The compositions with proper swara notations was published in book form.It is said that the respected stage and screen actor SV Sahasranamam financed the project. There is an interesting story behind the “Singara Velanae Deva” song from “Konjum Salangai” film that I wish to relate here.Ī connoisseur of Carnatic music and devotee of devotional literature in Tamil -TA Sambanthamoorthy Aachaariyar –had ventured on a project close to his heart over sixty years ago. Against that backdrop ”Singara Velanae Deva” was a path breaking venture where the singing of Janaki and the Naadaswaram of Kaarrukurichchi Arunaasalam were recorded separately and later blended together as a whole. This practice however was unheard of in the old days where songs were recorded in studios with singers and orchestra performing together. Today in this post-AR Rahman era film song tracks are often recorded separately with singers and musicians at different times and then synthesised into a single whole. The evolution of that song has a very unique and interesting background.
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Nevertheless I take great pleasure in writing about the song again in this on going series as it is one of my favourite film songs. Janaki and the Singara Velanae Deva song are topics about which I have written earlier in a different context. It remains a perennial favourite tugging at the heartstrings of young and old transcending time and age boundaries. Though Janaki has sung thousands of songs and won numerous awards, it is “Singara Velanae Deva” sung more than five decades ago that remains as high watermark of her brilliant career.
The line “Senthooril Nindraadum Deva” reminds us of the nadaswara vidvan’s typical phrasings”. She goes on to write “The pièce de résistance in Abheri is of course SM Subbiah Naidu’s “Singara velane deva” from “Konjum Salangai,” sung by S Janaki with the nadaswara accompaniment of Karukkurichi Arunachalam. The very knowledgeable Charulatha Mani in writing about the Abheri Raga in her popular series “A raga’s Journey” in “The Hindu” says “ Abheri as we know it today is one of the most attractive and popular ragas”. In Hindustani music the raga Bhimpalasi is said to resemble Abheri closely. Although she had no formal training in carnatic or Hindustani music Janaki rendered the classical”Singara Velanae Deva”song magnificiently.She reached the upper octaves admirably for the soulful song based on the carnatic raga Abheri. The solo which catapulted Janaki to fame overnight was in the film “Konjum Salangai” released in January1962. Gemini Ganesan & Savithri ~ “Konjum Salangai” (kissing anklets) in Technicolour
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