Om Namah Shivaya

Song : Om Namah Shivaya
Movie Name : Sagara Sangamam
Singer : S Janaki
Music Director : Illayaraja

Prakruti Parvati neetho nadachina edu adugulae..swara saptakamayi

This is a song about Lord Shiva. I am not completely familiar with all the attributes of Shiva being described here, and would love to go through each of them. The language used in this song is more Sanskrit than telugu. What I like about this song, is that it is so unlike Illayaraja, and more like Vishwanath, and is yet brilliant. A quality that most music directors dont seem to have these days. In the drive to make music the way the director or producer wants them to, most music directors seem to go haywire, and lose their originality. Coming back to this song, the lyricist (Sri Veturi) has chosen an interesting way to proceed in this song. The first stanza mentions pancha bhootamulu, aaru ruthuvulu, swara saptakam, ashta dikkulu, nava rasas, and in the second stanza goes to Trikalamulu, Chatur Vedamulu before narrowing to Advaitham. Last but not the least, notice the beautiful use of Hindolam below

Sa Ga Ma Da Ni Sa ... ( –> Aarohana (Hindolam))
Da Ga Ma Da Ni Sa Da Ma Da Da Da Sa Sa Sa Ni Ga Ma Da ...
Sa Ni Da Ma Ga Sa ( –> Avarohana (Hindolam))

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Om Namah Shivaya from Raaga