Kannada film music

[Sudarshan C R]

Today is the birthday of Legend Shri P B Srinivas.
Here is another song from the film ‘oMdE baLLiya hUgaLu sung by Shri P B Srinivas.

Lyric follows:

citra: oMdE baLLiya hUvugaLu (1967)
gAyana: pi bi shrInivAs
saMgIta: satyaM
sAhitya: gItapriya

Tune is set into rAga: shaMkarAbharaNa

rikShAgADi misTar (nA)
I rODige nAne mAsTar
I gADigilla mOTar
modalE illa mITar
nIv banniri illa DEMjar /rikShAgADi/

duDimeyu yAvudu kILalla
dharmadi duDidare bhayavilla
mOsada gaLike avamAna
bevarina gaLike abhimAna
idanaritu naDeyadire
jIvanavE paMkchar /rikShAgADi/

yArado nenapu kADutire
yAvudo pAsha seLeyutide
Ase nirAseya dAriyali
bALina baMDiyu ODutire
praNayigaLa sErisuta
naDeyuve nA jOkar /rikShAgADi/

kelavara baLiyE haNavEke
kelavara baLiyE guNavEke
kelavarigEke kULilla
Eke ashAMtiyu jagavella
I chiMte jagadalli
hoDeyutire chakkar /rikShAgADi/

Meaning of the song:

People call me Mr. Rikshawala (rikShA gADi misTar)
I am (nAne) the Master (mAsTar) of this (I) road (rODige)
This rikshaw has no motor (I gADigilla mOTar)
There is no meter also (modalE illa mITar)
All of you (nIv) please come (banniri) there is no (illa) danger (DEMjar) here

Any (yAvudu) labour/earning (duDimeyu) is not inferior (kILalla)
No need to have fear (bhayavilla) if you earn (duDidare) in right-way (dharmadi)
earning (gaLike) in a wrong-way (mOsada) is an insult (avamAna)
earning (galike) by sweat (bevarina) is respectfull (abhimAna)
Have knowledge of this and proceed (idanaritu)
If you does't (naDeyadire) - life (jIvanavE) it-self will puncture (paMkchar)

somebody's (yArado) memory (nenapu) is bothering (kADutire)
somebody's (yArado) bond (pAsha) is pulling (seLeyutire)
On the way (dAriyali) of desire-despair (Ase-nirAsheya)
cart/coach (baMDiyu) of this life (bALina) is running (ODutire)
helping (sErisuta) to meet their lover (praNayigaLa)
walking (naDeyuve) with them - I am joker (nA jOkar)

Only few (kelavara baLiyE) people will have money (haNavEke)
Very few people (kelavara baLiyE) have good character (guNavEke)
Why few people (kelavarigEke) won't get food (kULilla)
Why is unrest in this world (Eke ashAMtiyu jagavella)
Finding this problem in this world every where
(I chiMe jagadalli hoDeyutire chakkar)

View the film 'oMdE baLLiya hUgaLu' here:
Song starts at 01:42:00
You can see Old Mysore city of 1967-68.
Ranga and others on the screen:


View the song - rikshawaalaanu nenu (Padmanabham - Ghantasala) - from 'ADapaduchu'
See the Hyderabad city of 1968.


View the song - main rikshaawala (Mehmood) - from 'Chhoti bahen'
See the Bombay city of 1959