Playback singer S.P. Balasubrahmanyam has appealed to Telugu music industry, including music directors and singers, not to remix ‘Gana Gandharwa’ Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao’s albums.
He was inaugurating the ‘Ghantasala Aardhanotsavalu’, which was facilitated by the Department of Language and Culture at Sri Venkateswara Anam Kala Kendram in Rajamahendravaram on Saturday.
The 24-hour ‘Ghantasala Swararchana’ was organised by Kinnera Art Theatres, Hyderabad. Mr. Balasubrahmanyam said remixing of popular albums had become the order of the day in recent times. He also took strong exception to the ‘Gana Ghandharwa’ title tagged to his name, saying only two singers -Ghantasala in Telugu and Mohammad Rafi in Hindi - deserved it. He added that Ghantasala had laid stress on modulation and language in the 3,000-odd songs he had sung in various languages. Rajahmundry Rural MLA Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary recalled that Ghantasala’s voice was suitable for legendary actors N.T. Ramarao and Akkineni Nageswara Rao.
