Friday 24 February 2012

Namma Bengaluru -The other side of the IT City

From VV Puram Avarekal mela  and Basavanagudi Kadlelkal mela to Vidyarthi Bhavan Dosa  and from once open a time  favourite hangout "Sriraj Kulfi " to Gullu's Bun Nippat Masala (Yummy it is )! ... Namma Bengaluru is not just IT but more than that.
                People still wait for the big releases ,Uppi's film still generate the same enthusiasm among his fans .Its been almost more than 20 years i think he has been around.Who can forget his trend setting direction in OM .YogRaj Bhatt has managed to capture the beats of the younger generation with his trend setting dialogues and movie making .Seriously hope he comes out of Ade Male, ade love failure stories !..I can co relate this to what Ravi Chandran and Hamsa Lekha did with Prema Loka in the the late 80's .
Ravi chandran Hamsalekha combo songs are still a huge hit with the younger lot .
                             Malleswaram Market still has the same crowd as earlier even though we have lot of Western Style  Malls  come up. The single screen theatres are still Housefull .!

 Namma Bengaluru has changed .Isn't it ?

Yes if you look at lyrics in songs of Kannada films yes this is the change :

Andu RN Jayagopal " Neera mele aleya ungura .... ... Manaselava nalla kottanalla Kenne Mele Muttinungura .."

Aamele Hamsalekha said " Premageema Janedooooooooo  Yella Mayavo Preamam sharanam gacchami Annabaradoooooooooooooo "

then came Upendra's

"Maragalanu suttodalla kaviteyanu geecho dalla " from SHhh ! film .(Upendra as a lyricist has given some meaningful songs like hoove hoove from H20)

Finally Nam Bhatru sigo barodanella lyrics madidru -hALE PATRE ,hale Kabna nu bidlilla !

But He brought Kannada audience back to theatres.We still wait for a Bhatru movie come.I am waiting for Suri's Anna Bond and Dark Knight Rises also !

Konegu bantappa "Namma Metro " ?ella areagu bandilla ,adu bere vishaya.

We see Dr Raj Kumar , Dr  VishnuVardhan ,Shankar Nag Photos when we travel around Bangalore .They have managed to stay in the hearts of people .

One thing i would not like to talk about is Vidhana Soudha and Politics.

We still manage to have audience gather wherever there is a program in "Malleshwaram Grounds " .Bangalore has grown beyond Malleshwaram ,Jayanagar ,Indranagar.Now days Bangalore starts from Marathalli (the Big IT co's have set up their offices there ) and goes upto Electronic City.

But these have come up in the last 10 years but the Old Baangalore still  manages to maintain its charm.

Ranga Shankara still manages to get good audience and people still read books of Kuvempu,Bendre ,Byrappa.

Puttana Kanagal films are still studied and folk songs are sung in IT companies cultural events and

Finally i will end with this -This is for BENGALURU FANS -

K S Narsimhaswamy's "Nammuru Chandavo ...."

                                                               Life aS It Is  COnTiNues...
                                                                                                        Always Yours,
                                                                                                              Pavan




           

1 comment:

  1. Thanks dude...good one...bangalore became bengaluru....it still retains the old world charm...but missing the scent of flowers in the morning...yella dabba hoo bartha ide eega...and during festivals yella mane hennumaklu going around...'Kumkumakke banni'....dogs have made a comeback..even as pets....but missing all the huge trees and of course the cool weather

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