Sunday, April 14, 2013

PBS...Will be Remembered

ಮಯ್ಯನೆ ಹಿಂಡಿ ನೊಂದರು ಕಬ್ಬು ಸಿಹಿಯ ಕೊಡುವುದು...
ತೇಯುತಲಿದ್ದರು ಗಂಧದ ಪರಿಮಳ ತುಂಬಿ ಬರುವುದು...
ತಾನೇ ಉರಿದರು ದೀಪವು ಮನೆಗೆ ಬೆಳಕ ತರುವುದು...
ದೀಪಾ...ಬೆಳಕ ತರುವುದು
ಆಡಿಸಿ ನೋಡು ಬೀಳಿಸಿ ನೋಡು ಉರುಳಿ ಹೋಗದು

(Mayyane HinDi Nondharu Kabbu Sihiya KoDuvudu...
Theyuthaliddharu Gandhadha Parimala Thumbi Baruvudu...
Thane Uridaru Deepavu Manege BeLaka Tharuvudu...
Deepaa...BeLaka Taruvudu
AaDisi NoDu BiLisi NoDu URuLi Hogadu)

Of all the fantastic songs P B Sreenivas has sung in a career that spanned over half a century, I remember this one today. In the context of things, I would have preferred to hum other lines. But then 'Nee Bandhu Nintaga', 'Baadi Hoda Belliyinda', 'Olave Jeevana Sakshatkara' and so many, so many others are equally laden with memories, stories and relevances.

PBS was my favourite singer. I met him once at the then Madras's elegant Woodlands Hotel, where the owner was his fan and had advised the staff to give PBS anything he wanted for free, every day. PBS came there then to eat sweets, which as a diabetic, he wasn't allowed at home. 

PBS will be remembered.

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