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Happy Birthday Baluji ... 04.06.2013

2013-06-03T05:30:00.003-05:00

“Naanum Rajavum”,

2013-05-20T22:44:00.004-05:00

It was a wonderful evening we were blessed to be present in “Naanum Rajavum”, fully participated by SPB alone, conducted at Kamarajar hall, Chennai on 19.05.13.

The output or the essence of the concert was superb and spellbound. It’s like wetting ourselves in the musical rains.

Would like to share you both the positive & general feedback as follows:

Positive:
1. Output of the audio or Sound Engineering was awesome. We had never got such an 100% experience from any other group. This is neither comparison nor exaggeration – but a real fact.

2. Secondly, the key board player. Let it be any instrument...he played the same in key board with ease & perfection. When Balu sir was applauding him also, he didn’t look up or down or even notice that recognition, but was fully concentrating in his job. What an involvement & dedication!!! I was amazed when he played “Nadaswaram” as well “ violin” in the key board just casually. Hats off to him! (Sorry..didnt know his name)

3. Next was the female singer Ms. Suchithra. Her voice (luckily) didn’t resemble S.Janaki mam or any other singer but had unique style & pitching and the way she rendered certain songs looked as if her tone itself is an instrument! What a perfection & range...She was simply inspiring & felt like listening more. (example: Adhi kalai nerame..song. She rendered very neatly & sangadis were too nice & pleasing to the heart!

4. Same with the case of Dipashika. We have been watching her in the recent years. Already she has given good numbers with Balu Sir in the same stage. Her level of confidence in presenting songs with no strain on our face and her sharp eyes always looking straight at the audience were significant.

5. Most highlighting factor is the limited number of persons sitting in the orchestra but giving maximum productivity.

6. Happiest thing about the event is the selection of songs and the unsung hit numbers in stage. We were spell bound when heard “poonthalirada” or “yeh orayiram” or “vizhiyile manivizhiyile” the super-duper hits of those days.

7. Also would like to mention, Mr Gopal was applauding as a token of encouragement to his team when they rendered their portion to their best. This showed how keen he was recognising their talents and also how important his role as the key person.

8. We had a feel of “Give me more” and never felt like leaving the auditorium as the output of the sound was superb, superb & simply excellent and the complete orchestra team members were enjoying their participation with dedication & involvement. (example: 2^nd key board person smilingly waving his fingers in the keyboard zig-zag with full smile, during kattu kuyilu song)

9. The female & male chorus were totally entertaining

10. It’s a good thought of saluting the Maestro thereby making the Troupe Singers sing few hit songs as a dedication to Shri K J Yesudas & Malaysia Vasudevan.

General Feedback:

1. Most of the auditorium was full by 6.00pm itself whereas the stage wasn’t open till 7.15.

2. While there was comments on those who come by free & complimentary passes, 90% of the audience had purchased tickets by spending their money to enjoy the event. When the team delays to start the function or here as a rare incident, after Sir appeared in the stage there is a forced pause and he left back to the back stage....& when majority of the good numbers were sung only after 9pm, as 50% of the crowd started to leave, there is absolutely disappointment in the hearts of ‘rasigas’ who arrived on time but were deprived of good songs, just becos of lack of time due to poor administration & poor organising of seats & tickets. Kindly keep in mind, for an average family spending Rs.300/- or Rs.250/- per head is of course a big money and for a family they spend so much, only to enjoy the concert and not to land up in disappointment. On behalf of all rasigas I request the Organisers, to start the programme on the time and to give good hit numbers in the beginning itself, so that it would benefit the real music lovers.

3. The comperer (dont know her name) seemed to be unexperienced & didn’t have specific points while presenting but was poking us always only to keep on clapping. For such a beautiful concert, compering could have been better.

4. Just because the programme started late, the number of songs were also reduced. In between this, known songs like “Sundari kannal”; “Kadhal kavithaigal padithidum neram” consumed time hugely. Those songs could have been replaced with some more good numbers, as a matter of compensation atleast.

5. During Kattu Kuyilu song, the female chorus were zero heard, whereas the singers were singing!!! May be some problem in the mike or output but through out the song, the chorus section came thrice but all three times their voices were not heard but the girls were singing sincerely. There is lack of coordination in this aspect.

Last but not least, this program is not covered by any TV channels to telecast this on a later date!

Balu sir had dressed up in a nice attire (“Nehru dress”) & was in his best of mood, fully praising & sharing interesting anecdotes about his friend-cum-colleague Maestro. He shared lot of technicalities about Raja’s knowledge to the usage & max output instruments. As usual, he admired & encouraged upcoming singers (Dipashika & the other Male singer). He also remembered with respects his co-singers Janaki Mam & P.Suseela Mam and complimented even North singers cant compete with them and profusely thanked lyricists & song writers for sketching such good lyrics for Raja sir’s tunes. We felt like keep listening to him more as Sir spoke in a very good mood & also sang with lot of happiness.

(One sample: He repeated Charanam of O-Vasantharaja mentioning that he didn’t render it properly earlier. Further added..in that song the name ‘raja’ appears frequently..and he wont bear a small mistake even in a live show & would make singers repeat. Hence did that as a humble conscious decision!)

As usual, Sir announced modestly that his music knowledge is very less compared to other musicians and he had learnt lot of nuances from his seniors like S.Janaki & through out from Raja sir. He repeatedly mentioned “Ilayaraja is the best” on various occasions & justified why he admires him so much. “Nalla iruda nee” he screamed at one point of time.

Sir commented intentionally that he’s unaware why Raja appears as a ‘sanyasi’ when he created such mesmerising tunes like ‘meendum meendum va’ and also said Raja is qualified to become a Film Director as he possesses all qualities by imagining scenes in his mind, while he closes his eyes and completes composing...

Here are the much-awaited list of songs:

1. Mounamana Neram (thr was pause of 10min, as audience didn’t assemble due to lack of seats but huge crowd...”where thr is mounam” he commented & left the stage. Came after a brief time!)

2. Poonthalirada (the starting of ‘poonthalirada’ line was sang in different manner, as sir felt most of the today’s songs were new to him, to sing on stage and took time to practice (!). He even congratulated Mr.Gopal, the Program conductor, for the same.

3. Pattu Thalaivan (gave intro about the hiccups in the beginning)

4. O-Vasantha Raja (repeated saranam once for his satisfaction)

5. Kanmaniye kadhal enbadu (sang with Ananthu for male duet & dipasika for female duet...Ananthu sang his portion exactly like those days’ Balu sir’s voice & it was so soothing to hear! Sir congratulated Ananthu for his performance)

6. Yeh...yeh...orayiram

7. Roja Onru Mutham ketkum neram

8. Meendum Meendum Va

9. Andhi varum neram

10. Kadhal Kavithaigal

11. Rojavai thalattum thenral

12. Vizhiyile mani vizhiyile (simply superb!! )

13. Adhigalai nerame (Complimented Mr Gopal for selection of such a song)

14. Kaatu kuyilu

Regards,
Priya Venkat

SPB FANS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION (Regd) Group Member

Chennai

BOMBAY TALKIES

2013-05-03T23:08:00.000-05:00

BOMBAY TALKIES

"Apna Bombay Talkies"

Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik,Kumar Sanu, Abhijeet,Kavita Krishnamurthy, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam,Sunidhi Chauhan, Shaan,Shreya Ghoshal, Sudesh Bhonsle, KK, Sukhwinder Singh, Shilpa Rao, Mohit Chauhan, Sonu Nigam

Thanks to Mr.Vikas Kamble for Link

PRANAVAM - TRIBUTE TO SHRI .P.B.S

2013-04-25T01:27:00.000-05:00

Dear All,

It was a wonderful event I have ever participated in my 7 year association with the SPB FANS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION since 2006. I'm yet to come out of the nostalgic moments of the evening.

More than a tribute, it looked like a festival of thanks giving to the Late Sri PBS. I was spellbound to see the parade of musicians one after the other...starting from our

1. SPB sir

2. MSV sir

3. Ilayaraja sir

4. K.S.Chitra

5. Vani Jayaram Mam

6. SP Sailaja Mam

7. Vidyasagar

8. Sriram

9. Srilekha Parthasarathy

10. SP Charan

11. T L Maharajan

12. Ananthu

13. karthik

14. Chinmayi

15. Tippu

16. Harini

17. Mrs & Mr. Y.G.Mahendran

18. Mr. Vasanth (Vasanth TV)

along with lot many budding play back singers.

It was overwhelming to see our SPB sir in wheels...he played the role of the CAPTAIN of the ship and was ensuring every celebrity was attended personally by him. It was enjoyable to watch our Sir enjoying his best upon PBS sir's songs been sung by upcoming singers.

The organisers had decorated a chair with PBS sir's shawl and the turban thereby giving an impression to the audience as if the Late Legend is seated. It is mentionable here that this Event was organised when Shri PBS was alive and it's an ironical fact that the same was been converted to a Tribute. The idea behind this Felicitation Event was of Shri SPB's.

All super hit solos & duets of Dr.PBS were sung by celebrity film singers followed by launch of the book "Pranavam" .

SPB vs. PBS.:

Celebrities recorded their feelings about PBS in an Album. I was fortunate to note SPB Sir's note:

"No 'Prathivadi' to him

and he was never 'Bhayankara'

We will never miss him.

He lives with his melliflous voice

and 'melodius' heart -

LONG LIVE PBS

Balu"

There cant be a better ode to the Poet (PBS), whom (the organisers earmarked) had penned more than 2,50,000 songs all in eight languages (Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, Urdu, Hindi, English & Sanskrit).

May the Universal Almighty bless PBS sir's soul to rest in peace. The Tribute organised for Kalaimamani Dr P.B.Sreenivos fetched cheers, happiness & contentment upon every participant's heart on being present on such a rare and great occasion.

People said PBS had never hurt anyone but only been to his best to one and all. Same was proved in the event organised to bid farewwll to him. It had never hurt anyone but blessed the 'rasigas' hearts with contentment, contentment and only contentment!

On behalf of the Fans Foundation, Balu sir felicitated Webmaster & Mr. Seshadri on stage with a bouquet of flowers and gave his modest feedback in mike, that his webfans are doing great things silently.

Long Live PBS.

With love,

Priya Venkat

Poojave Poojave Adikadi

2013-03-24T23:50:00.001-05:00

Dear all

his is a NEW, UNRELEASED, FIRST ON THE NET love song. Singer: S. P. Balasubrahmanyam Music: Chandrabose Lyrics: Pa Vijay

This song was composed by the great music director Late Chandrabose (my chitappa) for an album called "Kaadhal", I got the greatest opportunity to Produce the album along with on eof my relatives Mr.Rajamani.

I feel so blessed that I got a chance to produce and our legend sang for it

Hats of to this great composition an dI am proud of my Chitappa who was a great composer and am sure all of you will like this

Request all of you to kindly share it with everyone and enjoy

regards

Venkatesh

Dr.SPB - 119 Hindi Hit songs

2013-03-04T03:36:00.001-05:00

Hindi Songs Sung by Dr.SPB about 119 Songs link enjoy every one here.

Kamaraj Arangam on 18th Nov.2012.

2012-11-20T22:30:00.002-05:00

Dear Friends,

We are one of the luckiest members to attend the concert of SPB's KAMALUM NANUM held at Kamaraj Arangam on 18th Nov.2012.

It was a packed auditorium before Our Sir made his presence to sing his 1st song. It was little sad that " MOUNARAGAM MURALI" had not given the proper Intro to our Sir. But 'KUDOS" to the team of " MOUNARAGAM MURALI" for the wonderful orchestration & selection of rare songs. Most of the songs are very rarely sung in the concert by our Sir.

Now, coming to our Guruji, Sir needed 2 songs to warm up, he started slowly, but after the 2nd song he was in superior form in singing. Even Murali was delighted, the way sir had enjoyed in singing the songs. It was a Diwali treat to all the audiences.

The whole auditorium was behind our Sir by clapping, dancing & after each & every song they had given a big round of Applause. Especially during the songs of " En jodi" from Vikram & "Ilamai Idho" from Sagalakal vallavan, peaople were dancing & our Sir was really enjoying. It was a great Visual treat. Most importantly Sir didnt talk too much after the song. Sir was just concentrating on songs.

As a Spl. Guest Play back singer Mr. Unni Menon made his presence & sung his debut song " Pon Maane" from Oru Kaithiyin Dairy, & also A.R.Rehman Sister also made her presence & sung a duet song with our Sir from the movie " Indian" ( maya machindra ). After singing the song she said that this is the 1st time she is singing in a stage & its her life ambition to sing with LEGENDARY SINGER & she also said that she is a great fan of KAMALJI.

All together i am very sure that in the last 2 years, i had not seen our Sir with such a energy & enthu while singing the songs. Its really a treat. Before the last song Sir humbly said that in the recent times he used to close his eyes when his car enters the auditorium, cos he doesn't want to see the vacant auditorium, but every time the auditorium is packed. I am very grateful to you all for listening this same voice for long years.

Our Sir is BACK WITH BANG. The way Sir sung everyone in the auditorium thought that Sir age must be just 30, not 60+. Herebelow i had given some of the songs list sung by our Sir.

Once again my KUDOS to " MOUNARAGAM MURALI & HIS TROOP, especially the female playback singers & all the troop members most of them are part of RAJA SIR TROOP & MSV SIR TROOP members. So that you all can imagine what a wonderful evening you all had missed.

LET US ALL PRAY TO GOD TO GIVE OUR SIR A VERY HEALTHY & HAPPY LIFE .

There is no tv coverage, but they had recorded it, hopefully they will get a tie up sith some channel, when it was done done miss to watch it out.

Venky.

Songs list:

1. Singalathu chinna - Punnagai mannan

2. Punjai undu - Unnal mudiyum thambi

3. Unnai ninachen - Apoorva sagothargal

4. Thakida thathumi - Salangai oli

5. Ammamma saranam - Sattam

6. Vanile thenila - Kakki sattai

7. Varthai tavaravitai - Ilamai unjal adukirathu

8. Maya machindra - Indian

9. En jodi - Vikram

10 Perai sollava - Guru

11 Poongatru - kalaignan

12 Sippi irrukudu - varumaiyin niram sikappu

13 Tere mere beach - ek duje ke liye

14 Megam kottatum - enakkul oruvan

15 thulli thulli - sippikul muthu

16 Ilamai itho - sagala kal vallavan

17 Chinnazchiru - meendum kokila

these are the song i remind, may be i missed few. Sorry.

Thanks to Mr.Venky. Yahoo Fans Group.

SPB Sir's Glorious Musical Concert at TRICHY

2012-08-16T02:51:00.000-05:00

Dear & Respected all,

It is finalized to do our FIRST Fund-Raising Musical Concert (with God's grace and our joint efforts, lot more to happen ahead) for our own SPB Fans Charitable Foundation !

Let's get ready to take part and be present at our SPB Sir's glorious musical concert at TRICHY (Venue: The National College) on Sep 1st 2012, the Saturday evening. The Orchestra taking the pride will be “Sruthilaya”.

This big event is coordinated by JCI (Junior Chamber International ) Trichy Wing, stewarded by its president Mr. Veerasakthi, who is part of our spbfans group! As we thank him sincerely for the efforts, let’s mark the day, join hands together, be there at the memorable event !

Members interested to be present at this Not-To-Be-Missed event may please confirm your participation by SMS to any of the below three numbers, latest by 13th, the Monday. It will help the planning crew to do the journey plan, logistics and work out & get back on the cost per person to be shared. As we are already in to Aug 2^nd week, it is planned to take private transportation by road (than by train), starting from Chennai.

Mr.Seshadri @ 9884924987
Mr. Sampath @ 9841040605
Sathish @ 9884190481

Donations are very welcome - any little amount is certainly bigger when it comes to fundraising for noble charity (the essential purpose of this event). Donations can be made at the venue on the day of the program also.

I have just put things in a nutshell. More unique and interesting details are to follow in the next emails on this topic! Guess what?? We are working out to invite celebrities from the Film Fraternity and have them express their Nostalgic Moments with the evergreen hits sung by our SPB sir for them !!

Equally important, this milestone occasion is going to give us a memorable weekend retreat and a precious chance to spend some time together. Let's all thank in advance Our All-Time Dearest SPB Sir for giving us such a wonderful day - the Sep 1st, 2012.

Mail from Mr.Sathish at SPB Fans Yahoo Groups

SPB, Chitra for the soul

2012-07-12T22:57:00.001-05:00

It was one of those concerts where technical glitches were overlooked, elaborate sound-checks forgiven and the blistering heat of the auditorium ignored. Singers S P Balasubramaniam and K S Chitra took their audience to a whole different world with their rendition of classics from the ’80s and ’90s at the Nehru Indoor Stadium on Saturday. The concert, Idhaya Geethangal, was organised in aid of Sri Sankara Foundation.
The veteran singers didn’t require any time to settle into their groove. Right from his first song Chinna Mani Kuyile (Amman Koyil Kizhakkale), SPB had his fans up on their feet for four straight hours.
Chitra joined SPB for Aaalapol Velapol from Ejaman for the pair’s first duet. If not for the fact that SPB’s voice sounded just as majestic in the 1993 original or because of his impromptu variations, it must have been that it was the first Rajini track of the evening, that shouts of requests from all corners of the stadium immediately filled the air. Enthused by the response they received for their first Superstar number, the duo followed it up with Adi Vaanmathi (Siva).
Though SPB said he didn’t remember the first duet that he sang with Chitra for a film, as the opening strains of Kaalam kaalamaaga.. from Kamal’s Punnagai Mannan played out, the loud roar from the eager audience confirmed that they had definitely not forgotten the evergreen song.
When the duo sang Naan Pogiren.. from the 2010 thriller Naanayam, not only did they give the young crowd in the audience a chance to finally scream for a reason they understood, but also proved that they definitely are timeless musical geniuses. A must mention is the duet between SPB and his son Charan. As they sang Ayyayyo Nenju (Aadukalam), the crowd couldn’t help but sway in amazement.
Highlights of the evening included a mesmerising Padariyen (Sindhu Bhairavi) and Ovvoru Pookalume (Autograph) by Chitra, Mandram Vandha (Mouna Raagam) and Mannil Indha Kadhal (Keladi Kanmani) by SPB and Anjaji Anjali.. from the duo that received a unanimous standing ovation.
SPB said that despite the fact that they made mistakes on stage, the audience showered them with applause because of the love they had for them and for good music. “The audience definitely knows that we’re making mistakes up here,” he said. But little did he know that with each of the songs, the singers only put their fans in a deeper reverie, making them oblivious to anything but the musical strains of nostalgia.

Photos and Writeup Thanks to New Indian Express

Singer S.P. Balasubrahmanyam honoured

2012-06-11T00:02:00.002-05:00

Artistes should be given their deserving positions in society and their talent should be given due recognition, said poet and lyrist Pirai Soodan. He was the guest of honour at a function held at Sri Baldevdas Kikani Higher Secondary School on Sunday to confer Vocational Excellence Award to playback singer S.P. Balasubrahmanyam by the Rotary Club of Coimbatore.

Quality

Lauding the remarkable career of S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, better known as SPB, in the music industry spanning across 46 years, Mr. Soodan said that the artists had to go through great troubles to keep up the quality of their work.

According to the organisers, the award was conferred for the contributions made by Dr. Balasubrahmanyam as a singer and actor as well as his efforts to reach out to the needy.

According to the citation of the award, the singer who had won Padma Sri and Padma Bhushan had sung over 40,000 songs in four languages. He had also won six national awards. He had directed music for over 40 films, and had worked as a dubbing artist, television anchor and even produced movies.

Swami Dayananda Saraswathi was the chief guest for the event.

In his acceptance speech, he recalled his days as a beginner in the industry. “It was singer S. Janaki who asked me to try singing for films. My aim was to become an engineer and look after my family,” said Dr. Balasubrahmanyam.

V. Kumaran, president of the club, Mahendra Dave, Project Chairman, V.S. Chandrasekaran, vocational service director, Gurdip Singh Anand, regional coordinator and Joseph M. Paul, secretary, also spoke.

The Hindu was the media partner for the event.

SPB Fans Charitable Foundation, Members Thanks to Rotary Club and The Hindu. Mentioning in their speech about SPB Fans Charitable Foundation, Chennai.

News link from The Hindu.

Singer S.P. Balasubrahmanyam honoured

SPB Annual Meet announced for 25th March 2012

2012-03-13T04:00:00.001-05:00

SPB Annual Meet announced for 25^th March 2012

Bangalore Annual Meet Slide show

2011-02-09T03:15:00.005-05:00

Bangalore Annual Meet Slide show.

Dear Bangalore Team,

HATS OFF to you ALL (RG & Mrs.RG, Prabhanjan, Arvind, Pradeep .......) for putting together a wonderful show and also enhancing it with some professional tocuhes (using Venu & Kalyan) to add a difference to this event.

After a long time, we had the fortune of listening to the Great Man singing some numbers close to his heart - courtesy Venu & Kalyan pair cooridnated by Bangalore Team

One more highlight (which i think Mr.Giridhar may be pointing out in his email) is that this Meet had the highest collection of Contributions / Donations till date. The overall response was astounding emphasised by the strength of the attendance

The show featuring Venu & Kalyan compensated that feeiling to a great extent

To sum it up, IT WAS A GREAT AND DIFFERENT EVENT which deserves abundant applause from ONE & ALL

After a long time, we had the fortune of listening to the Great Man singing some numbers close to his heart - courtesy Venu & Kalyan pair cooridnated by Bangalore Team

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Padma Bhoosan Baluji at Bangalore

2011-02-04T02:10:00.002-05:00

Padma Bhoosan Baluji at Bangalore on 06.02.2011 conduct by Bangalore Team, SPB Fans Charitable Foundation,Chennai.

I Wish Great Success this meet.

- Covai Ravee and Cbe Fans

CONGRATULATION TO PADHMABHOOSAN Dr.S.P.BALASUBRAMANYAM

2011-01-26T03:33:00.002-05:00

CONGRATULATION TO PADHMABHOOSAN Dr.S.P.BALASUBRAMANYAM

Athikaalai Neram Kanvil Unnai Paarthen

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Mamthe-Madhuram---Neeraajanam

2010-06-16T08:40:00.004-05:00

Mamthe-Madhuram---Neeraajanam---SPB

Movie Name: Neerajanam
Music Director: O.P.Nayyar
Singers: SPB, Janaki
Director: Ashok Kumar
Year: 1988

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Mamate Madhuram
mamatE madhuram
mamatE madhuram

marape SiSiram
yedaku vidhiki jarigE samaram
jarigE samaram

mamatE madhuram
mamatE madhuram

marape SiSiram
yedaku vidhiki jarigE samaram
jarigE samaram

manishiki valapE varamaa
madi valapuku vagapE phalama
manishiki valapE varamaa
madi valapuku vagapE phalama

adi paapama vidhi Saapamaa
adi paapama vidhi Saapamaa
yeda unTe adi nEramaa
mamatE madhuram
mamatE madhuram
marape SiSiram

yedaku vidhiki jarigE samaram
jarigE samaram

Gundela dhaatani maaTaa
Yeda bindhina theeyani paaTaa
Charanaalugaa tanu nilnchunaa
Charanaalugaa tanu nilnchunaa

Pallaviga marabinchunaa
mamatE madhuram
mamatE madhuram
marape SiSiram

yedaku vidhiki jarigE samaram
jarigE samara
mamatE madhuram
mamatE madhuram

Song and Lyrics posted by : Mr.Gopalakrishnan, Covai

Manasu okka mathukalasam - Neerajanam

2010-06-16T08:26:00.007-05:00

Manasu okka mathukalasam - Neerajanam

Movie Name: Neerajanam
Music Director: O.P.Nayyar
Singers: SPB, Janaki
Director: Ashok Kumar
Year: 1988

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Manasoka Madhukalasam
Manasoka madhukalaSam
pagilE varakE adi niTyasundaram
Manasoka madhukalaSam
pagilE varakE adi niTyasundaram

Manasoka madhukalaSam

Ohoho... Ahahaa......Ahahaa... ohoho....

marichina mamatokkaTi
mari mari pilichinadi
marichina mamatokkaTi
mari mari pilichinadi

oka teeyani pari taapamai
oka teeyani pari taapamai

Manasoka madhukalaSam
pagilE varakE adi niTyasundaram

Manasoka madhukalaSam

Ohoho... Ahahaa......Ahahaa... ohoho....

Tola kari valapokaTi
Tala pula tholichinaDhi
Tola kari valapokaTi
Tala pula tholichinaDhi
Gatha jenmalaa anu bandhamai
Gatha jenmalaa anu bandhamai

Manasoka madhukalaSam
pagilE varakE adi niTyasundaram
Manasoka madhukalaSam
pagilE varakE adi niTyasundaram

Manasoka madhukalaSam

Song and Lyrics posted by : Mr.Gopalakrishnan, Covai

Ninu Chudaka, Nenu Undalenu-Neerajanam

2010-06-16T08:19:00.010-05:00

This is lovely number melody song from Neerajanam. I thank to Mr.Gopalakrishnan sir, Covai.

Song Name: Ninu Chudaka, Nenu Undalenu
Movie Name: Neerajanam
Music Director: O.P.Nayyar
Singers: SPB, Janaki
Director: Ashok Kumar
Year: 1988

A…….Aha Aha ….
A…….Aha Aha ….
Oho Oho Oho …

Ninu Chudaka, Nenu Undalenu (2)
Ee Janmalo, Mari Aa Janmalo (2)
Eka Ye Janmakaina Ilage eee…..
Ninu Chudaka, Nenu Undalenu (2)

Oho Oho Aha Aha
Aha Aha ..Oho Oho…Aha
Aha Aha ..Oho Oho
Oho Oho Aha Aha

Ye Harivillu Viribusina , Ni Darahamanukuntini
Ye Churu gali Kadaladina, Ni Charanala Shruti Mintini
Ni Prati Rakalo Yenni Sasi Rekhalo (2)

Ninu Chudaka, Nenu Undalenu (2)
Ee Janmalo, Mari Aa Janmalo (2)
Eka Ye Janmakaina Ilage eee…..
Ninu Chudaka, Nenu Undalenu (2)

Oho Oho Aha Aha
Aha Aha ..Oho Oho…Aha

Ni Jatagudi Nadayadaga , Jagamugindi Selayerula
Oka Kshanamaina Ninu Vidina Madhi Tonikindi Kanniruga
Mana Prati Sangamum Yenta Hrudayagamum.(2)

Ninu Chudaka, Nenu Undalenu (2)
Ee Janmalo, Mari Aa Janmalo (2)
Eka Ye Janmakaina Ilage eee…..
Ninu Chudaka, Nenu Undalenu (4)

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SPBMANIA.COM..new Website for Songs database & more..

2010-06-03T23:28:00.006-05:00

Hi to all,

I wish a very very happy Birthday to our beloved Guruji.. :)

friends we need all your help and co-operation in creating a full fledged database for all the songs sung by our beloved spb.

In this regard as a small step towards this I have started a dedicated website www.spbmania.com ...Please go through the website and give your valuable suggestions, comments on how to make it the ultimate treasure house...

click here to visit the site.

Blessings from our Guruji...

Dear Vikas,

Elated to know about the launching of spbmania.com.

I know how much of your valuable time is spent in this AFFAIR. I am not showing my gratitude just because the site belongs to my songs and music. Music never is a property of one individual. First, it happens with team work and nourishes and grows with the patronage of listeners. its a boon for the listeners of good music and helps artistes like us to live even after our journey's completion.

I thank and appreciate the good work of you and all your friends in keeping me known and alive for some more time to come.

God bless you.

Sincerely,

S P Balasubrahmanyam.

I have posted 3 Marathi songs of Guruji from his Debut Marathi Album "Nishigandh" Click here

I express my heartfelt thanks to one and all who have been directly/indirectly helping,advising and supporting me in this endeavor.

Regards,

Vikas Kamble (zakaas4u)

Freedom from Pain

2010-03-08T02:56:00.005-05:00

A walk to claim victory over joint pain

A walk to claim victory over joint pain >> Link thanks To The Hindu

COIMBATORE: For the second successive year, Ganga Hospital's walkathon to highlight the benefits of joint replacement surgeries saw a determined group of patients demonstrating how they have been helped to overcome pain in the hips or knees that virtually immobilised them for months, years or even decades.

Led by playback singer S.P. Balasubramaniam, hospital Chairman J.G. Shanmughanathan and Directors S. Rajasekaran and S. Rajasabapathy, women and men who had undergone joint replacement operations walked nearly one kilometre from a school to the hospital in the city on Sunday to declare their victory over pain. Managing Director of Sri Krishna Sweets was among the others who took part in the walk that was co-organised by the Rotary Club of Coimbatore Central.

Slogans

Wearing T-shirts with the following slogans: “Freedom from Pain” and “Dependence to Independence”, the walkers later took part in a lemon and spoon race and a walk race. A woman from Uganda, who underwent surgery only eight days ago, was among the participants, Dr. Rajasekaran said.

The orthopaedic surgeon and president of the Association of Spine Surgeons of India said the Kalaignar Insurance Scheme for Life-saving Treatment was a boon to arthritis patients who did not have the funds to meet the high cost of knee or hip joint replacement surgeries.

Dr. Rajasekaran said the hospital had so far performed 75 joint replacement surgeries under the scheme. “These patients, who could not dream of undergoing this procedure earlier, have now been cured of their problems with the entire costs met by the Government under the scheme,” he said. Severely deformed knees and hips had been set right. “We have done over 1,000 procedures to fix fractures, joint replacement and spine surgery under this scheme,” he said.

K. Ashok (28), who had suffered a debilitating injury in his right hip, took part in the walk and other events on Sunday. “I was unemployed for a year as I was in bed. I underwent a hip joint replacement only in December and am able to drive a tractor now, thanks to the insurance scheme,” the farm worker said.

S.K. Asok Kumar (42), a technician in a software company, had severe pain in both hip joints. Steroids taken for skin allergy treatment was said to have been the reason. “Now, I can climb stairs and carry out my work,” the beneficiary of the insurance scheme said.

Apart from injuries and drug-induced problems, arthritis was a very crippling problem, Dr. Rajasekaran said.

Alarming evidence

There was evidence to prove that one in five persons above the age of 60 had some form of arthritis.

If not treated, it could worsen to a stage where the patients would be totally dependent on others for mobility and even their daily routine. This, in turn, could cause depression in the patients.

Stating that there were 20 million people in the country with severe arthritis, he said this musculo-skeletal disease could affect even children and adolescents.

Timely and proper treatment could prevent them from being crippled for life.

Apart from the lack of awareness, the lack of access to treatment and the inability to meet the costs were the main reasons for not undergoing timely treatment.

The Government's insurance scheme removed these obstacles that had stood between the poor and joint replacement surgeries.

Interaction

At a function held after the walkathon, Dr. Rajasekaran showed pre-surgery and post-surgery footage of severe arthritis to show how timely surgical intervention helped. Mr. Balasubramaniam also spoke the benefits of good health and advanced medical care.

This was followed by an interaction between the audience and doctors on arthritis.

SPB Mumbai Concert Review

2010-03-01T13:10:00.018-05:00

The much awaited program of S P Balasubrahmanyam at Mumbai took place on 27th Febrauary at the famous Shanmukhananda Hall at Sion.

Ragalaya – A cultural organisation which conducts/encourages lot of programmes on Music this year decided to felicitate the Legendary Singer S P Balasubrahmanyam after felicitation S Janaki Previously. The award of Lifetime achievement was presented to S P Balasubrahmanya in a traditional way i.e through Music. A couple of upcoming talented singers showcased their talent by singing few songs and then it was announced that S P Balasubrahmanyam would be presented with the Life Time Achievement Award.

The programme started at 6.45 pm and the Legend entered the Hall exactly at 7.15 Pm. He handed over awards to those who won singing competitions conducted by Ragalaya. The kids who received the awards from the hands of Legend were elated and the joy was evident from their expressions.

It was time to celebrate, Clad in Shining Black outfit, the legend was presented with the Life time achievement award, with the anchor praising the legend for all his achievements. It was now time to Balu to speak a few words and balu fondly remembered about his association with Shanmukhananda Hall where he performed for the first time in the year 1971. He recollected that he used to rehearse with legendary Lata mangeshkar whenever there were any foreign concerts.(in HIS own words - I had the previlage of working on the stage as a part of a attorny with Bharatratna Lata mangeshkar. And everytime we were abroad she used to call me all the way from chennai for rehearsals here in mumbai. I was very much afraid of asking her but one day I took my heart into hand and asked here "Didi, why are we singing the same numbers again and again and you are spending a lots of money on me by asking me all the way to come from chennai for rehearsals. then Didi told that Baluji with these rehearsals we can make mistakes with confidence".

He candidly admitted that "I am bound to make mistakes...and its my right and you have every right to excuse me. Dont calculate the numbers or language we are singing, Think about the music as a language”

The pure magic then started to flow, first with the evergreen Ilaya Nila from the film Payanangal Mudivathillai(1982) exactly at 7.30 pm.

The auditorium was full and the melody started raining. Whenever Balu sings songs of Ilayaraja he seems to enjoy them more and more as the time passes, same was the case with this song.

As it was a programme organised by Ragalaya which I think is basically is a Kerala based group, it was apt to sing the first song of his career in Malayalam – Ee Kadalum Maru kadalum from Kadal palum(1970), which was brilliantly composed by the great Devarajan. SPB recollected how he came into picture of singing this song which was supposed to be sung by K J Yesudas. SPB also recollected about the man who made this song his meal- Mr M Sekhar, the most popular arranger for almost all the music directors at that time and father of a prodigial song who now is known as Alla Rakha Rahman. It was a rare thing in his concerts, as SPB usually doesn’t sing full song in Malyalam, and here he sang the full song with the same emotion he sang almost 40years ago.

Next was the eternal/immortal number from his quiver, no guesses for it, it was the song which made public stand and take notice of this man from konetammapeta. Yes it is from the film sankarabharanam and the song Shankara naada sareera para.. This one song whenever SPB sings he never forgets to mention that after this film people started respecting him. It was the same magical voice which sang that song almost 31 years ago and it was the same magic again

Nilave Vaa from the film Mounaraagam was the song which followed Shankara naadasareera para which received a tremendous applause.

It was now time to sing a hindi song and we all were very curious to know which song he would select. The moment humming started entire audience started humming the song, It was again an Ilayaraja composition in the original, Saathiya Toone kya kiya from the film Love.

The co Singer was a relatively young and new girl, who was so nervous singing with the legend and erred while singing, Balu being the seniormost singer with a mind boggling 30000+ songs carried on with the song with great aplomb and at the same time motivating the little girl who was visibly shaken.
It was a time to take a small break by the legend and upcoming singers …. upcoming singers sang some melodious songs and masakali from Delhi6 was among them which received the maximum applause.

Baalu came again with another raja number Maanguyile Poonguyile from the film Karakatta karan which was again a show stealer. With the percussionist getting a special mention. After this song SPB told the main person of orchestra to make a habit of introducing all the musicians, He then asked him to get al l the musicians names.

We were eagerly waiting for a rahman number and very curious/eager and desparate to hear from SPB. Hold your breath we were surprised by the selection of the song. If surprise was a smaller word then rendering of the song was something else (absolutely out of the world). Yes it was the great melody from the wizard of music, Alla rakha rahman from the film Duet. Anjali Anjali pushpanjali.

It was the same co-singer who earlier erred, but this time Balu himself was guiding her in every note. You might be wondering which version of the song he sang,(Duet was made in telugu, hindi also and spb has sung the song in all the languages), He started in pallavi in Tamil and then charanams(antras) in Telugu and Hindi and again finished the Mukhda in tamil. Who else can do this with the same ease. The musician who played Saxophone was given a standing ovation.

There was one more surprise waiting for us. AS soon as the song was over, it was announced that another legend is coming, everyone were on their toes as to see who it would be and mind you it was a total surprise of lifetime when we saw a stout man with yellow shirt and while dhoti with a cloth band on his head, coming , removing his chappals and prostrating on the feet of SPB. It was SIVAMANI, the greatest drummer india has ever produced

He spoke a few words about SPB saying that he is my guru, god and everything, for which Balu who is known to be a very humble man said that it is SivaMani who had made internation fame, with sheer hard work.

It was an affectionate union of two legends in their own fields

There were a few kannada people and spb again decided to give a treat for those kannada fans who were present there with yet another Raja number from the film Geeta – jothe Jotheyali . As usual it was the vintage balu with all those hummings and sangathis….

Then a vintage song was to be sung, the very first song of spb Ayiram nilava vee from the film shantinilayam. The co-singer was a maharashtrian who doesn’t understand a single word of tamil, yet she gave a good company to balu.

Sundari Kannal Oru was the song followed by Aayiram Nilave Vaa. Before this song the anchor asked about the speciality of the song to the legend and He replied that this song was recorded in Mumbai with the orchestra of R D Burman by Ilayaraja. The moment the starting bit was over everyone in the studio stood up to give a standing ovation to Ilayaraja.

Then came the song of the show- No guesses – The eternal emotional song from the magic box of Lakshmikant Pyarelal- Tere mere beech mein kaisa hai ye bandhan- It was simply SuPerB. It was the song which received greatest applause.

Finally admitting that he is not comfortable in singing medley, he did sing a medley starting with the song which is very close to his heart – Ye divilo virisina parijaatamo from Kannevayasu and continued with takita tadhimi, sangeetha jathi mullai, Unakenna Mele …..Engeyam eppadum, sangeetha megam

We had to leave the show half hearted as we were not fully satisfied, it was like a thirsty person getting only one glass of water…….

mail me at vikaas.k@gmail.com

SPB Concert in MUMBAIIII...on 27th Feb 2010

2010-02-16T16:58:00.000-05:00

Raagalya Music Awards 2009

The Raagalaya Music Award- 2009 is announced. The most popular playback singer Shri. S.P. Balasubrahmanyam is the recipient of Raagalay Music Award 2009. The award ceremony will be held at Shanmukhananda Chandrasekharandra Saraswati auditorium, Sion (E) on 27th February 2010 (saturday) at 6.30 pm, followed by a grand musical evening by Shri S.P. Balasubrahmanyam & other popular singers.

As in the past, Raagalaya is conducting a light Music Competition on 31st January 2010 at Marol Education Academy, Bhawani Nagar, Marol, Mumbai-400059 on 31st January 2010 from 9.00 am onwards. The competition will be in 5 age groups ie. (A)- 5 to 10, (B)- 11 to 15, (C)- 16 to 25, (D)- 26 to 40 & (E)- 41 & above. There will be 2 winners (1st & 2nd) from each group. Contestant are allowed to sing any Indian languages song of thier choice preferably Malayalam. The song should be by heart. We will be providing a keyboard & tabla as a support. Award will be handed over on 27th February 2010 at Shanmukhananda Hall, Sion (E) during the Raagalaya Music Award 2009 mega event.

Those interested in donor passes for this musical programme can contact on +91 09821090857

Dr.SPB FANS ANNUAL MEET - DETAILED WRITEUP

2010-02-16T05:06:00.008-05:00

Dr.SPB FANS ANNUAL MEET - DETAILED WRITEUP

The much eagerly awaited Annual Meet with SPB organized by the SPB Fans Charitable Foundation took place on 21st February 2010 (Sunday) at SPB’s very own “Kothandapani Audio Laboratories” at Chennai between 11.30am to 2.00pm

I am once again tremendously pleased to present to you a detailed write-up of the event. I have tried my best to make it as elaborate as possible. Please pardon me if anything is left out.

Before starting off on the event, let me brief about what took place at the venue in the preceding one hour to the Meet.

For Prog Slide show clik here

On one side, we had Madhumita, Lakshmi and a few others commanding posts at the entrance to the venue and ensuring that all the participants registered themselves for the event by paying the fees and collecting their badges & payment receipts

We also had the Bangalore Fans Team (coordinated by Prabhanjan Tattar) displaying an array of rare Gramophone records & CDs of SPB’s songs. He was so possessive about it and rightly so, that he had displayed a placard which read “Please do not touch” which many fans obliged. (SPB later during the fag end of the Meet expressed his thanks to this fan for having taken pains to display a collection of his rare audio records of his songs)

Inside the auditorium, we had the primary organizers Giridhar Raja, Ashok, Seshadri & Sampath going over the final arrangements for the Meet. There was Satish on the Keyboard who was preparing himself to support some of the enthusiastic singers who were to perform during the Meet

We had some of the fans rehearsing their part to perfection and eagerly awaiting the moment to perform on stage in the presence of the Legend. There were supporting members who were getting the necessary “minus-1” tracks organized & then with Ashok going around finalizing the list & order of performers.

Here & there, we had many fans enquiring each others’ health & wealth, as for many, it had been a long time that they had met

Ashok, as his role demanded, gave a brief summary of the events planned for the Meet and he also presented a few guidelines to the participants in the program as how to organize themselves for each event of the Meet so that time could be fruitfully used & spent. For eg., he requested that Photographs be taken in batches of 4 so that time could be shortened, that performers understand their place in the queue so that they are ready to come to the stage to perform without delays & so on …………..

Simultaneously there was a slide show running on the big screen of the auditorium on the various charity events that have been organized by the Fans Association over the last several years.

For first time visitors to the Kothandapani Audio Laboratories, there were a few things to observe. Many of us have heard the Legend talk so passionately about Shri Kothandapani (his Mentor), Mohammed Rafi (his Inspiration), Ghantasala (his Master) and Radhakrishnan (his close Friend). Many people talk a lot but lack in deed. But when one observed the Audio Laboratory, one could see the walls at the entrance decorated with big size paintings of all the above 4 personalities for whom our SPB had so much regard & love & about whom he has talked a lot in his public interviews.

Having given a prelude to the Meet, let me now go to the body of the Meet.

The program was to start at 10.30am. However, the Legend had all the fans restless when he did not turn up on time. Anyway, waiting for him is also a pleasure in a sense that it shows us again & again how much we all adore him when we almost die to see him sooner. Some of the fans participating in one of the special events planned for the day may have been thankful as they could rehearse their part of the program to perfection. Performing before a Legend like him was never going to be easy

The Legend entered the venue at 11.30am and greeted one and all with his trademark ‘Namashkaaram”. We had a few children offering him flowers at the entrance. While many fans were quite eager to get his image embedded on to their cameras and cell phones without any delay, he chided them and took them into the auditorium along with him.

As he entered the auditorium, fans inside gave him a standing and applauding welcome. We had one die-hard fan Balaji ( a grown up boy with the mind of a child) literally stopping him in his tracks and lovingly & adamantly pleading with him to sing the Sankara song from Sankarabharanam for him. SPB promised him that he would do so in the later part of the Meet. The organizers then guided him to the dais where he greeted all the fans

Ashok first announced the list of programs that were to take place which read like this

1) Invocation Song
2) Photograph Session (combined with memento presentation to fans by SPB)
3) Celebrity Talk Video
4) Charity Event
5) Special Performances by Fans (Dance & Music) (first time ever at the Meet with Karaoke tracks)
6) Speech by SPB
7) Vote of Thanks
8) Launch of Audio/Video Website by Bangalore Branch
9) Distribution of autographed photograph of SPB
10) Lunch

With reference to the earlier Meets, one of the prime events missing out was the “Question & Answer” session which has been part & parcel of all earlier Meets. As understood, this was replaced with the Fans’ Special Performance event (organized for the first time in a meet in a planned manner) which was a pleasant addition as it provided a stage for many to perform in front of an artist that they admire and adore. Time never permitted having both events and hence we had to do away with the Q&A.

Satish started off with the rendering of a devotional number (his own composition as understood later). It was a classic performance in a low and controlled tone which was very much appreciated by the Legend himself who blessed him with a legendary kiss on his forehead

Next, as planned, we had the fans (many with their families as well) capturing themselves with SPB for the present, future & posterity. Many of the fans had brought their own presents which they offered to the Legend before posing for the photographs. Happiness was abundant on all the faces considering that it was one of the rare moments when one came in contact physically with the much loved human being. On his part, SPB as ever, lent his pleasing disposition to the photographs. He also presented a memento (a pen holder with a clock) to all the fans on behalf of the SPB Fans Charitable Foundation (Courtesy :: Sridhar & Team for capturing the moments both on Still & Video Cameras)

Next was the Celebrity Talk Show on the Video. Each & every time, the Legend mentions this part of the program as the most embarrassing one. He likes talking a lot about others but is at sea when others praise and talk good about him. This is one of his traits which had drawn one and all to him. In this show, first, we had the veteran Music Director M.S.Viswanathan talking about all the good qualities of our SPB. He went on to narrate the incidents which led to SPB singing his first Tamil song in his composition. This I will not repeat in detail as many already know about it (like how he sang “nilave ennidum nerungadhae and MSV asking him to learn Tamil – as his Tamil diction was not OK and come back for a sure chance and how two years later MSV once passed SPB in a recording studio in the then Madras and recalled him and gave him his first break in Tamil Films………….). MSV pointed out that apart from Sangeetham (Music), Balu had lot of Ingidhum (courteousness) which had made him a success. He mentioned that Balu never forgot his seniors in the film industry and that has been one of his success points which had endeared him to one and all. Kamalahaasan then followed in the show. He mentioned how they had grown up together in the film industry and how SPB’s voice had become synonymous with his in the Telugu Industry for dubbed films and how his singing voice had become an identity for him in the Tamil Industry to which he had danced & emoted a lot. He considers SPB as his Annayya (big brother). In fact, he made the comment of the day when he said “Balu is my Telugu Annayya and I am his Tamil Thambi (younger brother)” This created a pleasant ripple of laughter and applause from the gathering. He also mentioned that the workload handled by Balu was stupendous in the sense even though he was a senior to Balu in the film industry there were many dry years for him whereas Balu had been working non-stop for so many years and still working and may give many more thousands songs
Next, we had his long lasting friend Gangaiamaran (a music composer / lyricist and compere) speaking about SPB, how they had grown up together, and those early years in their career when they had all worked together in SPB’s orchestra and how SPB had even then shone as a good human being. Melody songs composer Vidyasagar was the next & final celebrity. He said that SPB was a very blessed person and a great human being. He was sure that SPB still had it in him to last for over 100 years and that even today he is a very disciplined singer who added great value & meaning to the songs composed by Music Directors

Following this, was the Charity event, one of the prime purposes of the Annual Meet. Two deserving institutions namely Dean Foundation (a center for Palliative care for terminally ill patients like cancer patients etc.,). They are based out of Chennai. The other was a school by name “Thirumpundi N Munuswami Memorial government senior secondary school” and “Panchayat Union elementary school”. Both are in a village called Keezhkuvalaivedu near Vandavasi, around 120 kms from Chennai. These two institutions had been earlier identified by the organizing committee comprising Ashok, Seshadri, Sampath and token donations were handed over by SPB to the representatives of these institutions. We also had the representatives talking about their institutions and the services rendered by them. One of the institutions based in Chennai helps out those terminally ill patients (like those suffering from cancer, brain tumours etc…) who are homeless and without any support and help them to tide over the last days of their lives in a bearable manner. It is really heartening that such institutions exist to serve the society and the SPB Fans Charitable Foundation is indeed headed towards its objective while serving such institutions. The other institution was a school in Vandavasi for whom the Foundation donated class room furniture, stationeries etc…. Goods worth Rs.1.30 lakhs were donated to these two institutions in kind comprising Table/Benches, Bureaus, storage racks, ceiling fans, food plates, self-care kits and floor mats. The SPB Fans Charitable Foundation expresses its heartfelt thanks to all those who have contributed generously to this good cause.

The next event that followed was one of the most awaited one as it was to be a platform for the many fans to showcase their talent, love and admiration for the Great Singer and Human being. First it was film singer Kalpana (also daughter of SPB’s close associate during his early singing career) singing a medley of SPB’s Telugu & Tamil songs with Satish accompanying her on the keyboard playing the lead notes. From then on it was the non-professional fans that had a dream day singing his songs passionately. Every effort that day had a beauty to it and the Legend patiently listened to each and every rendition with great attentiveness and gave due appreciation for the efforts. (Later in the program he mentioned that this program was much better than him talking all the time – he advised the fans not to restrict themselves to his songs but also to perform good songs of other singers as well – Aah!!!! – that is our beloved SPB. The List of performers is given below

(Dear Friends >> Nine members only i was recorded at my mobile others for missing due to recording problem in my mobile, but all are will come at video- covai ravee)

Sl.
No. Name Performance Language Film/Album Any other remarks
1 Ms. Kalpana Yaarodu yaaro/Aveshamantha Telugu/Tamil Salangayil oru sangeetham
2 Kumari Sheela Kuluvai Unnadae devadevudu Telugu Swarnakamalam Kutchupudi dance
3 Vijay&Priya Poonthalir Aada Tamil Panneer Pushpangal
4 Natarajan H Ilayanila Tamil Ninaivellam Nithya
5 Balaji S Pachamala Poovu Tamil Kizhakku vaasal
6 Ramachandran with Vijay Enna Satham indha neram Tamil Punnagai Mannan Guitar performance
7 Vijay Mangalampalli Anuvu anuvuna velasina deva Telugu Maanavudu Daanavudu
8 Lakshmi & Raghav Malare Mounama Tamil Karna
9 Sridhar N Keladi Kanmani Tamil Pudhu pudhu arthangal
10 Mithilesh Roja Jaaneman / Keeravani etc Telugu Combination of songs a medley of songs. He is a paadutha theeyaga finalist
11 Malarvannan Ilamaiyenum poongatru Tamil Pagali Or Iravu
12 Chandramouleeswaran Unnai Naan paarthadhu Tamil Pattikattu Raja
13 Syed Toufeeq Yaava Raagoko Yeko Nannede veene Kannada Album Non-filmy album song
14 Ashok R Anbuk kadhai Tamil Urudhi Mozhi
15 Iyappan Pon maalai pozhudhu Tamil Nizhalgal
16 Dasaradhi Medente meda kadhu Telugu Sukha dhukkalu
17 Satishkumar.R Hungama hai kyoon Hindi Ghulam Ali's Ghazal Ghazal
18 Balasubramaniam Naanaga naanillai thaayae Tamil Thoongadhae thambi thoongadhae
19 Srinivasa Raghavan Keyboard NA Combination of songs Keyboard-Instrumental

The penultimate event was the Legend’s Speech. He started off on a humane note by narrating the incidents of his previous day (to the Meet) which he had spent with Kanchi Shri Jayendra Saraswati. He said that he had performed for him for about 45 minutes and had later had a discourse with him on human behaviour and nature. He said that Shri.Jayendra explained that even though animals are not blessed with the sixth sense they gave better output for their intake of food whereas humans though possessing the sixth sense and ate better food failed to perform better most of the times. So, he requested one and all to be a better human being and serve the society. He then congratulated the organizing committee and the fans for churning out such a wonderful Meet. He was not keen in pointing out any one person in particular and he called himself and the fans included as one big tree and he did not want to name specific branches as he felt all branches were important for him. He encouraged the fans to go on and continue doing such good events and charities and never ever to break this wonderful chain that has formed now. He wants it to get bigger and stronger so that bigger charity events could take place finally benefitting the society. He said that he had very ambitious plans in contributing to the society and for that he would need the help of his fans to raise funds by organizing his concerts for a good cause. He paid due respects again to his Mentor Shri.Kothandapani who had predicted this popularity and fame as early as 44 years ago. He also became nostalgic and recollected those days (around 20 years ago) when the Kothandapani Audio laboratories (the venue of the Meet) was built. He mentioned that it was one of his friends who had heard that the site was available for purchase and had recommended to SPB to purchase the same (that was many years ago) and build a recording studio. Initially it seems the Legend had declined the proposal citing financial constraints. However his friends came together especially his close friend Radhakrishnan from Madurai who went ahead and paid Rs.30,000 as token advance for the land and handed over the document to SPB and asked him to do whatever he liked with it. This effort & initiative of his friend had forced SPB to embark on building this monument in the form of an Audio Laboratory and naming it on his Mentor Shri.Kothandapani. He also specifically mentioned that every brick of the building had his friend Radhakrishnan’s blood and sweat as his friend had shifted from Madurai to Chennai for this purpose and had completed it in a record 6 months time. The unfortunate thing, he mentioned, was that his friend was no more when the inauguration ceremony took place. He citied this as one of the reasons for not celebrating his birthday every year and also for not being available to others for getting greeted on that day. To make it lighter he pointed out certain ardent fans like Covai Ravee however somehow get hold of his whereabouts and wished him each year on his birthday. He felt that they would make good FBI or CBI agents. He also felt happy for all the love and affection showered on him by his fans. He was appreciative of the performance of the fans who sang his numbers. Apart from Kalpana & Satish whom he called professionals, he was impressed with all fans who sang his songs and the enthusiasm that accompanied their singing. He specifically congratulated the child performers namely Kumari Sheela (the niece of Mr.Srinivas, an ardent SPB fan from Yelloru and who has been generously donating big amounts for charity year after year) who performed a kuchipudi dance and Master Srinivasa Raghavan (son of our Seshadhri) who played a few English numbers on the keyboard. He felt it was better having a performance like this than him talking all the time. He suggested that fans also sing good songs of other singers as well. He was also very appreciative of the good charity work being done by the Fans association and he felt proud in lending his name for such good causes. He pleaded with one and all never to let this good chain break but continue even in his absence later. He also promised that he will continue giving good songs till his vocal cords support him and that he would stop singing the day when he is not good (LET US PRAY TO GOD THAT THIS NEVER HAPPENS). He still felt that even though he may not possess the range of his yesteryears, he was right now performing at 95% range. This should be happy news coming from the man himself and one that should make all of us happy for many more years to come. He particularly mentioned that he was overwhelmed by the love and affection of all his fans who had taken time from their busy schedules and attending this meet. He was however more overwhelmed by the love of fans from Karnataka whom he had termed as being crazy about him and who would give their life for him. While on this, he was very appreciative of the tremendous efforts of his fans namely Narayan & Abubakkar etc to whom he expressed his thanks for putting in efforts to collect his songs from all remote parts of South India and compile the same in an effort to create a total database of his songs (he went to the extent of saying that they have become his reference books for any rare songs that he wanted for any of his concerts. When he needed he would get it over internet from them in a few minutes. Such was the efforts that these fans have taken and for which the Legend expressed his gratitude). He wanted this exercise on database to be done as it would be a great reference guide for the upcoming singers as they could learn how he (SPB) had performed badly in his younger years and how he had become better & better and then very good in the later years. He felt that the database of his songs would guide the present young singers who had abundant talent in not committing such mistakes as his. He was of the opinion that Kalpana who sang in the event was very much talented and that the industry had not tapped her potential to the hilt. He admitted that she was much more knowledgeable than himself & well learnt with proficiency in Carnatic & Hindustani genres of music and he praised her in saying that she had sung his sings better than him during the Meet (what magnanimity – no one in the world will never ever say such words as our Legend)
He expressed surprise on how fans like Ashok, Seshadri etc could find time to organize such an elaborate event involving identification of the right institution for contributions and visiting them to determine their authenticity and their needs and also getting the “minus 1 tracks” organized for the performers. Finally on behalf of the SPB Fans Charitable Foundation, he gave away mementos to the chief organizing committee members. When Ashok wanted SPB to present memento to SPB’s brother and also Mr.Vittal who had helped out at the Audio Lab, the Legend mentioned that it was their duty and declined any memento for them.

Next, we had the final closing off event in the form of a Website inauguration. As mentioned in the earlier paragraph efforts are on for compiling all of SPB songs and towards this initiative, a set of Bangalore Fans have created a website with the help of a professional agency. A sample demo was given on using this website. One could search for details of SPB songs compiled so far and download songs as available or could also upload details of rare songs that one came across. By this, the database records can go larger thereby encompassing more number of SPB songs. Hope fans will support this endeavour by including details of the song into this website for the benefit of one and all
(Website Reference :: www.spb.abhimani.info – this was mainly coordinated by Toufeeq in association with an agency known as Sysnest)

We finally had the Legend heed to the request of one of the fans (Balaji who had asked him to sing Sankarabharanam song earlier) and we were treated to a few lines of the “Sankara nadha…….”. When SPB completed singing it, the fan was overwhelmed with emotion to the extent that he said to SPB “You are my Sankara”. This phrase really humbled the Legend but he promptly replied “If I am Sankara, then you are my son Balasubramaniam”. That resulted in a great round of applause. In fact Balaji was accompanied by his mother who was getting embarrassed with the childish behaviour of her son. The Great Human Being that he is, our SPB promptly convinced the mother not to get embarrassed with her son saying that one rarely gets blessed with a son who lives his entire life as a child not hurting others and being innocent always and a child at heart. It was a heart warming & heart touching moment.

With this, the great Meet came to a close formally at around 2.30pm and all the Fans then were treated to a typical Chennai Lunch which also provided an opportunity to interact with one another and appreciate the organizers and performers of the day.

HOPE YOU ALL ENJOYED READING THIS AND THAT THE NON-ATTENDERS OF THE MEET COULD ENVISAGE THE HAPPENINGS AT THE MEET.

SPB and The Drunkard Raaga by Balarykar

2010-01-06T11:10:00.002-05:00

Many singers have successfully sung the drunkard songs. Lets see how they have all fared.Rafis in your face drunkard song "Choo Lena Do Nazuk Hoothon" gives that necessary courage for a drunkard to coerce his wife into drinking. Its another matter that they fail almost always without realising that they are not the late Rajkumar to succeed. Rafi's another song "Koi Saagar Dil Ko Behlata Nahin" truly conveys the message that no amount of alcoholism will ever help to overcome a heart break. Nights are longer than days. Yes, Einstein also confirms the same in "Din Dhal Jaye".Kishore Kumar has his own share of deaddictable songs, especially play backed for the legends Amitabh Bachhan and Rajesh Khanna, though we will not list them here for lack of appropriate e-space. His gem "Peenewalon ka peene ka bahana chahiye" from the movie "Haath Ki Safai" for Randheer Kapoor reflects that the drunkard is like a buffalo. Just like the buffalo continues its walk irrespective of the season, so does the drunkard irrespective the emotive state. A lesser known, but a really good d-song of Kishore Kumar is from the Mithun Chakravarty starrer "Daata" and the song is "Roona dhona chod chod de" in which he urges the damsel to forget all the sadness and raise the drinks towards the heaven. Its questionable though how a drunkard can go to heaven. Oops! Of course, from hell a toast can be raised in the direction of the heaven. Madness is the way out. A simple proof is that the poet says the fire arising of sparks can be extinguished but not the ones thats lighted from the rains. Thats the way its said in "Chingari Koi Bhadke" at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpM0jPd6-7w .Talking of the damsels and the drinks brings us the legend Pankaj Udhas. His truly inspiring song (strictly for the drunkaaards only) "Huwi bahut hi mehengi sharaab, ke thodi thodi piya karo, piyo magar rakho hisab, ke thodi thodi piya karo" tells us how to handle the inflation smartly. Yes, inflation DOES affect the drunkards. Why did you ever assume that there is no Drunkonomics in the first place? Going through all the Pankaj Udhas songs one is led to believe that the brothel is truly a good place to hang out and the prostitutes are women of wisdom!Yes, this article is not at all about any of the singers mentioned above. Please forgive me for my drunkard walk. Probabilists have been eternally inspired by the random (drunkard) walk and will swear that a simple application of the Borel-Cantelli lemma shows that the below listed events occur infinitely often with probability one (that is, infinite recurrence is a certainty):(a) a probabilist returning to the drunkard (random) walk;(b) a drunkard returning to the wine shop;(c) the author of this article mentioning SPB.

Yes! I am writing this article about SPB which when expanded gives us infinite letters, viz., Sripathi Panditharudalaya Balasubrahmanyam, and I have always wondered why the name "Balasubrahmanyam" is written in infinite different ways though there is enough empirical evidence that each of those variations have been repeated infinite times. I now swear to stick to SPB only. By now the reader is supposed to have understood that the "Drunkard Raaga" is infinite dimensional. SPB has managed to sing the most variations within Drunkard Raaga. While there have been many singers who use this raaga, most of them commit the cardinal sin of singing the Drunkard Raaga. They just don't realise that one does not sing in this raaga. Its the ultimate truth in this universe that the drunkard raaga gets in your body, soul, and everything within, and then whatever you say/sing/blabber/shut-up, it is the DRUNKARD RAAGA. Lets explain this raaga a bit more.The Drunkard Raaga has two components. First is the signal, which has a format. This format may be simple, complex, or chaotic. Whatever the format, the functionality is always known. To be more specific, its like a computer program which can do whatever its been instructed to do. There is no surprise here, though we all appreciate it. Many singers do this first step with grace. And then comes the cardinal sin. They all stop here only without bothering about the second component. This step is also like the half part of the drunkard walk. The drunkard has to walk and many people tend to do it without ever realising that the direction has no 'left' or 'right' written on it. So after a while they are all doing either a right or a left. This is where the great SPB excels. That damned raaga is in him which enables him to erase the 'left' and 'right' each time he takes a step. Thus the picture is complete and this is really the second component of the drunkard raaga. The ability to erase the names is what is famously known to the probabilists as the 'White Noise'. This white noise effect is truly there in almost all the drunkard songs of SPB. Having done all the theory of the drunkard raaga in SPB, now lets have a sample of some of his drunkard walk.To begin with, let it be made very clear that the focus here is SPB's drunkard walks in hindi. This language has not exactly been a forte of his. Still, we will be satisfied with this "Dariya". So what if its not 'Saagar'.Watch this song on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozyCjgtzUJA& .

The movie is "Ek Hi Bhool" and the walk begins at "Bekhudi Ka Bada Sahara Hai". See how uncertainly he goes around it and feel the noise at "Kitne halki hai, kitni boojhal hai, koi aurat nahin ye botal hain,band isme jahan saara hai", and then back to "Bekhudi Ka Bada Sahara Hai". Listen how well, noisily in truth, he reverts to "Beekhudi kaa". I am sure that Anand Bakshi must have been wondering who wrote those lines. Spot on the bang SPB, bang on the spot, SPB. The song was cast on Jeetendra. In this entire song, the feel is of having drunk whiskey. Don?t ask me how.There has been this flop of a movie called "Santaan". This movie was completed in a record time and again Jeetendra comes to do that walk. The situation is that the son ditches parents, and the father realises that Tulsi and Ved Vyas wrote simple encyclopedic facts on Ramayan and Mahabharat. The perennial challenge was to write something about the parents struggle. And thus goes the song "Tulsi ne Ramayan Likhi, Ved Vyas ne mahabharat. Kyun kisine kabhi naa likhi, maa baap ki kahani". The music by Anand-Milind had probably been a decade late. Nevertheless, it powers into the drunkard performance of SPB. Upset with the iconic saints, this has a shade of DesiDaru. After all, the character is not rich guy. I know you are missing that there is no youtube link.Lets be done away with Anand-Milind. If they had Sameers company in the previous song, the great Majrooh Sultanpuri wrote the truly noisy words "Banke bigad gaya kaam, very sorry, I am so sorry, ulte huwe badnam, very sorry, I am so sorry". I am not too sure if it was picturised on Salman Khan or Amjad Khan, or both. It had its roots in the telugu movie "Prema" where SPB did the honors earlier. Both are good and intoxicating. Some songs are lost and not yet captured at youtube.A mother is singing rhymes to put the baby in the world of dreams. And a bastard listens to it. How does he feel? The torment, that anguish, justified frustrations, etc, all in the company of a huge quantitative arrack of daru is capture here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC3Qzwuqg4g . The movie is Benaam Badshaah and Laxmikant-Pyarelal are at it again.A lover separated from his rich princess is tormented and is in search of the mirage in the Sahara desert. Unsurprisingly, that mirage for a broken heart is perennially a bar room where Mithun Chakravarty is seeking solace. Though there is no lip-sync here, its undoubtedly a intoxicating songs. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dJPrQbJavY . Though the actor is striving and showing the desi version, the song actually reflects the rum(ification) and Alka Yagnik complements like a true princess missing her abode. This pair has given such marvelous duets that I actually feel its one of the most underestimated duet pair in the hindi film world. Trust me, its so underestimated that it puts to shame even the less due that is generally given to SPB in bollywood. Well, thats another article in waiting from the author. I hereby solemnly declare that once the detoxification of this article occurs, this will be certainly evaluated to the ranks it should be. Nadeem-Shravan are among the very few who gave too good songs with SPB.That "jeeye to jiye, kaise bin aapke" is probably the biggest hit drunkard song of SPB does not make it necessary that I should also bore you with it. Its popular, its everywhere. Whats there for me or you? I mean, come on. If anybody starts a random walk in the crowd, they must be kicked. I won't write more except thanks to Nadeem Shravan and of course Salman Khan.Women, especially from the subcontinent, hate the drinks and then the drunkards. It comes as no surprise that on one occassion, the drunkard could not take it any more. He is a mard first, and then a drunkard. So, there he goes. "Naa baaba na baaba, na baaba naa, aurat ka bharosa na baaba naa. haan baaba haan baba, haan baba haan, ye ek na do na teen, ye saari ki saari hai bewafa". Its important to understand here that though I am in the noisy state, its difficult for me to give up something thats rhyming and repetitive. Its really annoying that the reader thinks the noise won't like the signal. Its around the signal (drinks) that we owe our existence. So, jai ho signal ki. Just guess the lyricists state of mind and the torment he under went."Ek, Ek se Bhale Do". I do know that this is a song about unity and not about some stupid mindless walks. But I am blabbering about ek (SPB), and ek se bhale do (SPB with Kishore Kumar). Now add R.D. Burman on the top of it, and tie us to the chairs and keep Dimple Kapadia before us. You are certainly joking if you presume we won?t be intoxicated. Whew! Now, thats truly taking the square of a random walk and destroying sanity. Its fun to be insane. He he he! This 'scotch on the rocks' performance is known as ?Yun hi gaate raho? from the classic "Saagar" movie. Its difficult not to find its video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XV4N-Xu2K8 We now declare that the shop is closed for today. Yes, we know we have to have it one more time. We did not try the "Desi Daru" unlimited version. Did we? Frankly, I don't know, and it does not matter. Its shame to keep the hisab. I introduced drunkonomics, but did not I declare earlier that I am very weak in the "ics" of "academics". So, what will we do. Anupam Kher on street and madness on other side just never ever happens. Uparse bandar ko sharab bhi de di. So what happens is "Saari umar mein, is jeevan ki daud mein bhaga ghoda". LP were certainly bad and knew the word "havoc". Movie goes by the name of "Sansar".To close out, a few pointers. Its likely that SPB is probably the only singer ever in India to have received a National Award for a random song. I mean how damn good was it from the movie "Saagara Sangam".

Its telugu, admitted. This song is "Thakita thadimi". Watch it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs38L1jIQC0 . And all the above songs can be put in one single "Vaa Mancha Vaa". This is a tamil song. Its so notorious that it converted a simple next-door girl name into a volumptous sexy babe. Smitha later became famous as "Silk Smitha". Thats the power there is in the drunkard raaga when it came out of SPB.Thanks for the tolerance and admittedly you need to curse Arghya (he asked me to compose the entire above poetry), SPB Bangalore team (RGN, AR particularly), and SPB Mumbai team (VK and NK). Back to the room. Buyyyyyee.PS: The author is a teetotaler and does not encourage in any way to get into alcohol practices. Also, each of the artists mentioned in this article is respected and no potshots are attempted to put one above other.

All the mistakes are owned by myself. Thanks again...Balarykar

naan pOgiraen maelae maelae

2009-11-30T03:24:00.007-05:00

A movie starring Sibiraj, Prasanna, SP Balasubramaniam & Ramya Rai
A lovely poetic melody which is made even better by SPB and Chithra. Nice
to have a bubly SPB singing such a song : ) Advance Wishes to Dr.SPB an SPB Charan great success this movie.

Songs lyrics: Thanks to Mr.Andy, Tamilsongslyrics group
Song from: Thanks to Mr.Gopalakrishnan.V, Coimbatore.

movie: naaNayam
md: James Vasanth
voice: S.P.Balasubramaniam , Chithra

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naan pOgiraen maelae maelae
boolOgamae kaalin keezhae
viNmeengaLin koottam en maelae
poo vaaLiyin neerai pOlae
nee sinthinaai enthan maelae
naan pookkiraen panneer poo pOlae
thadumaari pOnaen andrae unnai paarththa naeram
adaiyaaLam illaa ondrai kaNdaen nenjin Oram
aen unnai paarththaen endrae uLLam kaeLvi kaetkkum
aanaalum nenjam vanthu naeraththai
naesikkum

na na na na.....

naan pOgiraen maelae maelae
boolOgamae kaalin keezhae
viNmeengaLin koottam en maelae
poo vaaLiyin neerai pOlae
nee sinthinaai enthan maelae
naan pookkiraen panneer poo pOlae
thadumaari pOnaen andrae unnai paarththa naeram
adaiyaaLam illaa ondrai kaNdaen nenjin Oram
aen unnai paarththaen endrae uLLam kaetkkum
aanaalum nenjam vanthu naeraththai
naesikkum

na na na na.....

kannaadi munnae nidrae
thaniyaaga naan paesa
yaaraenum jannal thaaNdi paarththaal aiyyO
uLpakkam thaazhpaaL pOttum
araiyinuL nee vanthaai
kai neetti thottup paarththaen
kaattrai aiyyO
en veettil neeyum vanthu saerum kaalam ekkaalam
poo maalai seithaen, vaaduthae
en meththai thaedum pOrvai yaavum saelaiyaagaathO
vaaraathO annaaLum indru, haanaan

na na na na.....

en thookkam vaeNdum endraai
tharamaattaen endranae
kanavennum kaLLachchaavi koNdae vanthaai
vaarththaigaL thaedith thaedi
naan paesip paarththaenae
mounaththil paesum viththai neethaan thanthaai
andraada pOgum paathai yaavum indru maattrangaL
kaaNaamal pOnaen paathiyil
nee vanthu ennai meettu selvaai endru ingaeyae
kaal nOga kaal nOga nindraenae

naan pOgiraen maelae maelae
boolOgamae kaalin keezhae
viNmeengaLin koottam en maelae
aah haa...
poo vaaLiyin neerai pOlae
nee sinthinaai enthan maelae
naan pookkiraen panneer poo pOlae
aaah....
thadumaari pOnaen andrae unnai paarththa naeram
adaiyaaLam illaa ondrai kaNdaen nenjin Oram
aen unnai paarththaen endrae uLLam kaeLvi kaetkkum
aanaalum nenjam vanthu naeraththai
naesikkum

na na na na.....

Donation to Flood Victims in AP/Karnataka

2009-11-03T22:49:00.000-05:00

[spbfans] SPB Fans Charitable Foundation - Donation to Flood Victims in AP/Karnataka

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Dear friends,

I am happy to share with you that an amount of Rs 75000 has been donated to Indian Red Cross by SPB Fans Charitable Foundation for the flood relief activity in AP and a similar amount to The Red Cross, Karnataka.

On 31.10. 2009, four of our Hyderabad members of SPB Fans Charitable Foundation, i.e Chaitanya, Mangalampalli Vijay, Mrs Usha and myself have met Justice Lakshman Rao, State Secretary, Indian Red Cross Society, AP State Branch, Hyderabad and handed over our donation cheque of Rs 75000 on behalf of SPB Fans Charitable Foundation. Justice Rao was extremely happy and appreciated our contribution and said that the money would be used genuinely for the flood relief activities. A letter of acknowledgement and reciept have been issued to us for the amount.

Justice Rao, went on to explain various activities of the IRC in AP and requested voluntary work for a couple of hours every week for participation in the social welfare causes being undertaken by IRC. He said if today's youth could spend even one hour per week for the society, we can build a better world.

He had personally enquired about the activities of the foundation and also about us individually. When we explained in details of our activities, he was very very appreciative of our Big Boss, Sri SPB and said that the fans of Sri SPB are doing a great job by helping the downtrodden and less privileged in the society thru charity work.

Having understood the interest, we made a call to Sri SPB and requested to speak to Justice Rao while we had donated the money. Justice Rao was very happy to speak to Sri SPB and expressed his deep appreciation and thankfulness for the donation and also for guiding the fans to the charity activities. He also wished Sri SPB a long life and great health. We also expressed with sincere thanks to Sri SPB for immediately obliging our request to speak to Justice Rao. It really made a lot of difference to the programme since Justice Rao had expressed his great happiness, having spoken to Sri SPB.

The meeting with Justice Rao has been coordinated by Sri Mohan Rao, Executive Secretary and Treasurer of IRC Hyderabad.

Four of us had a wonderful experience being a part of this noble gesture of SPB Fans Charitable Foundation for which we are thankful to Sri SPB and the managing committee members.

I sincerely thank our friends Chaitanya, Usha and Vijay M who have readily agreed to participate in the event and made it a real success.

Thanks and regards

RAMAKRISHNA GUDA ( GRK )

Note: Coimbatore SPB Fans Thank to Mr.GRK,Mr.Chaitanya, Mrs.Usha and Mr.Vijay.M for great effort this noble cause through Our Dr.SPB Fans Charitable Foundation, Chennai.