Peerlessness is her Prefix - P. Susheela (Part 5)


As a parting gift, please do give the following ditties with their multi-hued spread, a listen….Trusting that the quality of music will render the listeners “language agnostic”.

-          Yesko Bullemma  at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qn9oRIJzVd8, a Salil Choudhry rollicking feast !!!! Vampisheness of the mistress of a toddy shop !!!!

-          Jal jal jal sathangai, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG337tVb-qk,    from “mangayar uLLam mangAtha selvam”, Adi Narayana Rao spinning his Hamir Kalyani Magic. Ghantasala Master accompanies

-          Nuvvu nenu https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=nuvvu+nenu+chakkani+chukka+takkari+donga, Erotic forceful coaxing, a jazz blues extravaganza put through with unmitigated “wildness” amidst sinister softness  and fierce overtures, crescendo and all, a Sathyam creation

-          Thookkanankuruvi koodu,.. has rusticity been better celebrated ?!!!?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF_P01DOlbI,  the essence, the flavor of Tamil emanating from every pore of the song

-          Paruvam enathu paadal  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94tYRNOXqQc, a MSV path breaker, he called her’s as the only “melodious , auditorium” voice. Here’s the voice ripping through our consciousness  melodiously , verily the milky way piercing through the dark skies


-          Nayanadale   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJEKYIYjOI4,

A TG Lingappa classic.  Hushed, halting bashfulness expressed in its womanly magnificence. She croons, doesn’t not go open throated, croons through lightning akArams and the expressions simply happen, a definition for singing for a heroine.

-          Ninduga vinagalana https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfuDDUMNL50,

Bhaktha Sabari just about manages to sing with her worn out vocals !!!! P. Susheela’s voice quivers with devotion and excitement, being truly overwhelmed in the presence of the avatar but with the entire spectrum of emotions smothered by old  age. Yet, amidst the “old age” tremolo, every note is in place and every phrase in tune.  

-          Loguttu perumalla,  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xG5fET2w2VU

A Sathyam creation in Toofan Mail….well she could be caricaturist as well you know !!!!


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