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HELP NEEDED ON SONGS OF M.B.SREENIVASAN

Topic started by rajeshrs_tvm (@ 61.1.228.122) on Tue Nov 18 01:35:32 EST 2003.
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We at MBS youth choir in Trivandrum are into collecting film songs,BGM work done by the renowned Music director M.B.Sreenivasan.
I request you all.. if you have any information,collection related to MBS kindly let me know.
Also if there are any articles on MBS pls let me
know.
thanks a lot.
...rajeshrs_tvm@hotmail.com

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Responses:

• From: jagan (@ 61.11.73.84) on: Wed Nov 19 03:14:51 EST 2003
  
  MBS was some how maintaining a very low profile as MD in TFM despite being a brilliant composer and restricted himself to MFM & doordarshanconducting Choirs.
  
  One superb song if i remember right " Gali Gali " by S Janaki ( I hope it is an award film in Tamil released early 80's and the actress who sings this song in the film is Janaki).
  
  
• From: jagan (@ 61.11.73.84) on: Wed Nov 19 03:17:20 EST 2003
  
  One superb song if i remember right " Gali Gali " by S Janaki ( I hope it is an award film in Tamil released early 80's and the actress who sings this song in the film is Janaki).
  Sorry it is "Jayanthi"
  
  
  
• From: rajeshrs_tvm (@ 61.11.42.25) on: Thu Nov 20 03:29:14 EST 2003
  
  Jagan ..thnks for ur response.
  I think Gali Gali song is from the movie "Oru marathu paravaigal" and music was by Shankar ganesh.
  correct me if wrong.
  thanks
  
  
• From: OISG (@ 213.42.2.12) on: Thu Nov 20 14:48:00 EST 2003
  
  Galir Galir was from Devadhai *ing Jayanthi and Sivakumar.Shyam was the MD.
  
  Jagan please go thru the SOTD thread and look for the song from Pathai theriyuthu paar and follw the link.Saravanan has written extensively about MBS and his contributions.teh write up includes a brief about his background,leftist leanings,his early works for the comrades,his Malayalm ventures etc.
  
  
• From: OISG (@ 213.42.2.13) on: Thu Nov 20 14:52:23 EST 2003
  
  http://newtfmpage.com/forum/15590.6859.02.29.28.html
  
  http://newtfmpage.com/forum/15590.6859.02.29.28.html
  
  
• From: rajeshrs_tvm (@ 61.1.229.53) on: Sat Nov 22 13:37:05 EST 2003
  
  Let me cut and paste Saravanan's excellent work on MBS.
  most probably the only extensive info on MBS available on net .
  Thanks a lot Saravanan.
  Thanks for your mail...
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  M.B. Srinivasan had gone to Lakshadweep islands to train a youth choir there,
  when he suffered a massive heart attack and passed away on 9th March 1988. I was
  studying for my +2 exams, when I read of his demise. In the midst of frantic
  last minute revisions, I still mourned his passing away, for many of his songs
  had brought me so much joy and many, many hours of listening pleasure. True, he
  had composed music for only 8 Tamil films- but he had created some songs of
  timeless enchantment in those few films-from the bewitching ‘Thennankeetru
  oonjaliley’ to the moving ‘Amma undhan kai valaiyaai’- songs that will live on
  to tell the tale of a genius—A great musician, and a great human being, a noble
  soul who strove throughout his life to better the lot of his fellow beings,
  while all the time creating songs of eternal allure—
  
  Manamadurai Balakrishnan Srinivasan was born in 1925 in Chithoor, where
  his father was working as a Lecturer in an Agricultural College. Music was an
  integral part of his childhood, as both his parents had great love for it. MBS
  grew up in times when the freedom struggle was at its zenith. MBS, though
  hailing from an affluent family, was attracted to Communist thoughts and as a
  student of Madras Presidency College, joined the Madras Students Organisation(M.S.O.) Along with like-minded enthusiasts like S.Damodaran and Baladhandayudham, MBS was actively involved in garnering student support for
  imprisoned freedom fighters and conducting patriotic meetings, where
  Bharathiyar’s fiery songs were sung with fervour.
  
  For a while, MBS worked in the office of the Communist Party’s
  Parliamentary Committee in Delhi. It was then that he got involved with Indian
  People’s Theatre Association (IPTA) and helped in bringing about plays and road
  shows highlighting problems faced by people in everyday life. Whilst going about
  this, he also got an exposure to musical influences from all corners of the
  country. He also formally learned classical music.
  
  It was during this period that MBS met and fell in love with Zahida
  Kitchlew, who shared with ardor, the same passion for both music and people’s
  causes. Zahida was the daughter of the great nationalist Dr. Saifuddin Kitchlew.
  
  
  
• From: rajeshrs_tvm (@ 61.1.229.53) on: Sat Nov 22 13:41:02 EST 2003
  
  i am getting an error message from the server that..
  "message too big"
  sorry
  
  
• From: bb (@ 24.6.216.148) on: Sat Nov 22 21:23:02 EST 2003
  
  rajeshrs_tvm, split the post up into 2 or 3 sections and post them here.
  
  
• From: rajeshrs_tvm (@ 61.1.227.17) on: Wed Nov 26 12:34:11 EST 2003
  
  Thanks bb..
  Here is the continuation of Saravanan Natarajan's info on MBS:
  (Dr. Saifuddin Kitchlew, is mostly remembered today as the one of the
  two persons (the other one being Dr.Satyapal) whose arrest, along with the
  notorious Rowlatt Act, was the reason the ill-fated Jallianwala Bagh meeting was
  held on Baisakhi Day(April 13th) 1919- the meeting that ended with that gruesome
  carnage by General Dyer.
  Dr. Kitchlew originally hailed from a Brahmin family of Baramulla in
  Kashmir. His ancestor, Prakash Ram Kitchlew embraced Islam. Many Kashmiri
  Muslims migrated to Amritsar during the famine that struck Kashmir in 1871.
  Saifuddin s grandfather, Ahmed Jo was amongst them. Saifuddin s father was a
  prosperous merchant, trading in pashmina and saffron. Saifuddin studied medicine
  at Cambridge and married the daughter of Mian Hafeezullah Manto, a lawyer.
  Saifuddin started the Amritsar branch of the All India Muslim League in 1917- at
  that time many Congressmen were also members of the Muslim League.
  In 1919, Dr. Saifuddin organized a series of meetings to harness public
  opinion against the Rowlatt Bills. His cry Na Vakil Na Dalil Na Appeal became
  a popular refrain against the bill. Gandhiji made him the president of the
  Satyagraha Sabha. When Dr.Saifuddin brought about a remarkably united show of
  Hindu-Muslim strength on Rama Navami day, April 9th, 1919, he, along with
  Dr.Satyapal, was arrested and deported to Dharmashala. The Jallianwala Bagh
  meeting was organised as a protest, and in the aftermath of that ghastly
  bloodbath, Dr.Saifuddin was named as the first accused in the Amritsar
  Conspiracy Case, and sentenced to life imprisonment. However, the overwhelming
  public opinion in his favour secured his release.
  Dr. Saifuddin was honoured by the Akal Takth in 1924. He became the
  President of the Punjab Provincial Congress Committee. He was among the founder
  members of the Jamia Milia Islamia. He was awarded the Stalin Peace Prize in
  1954.)
  
  In Zahida, MBS found a perfect soul mate and married her- he a Tamil
  Aiyangaar and she a Kashmiri Muslim- but what does religion matter, when hearts
  unite- Nabigal Quranum, Kannan Geethaiyum oru paadhayail angu sangamam They
  named their son Kabir, after that wonderful poet, who was celebrated alike by both
  Hindus and Muslims.
  
  
  
• From: rajeshrs_tvm (@ 61.1.227.17) on: Wed Nov 26 12:37:11 EST 2003
  
  Let us now take a cursory glace at the works of MBS in Tamil films:
  
  1.Kumari Films Paathai Theriyuthu Paar- 1960- MBS was among the stalwarts with Communist
  leanings who produced this off-beat film, directed by Nimai Ghosh and
  starring K.Vijayan, L Vijalakshmi & Sahasaranamam. Songs: Thenankeetru
  Oonjaliley (PBS-SJ), Maasil veenaiyum (SJ-AS Mahadevan), Chinna china
  mookuthiyaam(TMS), Rasa magan polirundhen(ALR), Azhutha kannerum paalaguma(PS)
  and Unnmai oru naal veliyaagum(TL). Lyricists were Communist sympathisers like
  Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram, Jayakanthan and KCS Arunachalam.
  
  2.Kavya Chitra s Dhaagam-1974- MBS had to wait for 14 years for his next Tamil
  film! Again an off-beat venture directed by Babu Nandhankode that starred
  Muthuraman,Nandhitha Bose, Rajkokila and Major Sundararajan. Songs were the
  thogayara Vaanemngum parithiyin jothi (KJY) followed by Urugidum velaiyilum (SJ)
  and Vaanam namadhu thandhai (SJ, Muthuraman & chorus)
  
  3.NVR Pictures Pudhu Vellam- 1975- K Vijayan, who became a director with this
  film, remembered MBS with gratitude and entrusted him with the film s music. The
  film strred Sivakumar and Kannada Manjula. Songs were Idhu pongi varugindra
  pudhu vellam (TMS), Thuli thuli thuli (PS), Naan raja veettu kannukutti(PS) and
  Erumai annachi(TMS)
  
  4.Sakthi Cine Arts Eduppar Kai Pillai-1975- The film starred Jaishankar,
  Srikanth, Bhanumathi, VA Nirmala and others. Songs were Azhagu rani kathai
  ithu(PS), Kiss me son -Kanna perumaan aalapirandhaan(Bhanumathi), Meet my son
  -vanavaasm poyirundhu(Bhanumathi) and Ponnum mayangum poovum vanangum (KJY,PS)
  
  5.NVR Pictures Madhana Maaligai- 1976-directed, again, by K Vijayan. The film
  starred Sivakumar, Srikanth, Alka, Manorama and others. The songs were Yeriyiley
  oru Kashmir Roja (KJY,PS), Oru Chinna paravai(SPB), Aaasaiyo suvaiyaanathu (PS),
  Under the mango tree (Usha Uthup) ,Valathu kaalai eduthu vechu vaangadi (VJ &
  chorus) and Paraparapara pattampoochi (PS & chorus)
  
  6.John Abraham s Agragarathil Kazhuthai-1977. The film had no songs, but had
  background music by MBS, who also acted as the chief protagonist, along with
  Krishnaraj, Swathi, Raman. Savitri and Veeraraghavan. The screenplay was by
  Koothuppattarai Muthusami. The fact that this film is considered a landmark in
  the history of Indian Cinema is evident from the fact that the film was screened
  in a retrospective of Indian Films in the Locarno Film Festival in August 2002.
  (the other Tamil films to find similar honour were Thanneer Thanneer, Iruvar and
  Kandukkonden Kandukkonden)
  
  7.Rajaram Theatres Pudhu Cheruppu Kadikkum- I don t think the film was ever
  released, but I have seen the record of the songs-it was dated 1978. The songs
  were Sithirappoo selai (SPB) and Udalenbaar uyirenbaar (VJ).
  
  
  
• From: rajeshrs_tvm (@ 61.1.227.17) on: Wed Nov 26 12:37:45 EST 2003
  
  8.Nijangal-1982. The film starred Menaka, Anandi, Kuladeivam Rajagopal and
  others.The songs were Amma undhan kai valaiyaai-VJ, Un kaadhodu kaadhoru seithi
  sonnaal (SPB,SPS) and Namma Indhiya dhesam kooda (TMS & chorus)
  
  I know it seems incredible- but that is the total count of the Tamil films that
  came his way! A paltry 8- and that includes a film that had no songs and another
  that was never released! Can you believe that a genius who created a miracle
  like Thennankeetru Oonjaliley had to wait for 14 years for his next film? But
  then, our Tamil Film Industry has been a hotbed of malicious propaganda, cunning
  machinations, deep-seated intrigue, rampant favouritism, and has always looked
  with suspicion at change of any kind.
  
  But the same destiny which closed the door of tfm for MBS, threw wide open for
  him the portals of Malayalam films, and there MBS found enchanting avenues to
  create his kind of music. Internationally acclaimed filmmakers like
  KG George, MT Vasudevan Nair, Adoor Goplakrishnan and Aravindan came to MBS
  repeatedly to set music for their films. MBS bagged four times the Kerala
  Government Award for the best Music Director. It was MBS who, in 1961, gave KJ
  Yesudas his first ever film song, (a short verse by Narayana Guru) in the film
  Kalpadukal. Jayachandran got the State award for the song Ragam Sriragam ,
  composed by MBS for the film Bandhanam.
  
  MBS gave his best to all his films- be it any language. The first film in Baduga
  language-Kala Thapitha Pailu had memorable music by MBS.
  
  MBS was the pioneer in Radio jingles- Many of the jingles heard in the early 70s
  were composed by him.
  
  MBS was not content to rest his laurels in film music. Through music, he wanted
  to inspire in children the qualities of patriotism and National Integration. The
  beginning was made when he trained 25 students to sing 6 songs of Bharathiar for
  the Ilaya Bharatham programme of AIR in August, 1970. Under his guidance, the
  Bharathi Ilaignar Isaikkuzhu was started in 1971, which blossomed into the
  Madras Youth Choir in 1973. MBS was instrumental in setting up such choirs in
  many parts of India. Songs of Bharathiar, Bharathidasan, Tagore and Iqbal, when sung by hundreds of children in one voice, evoked rare emotional fervour in the listeners.
  
  MBS loved children- most of his serndisai programmes were by children from the
  Corporation schools and children from the slums. MBD headed the Madras Youth
  Choir right from its inception up to his death in 1988. After his demise, Zahida
  took over the responsibility with enthusiasm. Zahida passed way on 23rd October, 2002.
  
  MBS was honoured with the Award for Creative Music by the Sangeet Natak Akademi
  in 1986.
  
  He galvanised the Cine Music technicians to form a Union and demand prompt
  payments and fixed wages. He was instrumental in the formation of the Indian
  Performing Right Society Ltd (IPRS) to give Copyright protection to Music
  Directors and lyricists.
  
  MBS has left behind a rich legacy. Today performing artistes in every nook and
  corner of the world remember him with gratitude- Subha Harinath, who teaches and
  gives concerts in Australia, Sundar who works with top composers in North
  America, Karthika Ganesan, who is a Naatiya Kalanidhi in Sri Lanka, Kaveri
  Sridhar, who formed the Bangalore Youth Choir these are just a few from the
  thousands of artistes whose lives MBS has touched in one way or the other.
  
  Even on the fateful day, when MBS left for his heavenly abode, he was engaged in training a Youth Choir in a remote island of Lakshadweep- Urugidum velaiyilum nalla oli thandha mezhugu thiri
  
  Some day, as you are driving along the rural pockets of Tamil Nadu, as you pass a hamlet, you may feebly hear for some fleeting seconds, a few lines from Yeriyiley oru Kashmir Roja from a radio in a tea-shop, like "Violets by a mossy stone half hidden from the eye and you will feel the presence of MBS--
  
  Laal Salaam, Comrade!
  
  
  
  

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