Chivaraku Migiledi (1960), One Of The Greatest Performances Ever Options

[swarapriya]

Chivaraku Migiledi (1960)

Prompted by inquisitiveness exhibited on the writeup on "Khamoshi" in Hemant Kumar section (thanks to you Simplefable), I started searching for the songs of the movie "Chivaraku Migiledi". Good news is that I found all of them. Almost all are in excellent audio quality. This movie is the Telugu version of "Khamoshi" and preceded the Hindi version by eight years. However, the Telugu version was based on the original Bengali version "Deep Jele Jai", I believe that was the title of the Bengali version.

I have seen this Telugu version few years ago. Savitri, one of the greatest actresses of our time, gave a stunningly memorable performance in this movie. The pathos, the silent suffering, conflict between love and care, she exhibited like a fluently lucid poem. I have never seen any such performance in my lifetime barring that of Nargis in "Mother India". It was a crowing achievement of her career that in real life unfortunately and undeservingly was filled with tragedy, disgrace, and shame.

The Telugu version has six songs. Two of them, both sung by the great Ghantasala, are those based on the Bengali songs. I believe rest of them are all original to the Telugu movie. Of these originals I love the song performed by M.S. Rama Rao.

I came across on the Internet the great Telugu actor A. Nageshwara Rao paying tribute to the late Savitri. I am not sure what the exact occasion was. These are the same actors who paid little sympathy when she was in desperate need for help and her life was in shambles. Now here they are showering praises on how great an actress Savitri really was. This tribute probably was recorded recently. Here Rao talks about Savitiri in general and her performance in "Chivaraku Migiledi" in particular. He compares and contrasts her performance with Waheeda Rehman (Hind version) and Suchitra Sen (Bengali version). It was a video with clippings from these three movies interspersed showing how these three great actresses enacted the same scene. Because I don't know how to copy a video from the internet, I must confess I am not too good with these whizbang tools, at least not yet, I decided to copy it as an MP3 file instead. I am also uploading this file here. But my request to those of you who know how to do this, please upload that video. It is great to watch because it is a glowing tribute to one of our greatest actresses.

Now for the details of the songs and the songs themselves ...

This post has been edited by swarapriya: Sep 24 2008, 09:42 PM

[simplefable]

Venkat..it is acknowledged fact that Malladi gave his compositions to Samudrala Senior...they had such a nice rapport, that they used to joke that one doesnt have the time..and one needs the money ! I read about it in various books..and was glad that it happened.
Malladi is also known for his magnanimity towards the younger generation..all used to look up to him for guidance..as the legend goes.