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Feb 6 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
As we all pay homage to #LataMangeshkar , a short story that showcases her genius

Kamal Hassan & Ilaiyaraja were composing songs for the 1988 movie Sathyaa when they chanced upon a great tune! Raja insisted that only Lata can sing such a composition & Kamal agreed to it

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Raja sat down with Vaali for writing the lyrics. He told him Lata ji is going to sing - so let’s make the Tamil words easy for her. They settled on using a grammatical form called ‘Rettai Kilavi’ which has small words repeating in every line like Kala Kala, Kulu Kulu

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As the song got written down, eventually it turned out to be so pacy and complex to sing eventually!! When Lata ji came down to the studio to record, she was surprised by the lyrics & the difficulty of the rhythm of words!

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Raja encouraged her to sing & she went ahead & did so with all the complexities, twists, turns with aplomb

As she came out of the recording, the whole studio had goosebumps and stunned by the genius. A Legendary song was given by life by Lata ji & SPB

Raja has recollected this story and the genius of Lata ji in various interviews. Genius knows Genius.

Great singers never die. They live on in each and every song of theirs as horcruxes.

The Valayosai will live on Kala kala vena 🙏🏻🙏🏻

Om Shanti!

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