![]() ![]() You will be Rajnikant."Īruna: Have you had to make compromises for popular appeal? I told him, "There can be only one Shivaji in Tamil cinema. Pat came the reply, "Because I too am a Shivaji!" I liked that sharp repartee. K.B: After watching a young man called Shivaji Rao act I asked him why he was imitating Shivaji Ganesan. Did you then think that he would become such an icon? She did, and I watched her grow into the role.Īruna: Rajnikant was your discovery. All I knew was that she was right as Sindhu in "Sahana." Anuradha was flabbergasted, exclaiming that she knew nothing about acting. I didn't know that she was a musician, daughter of vidwan K.V.Narayanaswami. I count Kavya and Anuradha Suresh Krishnamurthy as the greatest success of "Sahana." When I moved house, a woman came across the street to welcome me to the neighbourhood. K.B: Don't forget I discovered excellent artistes. "Last Judgment" was my first play, I not only wrote but also acted in "Chaturangam." Thank God, I gave up acting.Īruna: Yes, otherwise you couldn't have concentrated on writing and direction. K.B: I was a theatreman who blundered into cinema by accident. ![]() Don't be misled into thinking of me as a connoisseur though! My father was one, vidwans like Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar would look for him when they performed in villages around my native Nannilam.Īruna: You brought in new flavours of realism and middle class values to formula-ridden Tamil cinema. K.B: (pleased) Even Rahman hasn't produced music equalling the variety and sparkle of my "Duet." I have an intuition about making the right choices. #K balachander sahana serial serialYou've made remarkable films with music as a crucial element such as "Sindhubhairavi," and the just-concluded TV serial "Sahana." Every song sounds right, is placed right. Aruna, do you like this adjective?Īruna Sayeeram: Of course, all the more when it comes from you. Arresting - that's the word for your voice. K.Balachander: Once I slipped unobtrusively into your concert, to hear just a few songs, but stayed till the end. Gowri Ramnarayan desperately chasing the swift volleys. They fire away across the table, with scribe Of course, they have to take time to exult in their Cauvery delta heritage.īut soon, a rustle of papers proclaims that singer and director have come armed with ready questions. There is greater bonding now when they discover that both belong to adjacent Thanjavur villages. He noted the development of her style from the elite Dhanammal school to 'houseful' acclaim. ![]() Mumbai-born Aruna had watched his plays ("Neerkumizhi," "Edirneechal," "Major Chandrakant") at the Shanmukhananda Sabha, and was later equally fascinated by the films ("Apurva Ragam," "Arangetram," "Thanneer Thanneer") that bore the 'Balachander' stamp. Balachander and Carnatic vocalist Aruna Sayeeram have long been each other's fans. They meet for the first time yet they seem like good old friends. ![]()
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