-Series Album ‘Rag Abhishek’ (Ragas Bhupala Todi, Din-Ki-Puriya, Zilaf, Amrita Varshini) for a full treatement.
Here’s a freebie of Abhisheki bab giving a demo on din-ki-puria – http://www.parrikar.org/music/poorvi/abhisheki_dinkipooriya.ram.
Keep them coming !
–Shree
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ಅಕ್ಟೋಬರ್ 11, 2010 at 8:41 ಫೂರ್ವಾಹ್ನ
neelanjana
@Shree,
Welcome to “allide namma mane” 🙂
Thanks a bunch for the links on din-ki-puria.
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ಡಿಸೆಂಬರ್ 24, 2010 at 4:26 ಫೂರ್ವಾಹ್ನ
sat
i love this song…..best song
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ಜೂನ್ 14, 2012 at 9:04 ಅಪರಾಹ್ನ
Dr S R Rao
Oh, thanks a lot ! I recently [ 10 june 2012 ] happened to accidentally / no, make it serendipitously, walk into a delightful open-air evening concert that happened in Hanumanthanagara, Basavanagudi, BLR, and that too atop a lovely hillock. M D Pallavi was the main and the lone singer &, I must say, just mesmerising that evening; I spent a blissful three hours, standing, and just soaking in the mood, alternating between the myriad emotions that her singing evoked in me. And there she sang this song – Deepavu Ninnade… and ever since I heard those wonderfully simple, yet, deeply philosophical words, they are ringing in my ears, & I am soaring, in an Infinite dimensional space !! And the compelling need to know more about its architect, KSN, brought me here to your abode. 🙂
I sign off by saying that the rich cultural legacy we have inherited from the grand old masters, is something that every kannadiga ought to be legitimately proud of.
Thanks Neelanjana.
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ಆಗಷ್ಟ್ 20, 2012 at 9:03 ಅಪರಾಹ್ನ
nvharisha
ನೀಲಾಂಜನರವರೆ, ತುಂಬಾ ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು ಹಾಡಿನ ರಾಗ ಹುಡುಕುತ್ತಿರುವವನಿಗೆ .. ನಿಮ್ಮ ಲೇಖನ ದಾರಿ ದೀಪವಾಯಿತು
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ನವೆಂಬರ್ 8, 2012 at 3:05 ಅಪರಾಹ್ನ
Manjunath
this is my favt song
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ಅಕ್ಟೋಬರ್ 2, 2013 at 9:37 ಅಪರಾಹ್ನ
rashmi
ದೀಪವು ನಿನ್ನದೆ ಗಾಳಿಯು ನಿನ್ನದೆ ಆರದಿರಲಿ ಬೆಳಕು
ಕಡಲು ನಿನ್ನದೆ ಹಡಗು ನಿನ್ನದೆ, ಮುಳುಗದಿರಲಿ ಬದುಕು
ಆಗೊಂದು ಸಿಡಿಲು ಈಗೊಂದು ಮುಗಿಲು ನಿನಗೆ ಅಲಂಕಾರ
ಅಲ್ಲೊಂದು ಹಕ್ಕಿ, ಇಲ್ಲೊಂದು ಮುಗುಳು, ನಿನಗೆ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ
ಅಲ್ಲಿ ರಣ ದುಂದುಭಿ, ಇಲ್ಲೊಂದು ವೀಣೆ, ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರತಿಧ್ವನಿ
ಆ ಮಹಾಕಾವ್ಯ ಈ ಭಾವಗೀತೆ ನಿನ್ನ ಪದಧ್ವನಿ
ರತ್ನಮಾಲ ಪ್ರಕಾಶ್ ಅವರ ಕಂಠ ಸಿರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮೂಡಿ ಬಂದ ಈ ಹಾಡು ನನ್ನ ಮನವನ್ನು ತಣಿಸಿದೆ………..
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ನವೆಂಬರ್ 27, 2013 at 6:57 ಫೂರ್ವಾಹ್ನ
ramya
could you please tell me who s the poet of kannada bhavageethhe “KAPILEYA DADADALI”
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ಸೆಪ್ಟೆಂಬರ್ 6, 2014 at 11:31 ಫೂರ್ವಾಹ್ನ
raj
i wanted information of one kannada song.i know only partial song. it starts with
Bana surya thadavagendu huttuvudilla,besaravendu madyanakke muluguvudilla………i use to hear this song during 94-97 on AIR in which childen used to sing in chorus…..can any one know about it. it is great inspirational song..
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ಮಾರ್ಚ್ 11, 2015 at 8:47 ಅಪರಾಹ್ನ
Ammu Amrutha
Its a v nice song…i like singing and my voice is quite good wen ever i use feel depress i ll sing dis song…lyrics s good
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ಏಪ್ರಿಲ್ 3, 2015 at 12:24 ಫೂರ್ವಾಹ್ನ
Dhasharatha
I am also enjoyed ………. When I listened this song
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ಅಕ್ಟೋಬರ್ 31, 2015 at 1:14 ಫೂರ್ವಾಹ್ನ
anandachar
i am also enjoyeed ……..this song super
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ಜೂನ್ 20, 2016 at 5:18 ಫೂರ್ವಾಹ್ನ
brk
i wanted this song for my project and i got it…….
soooo happy tnx a lot for this website………
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