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00:00Each person has their own style.
00:02If I were to give you an example of a song,
00:06I have a deep knowledge of Malayalam songs and music.
00:15Since you were a medium, how did you come to this path?
00:20I didn't intend to do this.
00:27I studied journalism in Calcutta University.
00:34I had a B.J. in Journalism.
00:38I had a first rank in that.
00:40It was the time when the Kerala Govt. launched the Kozhikode edition.
00:44For the first time, a photo composing, computerized printing and typesetting paper was published.
00:49It was published in India itself.
00:52Fortunately, there was an opportunity to join that.
00:54I went there.
00:56I got a job there.
00:58I joined as a journalist trainee for a salary of 400 rupees.
01:01At that time, football was my favorite sport.
01:07My goal was to become a sports legend.
01:10I came to journalism for that.
01:13Fortunately, I needed a sports reporter there.
01:18So, for the first time, I became a sports legend by reporting for the Kozhikode Nehru Cup International Football Tournament.
01:27At that time, songs were a part of my mind.
01:31There was no one in Malayalam who wrote about songs.
01:35In English, there are very few people like Raju Bharathan.
01:39So, I never thought of writing about songs or doing research on songs.
01:47I like listening to songs.
01:49I have a special interest in some songs and some music directors.
01:51Since then, I have understood who the artists are.
01:54The composition, music, the actor, and the length of the lines.
02:02I kept all these things in mind.
02:05At the end of the 1980s, P. Leela came to Kozhikode.
02:15As a child, I liked P. Leela very much.
02:19I used to listen to her songs in the morning itself.
02:25I think it was because of the atmosphere in my house.
02:29I wanted to meet P. Leela.
02:33So, I went there.
02:36My mother, Mullah Sheri Rajagopal,
02:39She is a character who has become famous through Devaswara.
02:43She is my mother's first cousin.
02:45More than that, she is my friend, philosopher, and guide.
02:49So, I fulfilled my wish to meet Rajamma.
02:53Rajagopal said,
02:55Why are you afraid?
02:57Rajamma already knows you.
02:59You have a good relationship with the singers.
03:01I called Rajagopal and told him to meet you in Alagavalli.
03:04I went to Alagavalli with Rajamma's good wishes.
03:08I was very happy when I went to Alagavalli.
03:10Because they put Guruvayurappan's photo on the wall.
03:14It is a very old and sacred symbol of P. Leela.
03:19So, I didn't say anything bad about anyone.
03:23So, I naturally talked about P. Leela's songs.
03:27We talked for a long time.
03:29I asked the story of those songs.
03:32Naturally, they liked to talk about P. Leela's songs.
03:36Because they know about P. Leela's songs.
03:38So, we talked for a long time.
03:40I didn't notice it because I didn't want to interview.
03:44I was just storing it in my mind.
03:46After that, I went out to ask about the journey.
03:50They also came with me.
03:52When I went out to ask about the journey,
03:54They asked me a question in my heart.
03:58So, Ravi asked me, where did you get this?
04:02I was very sad.
04:04Because we never think about it.
04:07Whether this interview will be published in a magazine or not.
04:12If it is for me, it is a shame to say it in front of P. Leela.
04:16I said, tell me sister.
04:18That's how the journey went.
04:20Then I was very tensed.
04:22How can I not write this?
04:24It is my favorite song.
04:27I took this interview from my memory.
04:29They made it into a script.
04:31I sent it to Vasarendran, who was in charge of Kaumudi's weekly magazine.
04:37Vasarendran published it with the beautiful title of Ujjaini's singer.
04:43Without even knowing that, I became a person who wrote about the song.
04:49The singer who came to see you on social media,
04:53Sorry, the music director,
04:55Jain sir, K. G. Jain.
04:57Naadu Brahmathin Sagaram Meethi Verum,
04:59Vichuthirumirada Varigala.
05:01Nakshatra Deepam.
05:03Yes, Nakshatra Deepam.
05:05A song performed by Yesudas Wadi.
05:07You must have gone through some of his unforgettable memories, right?
05:11Of course, Raj.
05:13We call them legends.
05:15Devarajan, Baburaj,
05:17Dakshinamurthy, Raghavan,
05:19Arjunamma.
05:21They are all seen as legends.
05:23When I talk about them,
05:25I don't mention their names often.
05:27But,
05:29I think,
05:31they are people who inherited music
05:33from their ancestors.
05:35Especially in the world of Bhakti.
05:37They are people who inherited
05:39an independent culture.
05:42All the songs they have performed
05:44have their signature.
05:46There are songs sung by them.
05:48They have performed a few songs
05:50in the movie.
05:52One of them is Nakshatra Deepam.
05:54Hridayam Devalayam.
05:56They say,
05:58this is not a song written for a movie.
06:00When I read a book
06:02called Hridayam Devalayam
06:04in front of a big temple,
06:06it was written based on a poem
06:08read in that book.
06:11When the movie Hridayam Devalayam
06:13came out,
06:15they had to give it
06:17to D.O.G.
06:19Jaya Vijaya composed it.
06:21It was beautiful.
06:23But, that song was not released.
06:25People have not seen
06:27its visual yet.
06:29Even then,
06:31that song became a super hit.
06:33We can see the visual
06:35in our own way.
06:37Hridayam Devalayam was a great song.
06:40Nakshatra Deepam was not written
06:42for a movie.
06:44While staying in Madras,
06:46when Jaya Vijayans
06:48went to the lodge,
06:50he kept a diary
06:52in his hand
06:54and went to the temple.
06:56Jaya Vijayans came to see
06:58this diary.
07:00They saw a poem
07:02about Chembai Swamy
07:04and Palakkad Manikyar.
07:06They heard the poem
07:09and decided to use
07:11this song for a movie
07:13called Niraguda.
07:15It is a remake movie.
07:17They decided to use
07:19this song for
07:21the situation
07:23in the movie
07:25Bheem Singh Direct.
07:27Their life is a
07:29compilation of
07:31such visual stories.
07:33They have such a
07:35unique character.
07:38Jaya Vijayans
07:40was born
07:42to such a family.
07:44That is why
07:46Jaya Vijayans
07:48was born in Trichy.
07:50When we look at
07:52your writings,
07:54we can see
07:56that you are still
07:58searching for
08:00the song
08:02called
08:04Mizhilangam Choodum Naadam.
08:06But many people
08:08don't pay attention
08:10to who is singing
08:12or who is the
08:14musician or the
08:16artist.
08:18I want to
08:20bring such
08:22singers to the
08:24light.
08:26What I write
08:28is what I
08:30want to know
08:32and read.
08:35I am my own
08:37prototype.
08:39There are many singers like
08:41Sathish Babu,
08:43Gopan,
08:45Ernakulam Gopan,
08:47Kallara Gopan in
08:49Trivandrum.
08:51He composed
08:53very short songs
08:55and went
08:57into his business.
08:59There are many
09:01other singers like
09:04Sathish Babu.
09:06I like to search
09:08for such singers.
09:10That's how
09:12I chose Gopan.
09:14Gopan asked me
09:16if people still
09:18remember me.
09:20I said,
09:22they will not remember
09:24because
09:26I have composed
09:28a lot of songs.
09:30I am happy to
09:33connect with you.
09:35I have composed
09:37Kannur Rajan's
09:39music in his film.
09:41There is a slight
09:43conflict between
09:45Kannur Rajan's songs
09:47and AT Umar's songs.
09:49Is it his or his?
09:51It has led to many
09:53controversies.
09:55One of the
09:57peculiarities of Shashi
09:59is that he says,
10:02it is not only
10:04in the constitution,
10:06but also in the
10:08camera.
10:10He has used
10:12music directors
10:14who match
10:16his views in the film.
10:18One of them is AT Umar.
10:20Ummukka is not
10:22on the other side.
10:24A song composed
10:26for the play
10:28by Kannur Rajan
10:31Shashi wants to use
10:33this song in his film.
10:35The director of the film is AT Umar.
10:37The song comes out
10:39in his name.
10:41He plays that song
10:43in many scenes.
10:45At that time,
10:47Kannur Rajan is worshipped.
10:49AT Umar does not know anything.
10:51The same thing happened
10:53in the film.
10:55Both the songs
10:57are Hindi songs.
11:00But the orchestration
11:02is mixed in Malayalam.
11:04That too came in the name of AT Umar.
11:06But the truth is that
11:08AT Umar was not there
11:10when the song was born.
11:12Shashi is the one
11:14who took the track
11:16of the original Hindi song
11:18from Bombay
11:20and brought it to Revathy Studio.
11:22Shashi is the only music director.
11:24Kannan is there.
11:26Recordist Kannan is there.
11:28Guna Singh is there.
11:30There are small gaps
11:32in the original track.
11:34Janakamma is sung
11:36in the second verse.
11:38There are some flute bits
11:40to fill the gap.
11:42AT Umar does not even know
11:44this.
11:46But he heard the name
11:48Mostava
11:50for both the songs.
11:52I always laugh
11:54when I hear this.
11:57There is another song
11:59that I did.
12:01You can ask me
12:03about it.
12:05It is a song that I did.
12:07You need to know about it.
12:09He has a good heart.
12:11In the film,
12:13he is one of the most
12:15innocent and genuine
12:17two people.
12:19He is said to be
12:21one of the two.
12:23Jayan sir's music
12:26is very famous.
12:28He is a famous music director.
12:30He has sung
12:32Kasturi Manmazi
12:34which Malayalees
12:36never forget.
12:38He is one of my biggest
12:40sorrows.
12:42I am going to see him
12:44for the first time
12:4610-15 years ago.
12:48Before that,
12:50I have seen him.
12:52He was like a prince.
12:55He imported
12:57watches,
12:59cooling glasses,
13:01cars,
13:03Benz car,
13:05Plymouth car
13:07for the first time
13:09in South India.
13:11He used to come
13:13in a car first
13:15and then
13:17his keyboard
13:19and accordion.
13:21I have seen him
13:24personally.
13:26I have studied him personally.
13:28He was
13:30an image
13:32of a king
13:34at that time.
13:36When I
13:38saw him again,
13:40he was lying on one side
13:42of his body,
13:44with his legs crossed,
13:46in a room
13:48of his palace house.
13:50He was a man
13:53with the same energy
13:55that I have seen
13:57in his face.
13:59I remember
14:01he called Bichu
14:03while he was talking.
14:05I called Bichu
14:07and told him that
14:09he was singing
14:11a song called
14:13En Swaram Poovidu
14:15when I called him.
14:17Bichu said,
14:19Joy,
14:21I have a lot of tunes in my mind.
14:23I have a lot of tunes,
14:25but no one wants them.
14:27We still have to make old tunes.
14:29Bichu said,
14:31let's do it.
14:33I said, let me tell you a tune now.
14:35He made a tune
14:37and Bichu made a song
14:39according to it.
14:41I thought,
14:43this is how they have made it.
14:45He said,
14:47Joy,
14:50I have a lot of tunes in my mind.
14:52Bichu said,
14:54let me tell you a tune now.
14:56I said,
14:58let me tell you a tune now.
15:00Bichu said,
15:02let me tell you a tune now.
15:04Bichu said,
15:06let me tell you a tune now.
15:08Bichu said,
15:10let me tell you a tune now.
15:12Bichu said,
15:14let me tell you a tune now.
15:16Bichu said,