Mayabazar: Music from the Motion Picture

Mayabazar: Music from the Motion Picture is the soundtrack album of the 1957 Indian bilingual film of the same name which was simultaneously shot in Telugu and Tamil. Ghantasala composed the album and the background score for the film. The soundtrack album features 12 tracks, whose lyrics were penned by Pingali Nagendrarao and Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass for the Telugu and Tamil versions respectively.

Mayabazar
Album cover of the Telugu version
Soundtrack album by
Ghantasala
Released1957
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length41:10
(Telugu)
38:17
(Tamil)
36:48
(Kannada)
LanguageTelugu
LabelHMV
ProducerGhantasala

Development

After writing the music for four songs – "Srikarulu Devathalu", "Lahiri Lahiri", "Choopulu Kalisina Subhavela" and "Neekosame" – S. Rajeswara Rao left the project.[lower-alpha 1] Following his departure, Ghantasala orchestrated and recorded Rajeswara Rao's compositions with N. C. Sen Gupta and A. Krishnamurthy, and composed the rest of the film's score.[1][2]

The soundtrack album has 12 songs with lyrics by Pingali Nagendrarao and Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass for the Telugu and Tamil versions, respectively, and was mixed by A. Krishnan and Siva Ram. The album was engineered by N. C. Sen Gupta and orchestrated by A. Krishnamurthy.[2] P. Leela said in an interview that one of her songs took 28 takes to record, and her fifth song was finished by Ghantasala.[3] "Lahiri Lahiri" ("Aaga Inba Nilavinile" in Tamil) was based on the Mohanam raga.[4] "Vivaha Bhojanambu" ("Kalyana Samayal Saadham" in Tamil) was heavily based on lyrics from Surabhi Nataka Samajam's 1950s plays, which were influenced by 1940s Janaki Sapadham harikatha records by B. Nagarajakumari.[5]

Nagarajakumari was inspired by a song written by Gali Penchala Narasimha Rao for Sasirekha Parinayam (1936), directed by P. V. Das. That song's melody was inspired by Charles Penrose's 1922 song "The Laughing Policeman", written by Penrose under the pseudonym of Charles Jolly.[5][6] Distributed by HMV, the album's cover depicts S. V. Ranga Rao as Ghatotkacha.

Track listing
Telugu track list
No.TitleArtist(s)Length
1."Neeve Naa"Ghantasala, P. Leela02:48
2."Choopulu Kalisina Subhavela"Ghantasala, P. Leela03:13
3."Lahiri Lahiri"Ghantasala, P. Leela03:49
4."Bhali Bhali"Madhavapeddi Satyam02:55
5."Neekosame"Ghantasala, P. Leela03:25
6."Aha Naa Pellanta"P. Susheela, Ghantasala02:33
7."Sundari"Ghantasala, Savitri02:17
8."Vivaha Bhojanambu"Madhavapeddi Satyam02:26
9."Vinnava Yesodhamma"P. Susheela, P. Leela03:37
10."Dayacheyandi"Ghantasala, K. Rani, Pithapuram Nageswara Rao, P. Susheela07:21
11."Srikarulu Devathalu"M. L. Vasanthakumari03:48
12."Vardhillavamma"P. Leela02:58
Total length:41:10
Tamil track list[7]
No.TitleArtist(s)Length
1."Patupadum Kuiliname"P. Leela03:21
2."Aaha Inba Nilavinile[lower-alpha 2]"Ghantasala, P. Leela02:45
3."Neethana Ennai"Ghantasala, P. Leela02:45
4."Thangame Un Pole"S. C. Krishnan, Savitri02:17
5."Dum Dum Yen Kalyanam"G. Kasthoori, Ghantasala02:39
6."Kannudan Kalandhidum Subadhiname[lower-alpha 3]"Ghantasala, P. Leela03:13
7."Kalyana Samayal Saadham"Thiruchi Loganathan02:26
8."Unakkagave Naan Uyir Vaazhvene[lower-alpha 4]"Ghantasala, P. Leela03:25
9."Dhayai Seiveerey"S. C. Krishnan, Seerkazhi Govindarajan, P. Susheela, K. Rani06:18
10."Pambaramaiaadalaam"Jikki, P. Susheela03:21
11."Bale Bale"Seerkazhi Govindarajan02:55
12."Kelaayo Yashodamma"P. Susheela, P. Leela03:37
13."Chellamudan Devarkalum Nallaasi[lower-alpha 5]"M. L. Vasanthakumari & Group03:48
Total length:38:17
Kannada track list
No.TitleArtist(s)Length
1."Sagali Teli Taranggadholu"Ghantasala, P. Leela02:56
2."Aaha Nan Madhuve Yante"Swarnalatha, M. Sathyam02:35
3."Neeno Nannanu"Ghantasala, P. Leela02:27
4."Sundhari Naa Vincha"Ghantasala, Swarnalatha02:09
5."Notavu Keletiha Shubhavela"P. Leela, Ghantasala03:09
6."Vivaaha Bhojanavidu"M. Sathyam02:23
7."Bhale Bhale Deva"M. Sathyam02:58
8."Ninagosugave"Ghantasala, P. Leela03:27
9."Ivaru Yaare"Jikki, P. Susheela03:11
10."Ghottenu Yashodhamma"P. Leela, Jikki, P. Susheela03:03
11."Swagathavayya"M. Sathyam, P. Susheela06:24
12."Srisuraru Thamadhalu"M. L. Vasanthakumari03:26
Total length:36:48

Notes
  1. M. L. Narasimham does not mention why S. Rajeswara Rao opted out of the project.[1]
  2. Telugu Lahiri Lahiri - S. Rajeswara Rao composition
  3. Telugu Choopulu Kalisina Shubhavela - S. Rajeswara Rao composition
  4. Telugu Neekosame - S. Rajeswara Rao composition
  5. Telugu Srikarulu Devathalu - S. Rajeswara Rao composition

References
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  3. Mani, Charulatha (2 September 2011). "A Raga's Journey – Sacred Shanmukhapriya". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 30 December 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  4. Venkatraman, Lakshmi (26 November 2004). "Peace and prosperity with ragas". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 30 December 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
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