It is easy to tell people not to be cynical and yes we all need to be positive and always hope for the good. But in the war between honesty and being positive, i think honesty and truth should prevail and will prevail. Coming to the point, it is not just in the matters of competition, war, or achievements but injustice is prevalent everywhere. These days largely it is the hype, noise, sensation that attracts the eye and only those who succeed in all that is bound to walk away with recognition and achievement. This is not just true of politics, media or business but also percolated to music and film industry.
Can we imagine, Shankara bharanam songs becoming popular today, the way it reached people then in early 80’s. The answer seems a perfect No as if that would happen,then the same should have happened to Sri Ramarajyam songs and music. Its very unfortunate and disgraceful that the music has not reached as much as it should have. i do not want to scribble any adjectives to express the divinity of the music in that movie. It deserved far greater recognition, appreciation than any other music in the last few years. It did register in music lover’s minds and heart, but did not make an impact as much as it should have. The effort of the Great Maestro is wasted in that sense. Every song and every music bit if heard in the right frame of mind and system is bound to take to a different world and when u come back, either you don’t want to live in the same world or you are transformed and you are willing to forgive everyone and everything. The complete serenity engulfs you and you just want to keep listening to the same music.
Even to say that this song is better than the other one is insulting the album per se. But my favourite is Sree Rama lera. The voices of shreya ghosal and Ramu don’t seem that of humans. It is clearly like the voices of the angels or goddess if there ever were such reality as them. The lyrics propound the value of what an ideal relationship and love between husband and wife should be. It’s beyond subtlety, expectation or any other feelings which are impermanent and ephemeral. The feelings and expressions are something that one should possess and they seem so right and achievable. There is no intension of gyan but everyone married and unmarried should listen and digest this song. After listening to this song, we feel like childishly fighting with god to make such a relationship permanent in life.
The other favourites are Seetha seemantham, ramayanamu and it can’t be a coincidence that all these songs have shreya ghosal as the singer. This lady will surpass all the greats in the singing world and if someone says she already has, i will be the first one to buy the argument. One can’t stop wondering at the making of this song. What must have happened to Raja garu before the composition and after the recording? What bliss, what divinity he must have experienced is only what he can feel and probably will never be known to anyone? For me it is more than worship in any temple, to be able to be there during such recordings. It thinks these opportunities can come only as a blessing and god knows when will that be? Of course jagadadanda karaka is also a good song and has got the popularity it deserves unlike the rest of the songs.
One experience which is very unique is that, no other music seems enjoyable beyond few moments when ever i listen to this song. Especially in the telugu songs of late this magic isn’t in any music. Impatience is felt for other telugu songs and automatically we tend to get back to listening to Sri Rama rajayam music and more particularly sree rama lera. But one thing is certain ... forgetting the clichéd hit or miss discussion in success terms, if one listens to sriramarajyam 3 times, we are bound to get bliss and tranquillity. They say about rama katha, rama smarana that it is very soothing and we get stuck there and nothing else interests or excites. I haven’t experienced that, but surely felt the same about the music of sriramarajyam.
Ilayaraja is a music god and one needs to touch his feet just for this music. One way of extending the happiness is to continue to listen to Geetanjali, anveshana songs of Raja garu... There is lot of sadness and unhappiness when i have to conclude writing about this piece but i will continue to revel in listening to the same. Special mention of thanks to Jonnavittula garu also for writing to suit this generation.
I will be glad if someone tell me the raga of sree rama lera song.
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