Was watching an episode of “Mee Lo Evaru Koteeswharudu (= Kaun Banega Karodpati = Who Wants to be Crorepati)” game show on the local channel last night and one of the question was to identify the actor in the song. I guessed as N.T. Ramarao (NTR) while my family guessed it as Jaggayya (another lead veteran actor). Obviously my guess was right and my family was surprised that I knew such an old song. **Smug Smile**.
Indeed I can pretty much guess most of the (approx 99%) of songs from Telugu and Hindi correctly if they are pre-2001. Post-2001 my interest in them had reduced considerably until it revamped somewhere around the end of the last decade. I am glad my interest spiked up again...I have so many nights and evenings to thank these melodies.
From the 1963 hit Telugu movie Bandipotu (=Bandit), Music composed and Sung by Ghantasala. Lyrics penned by C Narayana Reddy.
Lyrics in Romanized Telugu:
oho ho ooo oho ho ooo oho ho ooo oho ho ooo
oho ho ooo oho ho ooo
vagala ranivi neeve, sogasu kadanu nene
idu kudirenu jodu kudirenu
meda dhigi raave
vagala ranivi neeve, sogasu kadanu nene
idu kudirenu jodu kudirenu
meda dhigi raave
vagala ranivi neeve
pindi vennela ni kosam, pilla themmera na kosam
pindi vennela ni kosam, pilla themmera na kosam,
rendu kalasina nindu punnami, reyi mana kosam
vagala ranivi neeve
oho ho ooo oho ho ooo oho ho ooo oho ho ooo
oho ho ooo oho ho ooo
dhora vayasu chinadana, kora choopula nerajana
dhora vayasu chinadana, kora choopula nerajana
bedharutenduku kadalu munduku, priyudane gana
vagala ranivi neeve
kopamantha pai paine, choopulanni na paine
kopamantha pai paine, choopulanni na paine
varuni kaugita voriginanthata, karigi podhuvule
vagala ranivi neeve, sogasu kadanu nene
idu kudirenu jodu kudirenu
thodugaa raave
vagala ranivi neeve
oho ho ooo oho ho ooo oho ho ooo oho ho ooo
