O papa lali (Geetanjali) - a profound melody!
Today (June 2nd) is the birthday of two great film personalities - music director Ilayaraja and director Mani Ratnam . “ Geetanjali ” is one epic film in their combination, the only straight Telugu film by Mani Ratnam. It is a wonderful love story, beautiful and philosophical. A terminally ill guy and a girl, both in the prime of their youth, find eternal love and solace in an impermanent world through their relationship. Ilayaraja’s magic plays a big role in this movie where he wonderfully creates the mood of the story through his amazing compositions and background score. Lyrics by Veturi are to be specially mentioned too because he captures the soul of the movie in the depth of his poetry. I will attempt to translate/explain here the lyrics of a song in the movie. The soothing me l ody “ O paapa laali ”, sung wonderfully by SPB , is anything but soothing in its content. The girl is hospitalized again and this time doctors do not give much chance to her. The guy, full of despa