Playback singers’ affiliation had a Fb reside of SPB’s songs on the legend’s start anniversary
S.P. Balasubrahmanyam would have turned 75 yesterday. The day although turned out to be his start anniversary after he handed away final September.
The affiliation of playback singers in Malayalam cinema, SAMAM, got here out with a reside present on Fb to pay a most melodious tribute to a singer who was an expensive buddy to a few of them, a colleague to many and a much-admired icon to everybody of them.
Anoop Sankar, one of many greatest followers of SPB you’d ever come throughout, coordinated the present. “We needed to do one thing on his start anniversary and we thought presenting his songs in our voices can be a becoming tribute to the legend,” says the Thrissur-based singer. “A few of us recorded the songs from our properties and we additionally used clippings from beforehand recorded tv and reside exhibits.”
The present acquired off on the proper notice with Ok.S. Chithra singing her soothingly candy duet with Thoda thoda malarndhadhenna poove…, from the 1995 movie Indira, which marked actress Suhasini’s debut as a director. Fittingly, she started with the portion of the tune sung initially by SPB – Antha ila vayathil…
Chithra, as ever, was in high type whereas recreating the magic of the A.R. Rahman composition. She was adopted by M.G. Sreekumar’s rendition of the largest hit from Rahman’s collaboration with SPB – Kadhal rojave… (Roja).
The present, that includes 34 singers, lasted an hour and a half. The highlights included Mridula Warrier’s Anjali Anjali… (Duet)… Saritha Ram’s Malare mounamaa… (Karna), Ravi Shankar’s Paadu nilave… (Udaya Geetham) and
Rashmi Madhu’s Muthumani malai… (Chinna Gounder).
Rashmi mentioned she recorded the tune, on her cell phone, through the little spare time she acquired throughout her duties as a physician. “Today I’ve to work for 21 hours on some days, as a result of there are COVID-19 sufferers on the hospital the place I work,” she says. “I needed to be a part of the SPB tribute; I grew up in Chennai listening to him.”
You would watch the present right here.