பாலமுரளி கிருஷ்ணா பிறந்தநாள் நினைவுகள்

 🎵ஆயிரம் நினைவாகி…..ஆனந்தக் கனவாகி...🎵

The unusual plot of I.V.Sashi’s Malayalam film Aa Nimisham (1977) written by Sheriff caught KB’s fancy and he set forth to adapt the core plot. Adding his inimitable deft touches, he presented it as Nool Veli (1979/ Kalakendra Movies). Sridevi had won laurels for her performance in the Malayalam original, and in Tamil, Saritha walked away with the honors. Sujatha was equally impressive in a brilliant, subtle performance. Saratbabu, Narayana Rao, Ramanamoorthi and Anumanthu were the others in the cast. 

A happily married man, in a moment of sudden weakness, seduces a girl who is their ward. His wife unexpectedly witnesses the despicable act. The happenings in the aftermath form rest of the story. The film was strengthened by KB’s seasoned handling of a sensitive theme and powerful performances by the three lead players: Saratbabu in the role of the remorse-torn architect Babu, Sujatha in the role of his wife- the writer Vidya, and Saritha in the role of Baby- the innocent, playful girl-next door who grows up overnight to a woman wrecked by guilt. 

MSV and Kannadasan, as usual for a KB venture, came up with a set of memorable songs: 

Naana paaduvadhu naana- SPB, Vani Jairam & L.R. Anjali

Therottam ananda shenbagapoovaattam- SPB 

Veenai sirippu aasai azhaippu- SPB & Vani Jairam

Mounathil vilaiyaadum manasaatchiye- Balamuralikrishna 

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Launch forth, my soul, into a main of tears, 

Full-fraught with grief, the traffic of thy mind; 

Torn sails will serve, thoughts rent with guilty fears; 

Give care the stern, use sighs in lieu of wind: 

Remorse thy pilot; thy misdeeds thy card; 

Torment thy haven, shipwreck thy best reward. 

- Robert Southwell (St. Peter's Complaint) 

The deed is done; the perpetrators have been witnessed in action. The picture perfect household falls headlong into turmoil...Can things be the same ever again? A husband filled with shame and sorrow, a wife whose each glance is replete with reproach and scorn, the other woman shattered physically and mentally…. Penitence is barred; the torturing, gnawing consciousness of guilt is the horrendous punishment …guilt that pursues inexorably, armed with whips and stings. 

ரகசியச் சுரங்கம் நீ

நாடக அரங்கம் நீ

சோதனைக் களம் அல்லவா,

நெஞ்சே துன்பத்தின் தாய் அல்லவா

ஒரு கணம் தவறாகி

பல யுகம் துடிப்பாயே

ஊமையின் பரிபாஷை

கண்களில் வடிப்பாயே….

Kannadasan’s mighty pen flies furiously, as the lines beckon the wretchedness of the havoc wrought by a stern, questioning conscience… MSV conjures up a saga in Sama... Balamuralikrishna brings a remarkably pensive delineation. The grim verdict of lifelong anguish that he delivers in the lines ஆசையில் கல்லாகி…அச்சத்தில் மெழுகாகி.... யார் முகம் பார்த்தாலும் ஐயத்தில் தவிப்பாய் நீ is the high-point of this sermon.  

 

A song for eternity.

https://youtu.be/Ms4zuHOEZww?si=-ZvgGJRAacDUfBoL

It is the birth anniversary today of Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna🙏🙏