Whether it’s stirring ‘Thaarapadham’ from the movie Malayalam ‘Anaswaram’, or icons ‘Anjali Anjali Pushpanjali’ of the Tamil film ‘Duet’ or a romantic song ‘Oh Priyaa Priyaa’ of Telugu film ‘Geethanjali’, KS Chithra and the end of SP Balasubrahmanyam This collaboration has generate some precious gems in the history of film music industry.
Their friendship goes back decades, and their relationship as vibrant as what the audience witnessed over the Voice of Legends show in Singapore, back in 2019.
SPB death is sudden in 2020, during the beginning of the pandemic, leaving tens of thousands of fans from around the world were destroyed, but for his legendary playback singer KS Chithra, it is unmatched personal loss.
In an exclusive conversation with ETimes, KS Chithra remember the last interaction with the icons SP Balasubrahmanyam.
“During a pandemic, when most of us including me sitting idle at home, SPB sir occupied perform a concert online, to raise funds for struggling musicians.
He has also reached me, asking to set up a script for an album he was working at the time.
It is a song to create awareness about the pandemic, “KS Chithra recalls.
KS Chithra take a stroll down memory lane and share SPB is one of the simplest of people he had come across in life, “We used to converse over the phone very often.
When he had the Lord Ayyappan song or songs of Lord Krishna in the pipeline, he would ask for my input.
He would seek my help in Malayalam pronunciation, and I will take help when it comes to Telugu songs.
When he is not Keralite, and since some letters Malayalam especially ‘nna’ and ‘na’ is written as an ‘n’ in the song, he would call me and ask the proper pronunciation.
I will mark the parts and how to pronounce the mark and send them back.
He will ask my mind when rendering the songs.
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stock KS Chithra that he is in touch with SPB over the phone when he contracted the coronavirus.
“A few days prior to contracting the virus, I had to meet him.
We were both invited to a television program.
shoot it in Hyderabad, but I’m afraid to travel because a pandemic situation worsened.
The coordinator said that the SPB Pak pushes himself to shoot, to avoid public transportation and they asked if I could do the same thing.
I’m not sure because the journey from Kerala to Hyderabad during that time felt unsafe.
So I can not and I have to say the same for Sir and he said that was the right decision, “he added.
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“It musicians Sharath, who told me about SPB sir hospitalized.
A few days later I texted him ‘Get Rid’ and he replied, “I feel better, but it will take 2-3 days for me to return home.” It was the last message I received from him.
But then we heard his health deteriorated, and then …
Although I heard the news that he was in critical condition, I am sure that he will return back to normal life, healthy.
Because SPB sir are an optimistic person maximum.
He is someone who will always see the bright side of life.
He often said that he will make at least 90.
Because people in families living through their 90s, healthy.
I think his mother died when he was nearing 100.
He was very confident that he will be here for it, “he recalls.
“Even today, when I hear songs SPB sir, I can not believe that he is no more.
the last day, I think, if he had not contracted the virus during a pandemic, it will be saved, because now we have a vaccine, and a better understanding of how to deal with the virus, “KS Chithra summarize.