‘Songs in regional dialects have greater acceptance’

April 19, 2015 12:00 am | Updated 05:46 am IST - VISAKHAPATNAM:

Lyricist and folk artiste Gorati Venkanna along with book festival convenor Lakshmaiah at the ongoing Vizag Fest on Saturday.— PHOTO: C.V. SUBRAHMANYAM

Lyricist and folk artiste Gorati Venkanna along with book festival convenor Lakshmaiah at the ongoing Vizag Fest on Saturday.— PHOTO: C.V. SUBRAHMANYAM

Songs with good lyrical strength don’t need any marketing. They are accepted by the public and remain in their hearts for long, folk artiste and lyricist Gorati Venkanna has said.

Songs written in dialects (Mandalikam) have a strong appeal and have greater acceptance among the listeners, he said addressing media at the ongoing Vizag Fest 2015 here on Saturday.

“As long as Telugu language is alive there would be interest and patronage for the regional dialects,” he noted.

Looking at the enthusiastic response to the book festival and the literary events organised as part of the Vizag Fest, the lyricist said that it was heartening to see books get such patronage in the age of cellphones and other gizmos. It only goes on to prove the strength of the printed word. End of patronage for books and literature would mark the end of civilisation, he added.

Uttarandhra has many poets and writers and many of them were writing and discussing socially relevant issues, he said and pointed out that Gurajada Appa Rao from Uttarandhra continues to be the source of inspiration for writing on social issues.

Regions which were economically developed had been patronising literature and new literary works emerging from those regions, he noted. Book fest convenor Lakshmaiah was present.

It is heartening to see books getting patronage in the age of cellphones

Gorati Venkanna

Lyricist

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