Echoes of the Maestro - Song 80 - Kelade Nimageega
(re)Discovering Illayaraja's Musical Treasure
I was shocked to learn that Devadhai Ilam Devi from Aayiram Nilave Vaa movie was actually from the Kannada song Kelade Nimageega and the use of the songs in these two films is completely different while the Tamil version is more of a Ghost song and the Kannada original is a love song and all these while I imagined only the ghost version and listening to the Love version is not something I had in my To-do list at all.
Song - 80
Song: Kelade Nimageega
Movie: Geetha
Singers: SPB
Lyricist: Chi. Udaya Shankar
Actors: Shankar Nag, Akshatha Rao, C.S. Aswath, Sowcar Janaki, Ramesh Bhat and others
Director: Shankar Nag
Sir, Ive been following your brilliant thread on Raja’s musical journey every day. Your choice of songs are very much reciprocating & feeling nostalgic about my numerous discussions with my friend (whose name is coincidentally Pradeep too 😂) on Tamil movie songs. Special thanks for exploring lots of Thalaivar-Super star songs of 80s/90s, which the current generation have no idea. I admire your ability to bring many facts about not only about the song but also about movies - simply outstanding.