Kannada film music

[Sudarshan C R]

Tomorrow is “Kannada Rajyotsava” day. On this occasion, here is a patriotic song from the film “kaNNu teredu nODu”, B/W film released during 1961. With Rajkumar, a talented poet with blindness and gets eyesight at the end of the film. Balakrishna as a villain, who encash blindman’s talent during his blindness. Very good social drama made into film was a big success during those days.‘kaNNu teredu nODu’ means ‘open your (inner) eyes and see’. The film has about 10 melodious songs tuned by GKV, written by shri G V Iyyar. One song ‘kallu sakkare kolliro’ is of shri Purandaradasaru.
Some details of the film:
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Starring: Rajkumar, Leelavathi, Balakrishna, Narasimha raju, G V Iyyer, Ishwarappa, Ganapathi Bhat, Bharadwaj,
Rajashree, Ramadevi, Jayashree, Papamma, Vijayakumari, Vasanthi, Revathi, Shankunthala and others
Music Direction: G K Venkatesh
Singers: PBS, S Janaki, P Susheela (?), G K Venkatesh
Dialogue and lyrics: G V Iyyer, Purandara dasaru,
Story and Producer: A K Velan
Direction: T V Singh Thakur

Other Songs: sharaNu kAveri tAye (PBS/Chorus)
kallu sakkare koLLiro (PBS)
hagalu iruLu horage baride nagutali iruva (PBS)
sigadaNNa idu nALege sigadu (PBS)
ninagidu nyAyave (PBS)
baMgAradoDave bEke (PBS)
baMgaradoDave bEke (PBS/SJ)
heNNIna mele kaNNiDuvAga (SJ/PBS)
kannaDadA makkaLella oMdAgi banni (GKV)
eDavidare nAkuruLu nudijAre nUruruLU (PS(?) /SJ)

Lyric follow:

citra: kaNteredu nODu (1961)
gAyana: ji ke veMkaTEsh
saMgIta: ji ke veMkaTEsh
sAhitya: ji vi ayyar

kannaDadA makkaLella oMdAgi banni
tAynADa jayabhEri nAvAdavenni /kannaDa/

geLetanada varada hasta nIDi banni
moLetiruva bhEdagaLa biTTu banni /kannaDa/

oMdu tAyiya maDila makkaLenni
oMdu tAyiya nuDiya nuDivevenni
kILu nAveMbuvara kaNtereyirenni
bILu nAveMbuvara bAymuccebanni /kannaDa/

gaMga kadaMbAdi cAlukya rAShTrakUTa
yAdava ballALa vijayanagara vIrara
gatavaibhava kANuva
nava shaktiya tuMbuva bhuvanEshvari nIDuva
saMdEshava sAruva /kannaDa/

meaning of the song:

All children (makkaLu) of Karnataka (kannaDadA)
come (banni) united (oMdAgi)
All of you say, (nAvAdavenni) we play the
drums of victroy (jayabhEri) of Motherland (tAynADu)

Come (banni) and extend (nIDu) your helping
hand (varada hasta) of friendship (geLetanada)
Leave aside (biTTu) all the sprouting (moLetiruva)
differences (bhEdagaLa)

we are all children (makkaLu) of
single mother (oMdu tAyiya maDila) (Karnataka)
we speak (nuDivevenni) one (oMdu) language (nuDi) (mother-tongue)
we will open the eyes (kaNtereyirenni) of
people who are downtrodden (kILu nAveMbuvara)
encourage people who are scared (bILu nAveMbuvara)
(bAymuccebanni-ask them to keep quiet who are scared)

Let us try to see(kANuva) the past glory (gata vaibhava)
of brave people(vIrara) like
Ganga, KadaMba, chalukya, Rashtrakoota, Yadava, Ballala
and also Vijayanagara
Let us have (tuMbuva) new energy (nava shaktiya) and
publicize (sAruva) the message(saMdEshava)
given (nIDuva) by Mother Bhuvaneshvari
Shri G K Venkatesh himself singing the song on the screen.
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