De mortuis nil nisi bonum. But, may be, we should use the word Banyan Tree his sister used for #SPBalasubramanyam in a different context. Simply put, he didn't allow anyone to grow. Neither his siter Sailaja nor his son Charan got any support from him.
One can understand not promoting those without talent. But, shouldn't he have supported them after they proved their worth? Literally, no one knew that those great songs from Varsham or Manasantha Nuvve or Murari are sing by him. What went wrong?
Ultimately, his son wasn't able to compete with his father and left Telugu industry. Both Sailaja and Charan could have achieved more. Look at Krishna or ANR or NTR. Yes. It's nepotism. But, that's how life works. Charan's personal life was a disaster.
That's where you would guage the success of SPB as a person. The affection between father and son wasn't missing either, even in public. That makes one wonder if SPB understood what he is doing. Either he is too busy or he is too naive to understand the damage he did.
A close relative of mine was telling a while ago - when he went to his office one day, there was a man in his 50ssitting, waiting for him. Pithapuram Nageswara Rao it was. He introduced himself(his name is known and people didn't recognise him in person).
He was there in the office to get a loan. Madhavapeddi Satyam came as his surety. He was saying, When Ghantasala was alive, he used to leave some songs for us. Event Satyam used to leave some songs for us so that everyone can survive in the industry.
With tears in eyes he continued, all changed now - SPB sings all and leaves none for anyone. We are almost out of industry. I am here for this loan to create some sort of living. How can you console such a person - a person with fame shedding tears before a stranger in public?
One can understand such treatment to others. But, what I didn't understand was that, his son also got the same treatment. Makes me wonder if he really understood the consequences of his actions? I will still want to believe there is malice in what SPB did.
He just..didn't understand. A great singer he is, let's remember him for his achievements and nothing else. In fact, one can also argue, Charan failed because he is his father's son - putting it in Sailaja's words,
it's not just Charan, but any son who is the same profession as his father faces this problem - he is not as good as his father. Nagarjuna too faced that questions. Add no nepotism to this.
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