When the Gods determined to take philosophy to folks, at the very least in Karnataka, they selected to select Shimoga Subbanna for the duty.
For over two generations of Kannadigas have had their life classes, that have been penned or rendered by numerous thinkers, poets, philosophers and seers, delivered to their hearts within the voice of legendary Sugama Sangeeta singer G Subramanya alias Shivamogga Subbanna.
Condolences poured in for the famous singer, together with from Prime Minister Narendra Modi who tweeted saying: ‘the distinctive Shivamogga Subbanna was a family identify for individuals who love Kannada songs and music. His works are admired and so are his efforts to attach gems of Kannada poetry with the current era. Pained by his demise…’.
Subbanna’s passing away is the tip of an period of ‘sugama sangeeta’ or as his daughter-in-law and famend singer Archana Udupa places it, ‘the final ‘stalwart‘ or a pillar of the style’ has left. For he took numerous poems and ideas of probably the most profound thinkers and philosophers of our area, from Shishunala Shareefa, to Da Ra Bendra and Kuvempu, to the houses of individuals.
Right here‘s a tribute to the voice of philosophy via his songs which have had Kannada audiences melodiously misplaced in deep thought for many years collectively.
These mourning his demise at present will first hear certainly one of his hottest renditions of Kuvenmpu’s ‘Anandamaya e jagahrudaya’ (the guts of existence is crammed with bliss) echoing as his classical coaching in music and his philosophical bent of thoughts turned it into nothing wanting a meditative expertise.
Born in Shivamogga in 1938 as G Subramanyam, he was named ‘Subbanna’ when he sang for a movie that went on to bag him the ‘rajata kamala puraskara’ or the nationwide award.
An anecdote reminiscing this identify change speaks of how his first music for Chandrashekhar Kambar’s first movie Karimai ended up being publicised as being rendered by the opposite and extra well-known ‘Subramanyam’ – S P Balasubramaniam, owing to a printing error on the disk of the music.
Which is why, Kambar modified and introduced his identify as Shivamogga Subbanna when he sang for his subsequent movie ‘Kadu Kudure’, the title observe which made him a family identify in addition to the primary Kannada playback singer to win the nationwide award in 1978.
In an interview, the place the ‘A grade Akashvani artist’ talks about this music, he credit the ‘power of the poetry’ penned by ‘an award profitable Kannada poet‘ Padmashree awardee Kambhar as the explanation for it profitable the award.
He clarifies saying ‘it was technically a movie music, not principally a movie music’ as a result of not like movie songs it wasnt penned publish the composition of the tune and didnt have ‘tailor made poetry’. It was a poet scribed music, not a lyricist penned one, he emphasised.
He goes on to share how he carried out the music in entrance of the President because it had received the Nationwide Award and well-known Hindi movie scriptwriter Okay Abbas, who ‘was completely alien to Kannada language’, who was seated within the entrance rows, walked upto him and requested ’Subbanna does this music signify the dance of a wild horse?’.
‘Somebody who had no understanding of Kannada language might understand the dance of the horse within the music was as a result of that was the power in Kamba’s poetry.I used to be simply an excuse’ he explains.
To again his perception within the power of poetrym, he says his quotation was testimony to it, for it learn, ‘Greatest Male playback award is given to Subbanna for having rendered theme music Kaadu Kudure which is without delay vigourous and lyrical,’.
Lawyer by career, classical Carnatic singer by coaching, and lightweight music proponent by vocation, Subbanna’s identify turned synonymous with ‘sugama sangeeta’ particularly along with his renditions of Shishiunala Shareefa’s songs, a group of which was introduced out by MSIL.
It was a sacred mixture of music composed by C Ashwath, lyrics by a realised thoughts and the voice of Subbanna.
Numerous awards got here his method after the Nationwide Award from the ‘Kannada kampu’ award, the ‘Shishunala Shareefa‘ Award, Doctorate from Kuvempu College amongst others, as he took listeners on a melodious journey into the depths of human thought and understanding, via the highly effective poetry of Kannada, to ‘wake those that are seemingly lifeless’ as Kuvempu says in his well-known ‘Barisu Kannada Dindimava’.
And after a lifetime of stirring ideas via his soulful singing, the Gods determined to name him again to their abode final night to sing to them could also be, the essence of life in all its depth.
