ÿþ<HEAD> <TITLE>Ghantasala Autobiography</TITLE> </HEAD> <body background="../back.jpg"> <a href="http://www.ghantasala.info"> <img src="../images/logo-white.gif" align="left" border="0"></A> <center> <h1>Ghantasala</h1> <h2>B.N.Reddy</h2> </center> <blockquote> <P><I>Editors Note: This article is in Unicode; If you cannot see the Telugu script, please scroll down to read the RTS Transcription, or see the <a href="bnreddy-gh.pdf"> pdf version here</a> </I></P> <P>  & ? 1943 5 8  5 $ M 8 0  . . > "8 M 5 0 M  8 @ . "  ? $ M 0 ( ? 0 M . > # > ( ?  ? / G 0 M * >  M 2 A  F 8 M $ B ( M ( 0 K  A 2 A . 0 K  B & /   ! A    2  A ( G ( A  + @ 8 A  A 5 F 3 M 3 ?  ? $ M 0 > ( ?  ? screen play 5 M 0 > 8 A  A   B  ! G 5 > # M # ? . Office * & ?    2  A * M 0 > 0  -   > 5 !  $ K  5 0 ?   $ 0 > /  2 G  A  ! * ( ? 8 >  G & ? . <P>  ( > ! 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( ? -  5  $ A ( ? * M 0 > 0 M % ? 8 M $ A ( M ( > ( A . </P> <hr> <P>adi 1943 va saMvatsaram. maa "swargaseema" chitra nirmaaNaaniki yErpaaTlu chestoo unna rOjulu. rOjoo udayam EDu ganTalaku nEnu aapheesuku veLLi chitraaniki #screen play# vraasukuMToo unDEvaaNNi. #Office# padi gaMTalaku praaraMbhaM kaavaDaMtO evari antaraayam lEkunDa panisaagEdi.</P> <P>okanaaDu udayam enimidi ganTala praantaana, tiyyani gaatraMto karnaaTaka raagaalaapana, aa taruvaata telugu bhaashaku vanne tecchE oka bhaavayuktamaina tyaagayya kRti vinnaanu. gaatram naagayyadi kaadu. naa vraatapani aagipOyiMdi. naa gadi pakkanE maa saMgeeta Saakha gadi unDEdi. nEnu lEchi tinnagaa aTuvaipu veLLaanu. tellani khaddaru laalcheetO, konta boddugaa, maMdahaasamolikE pedavulatO oka yuvakuDu haarmOniyaM vaayiMchukunToo paaDutunnaaDu. aa yuvakuniki daggaragaa poojyaSree samudraala raaghavaachaari gaaru taaMboolam sEvistoo nannu chooDagaanE "raa bhaayee" ani pilichaaru. "evaree kurravaaDu" ani aDigaanu. "manavaaDE maa voori abbaayi. vijayanagaraM naayuDu gaari vadda sangeetaM abhyasiMchaaDu. pEru ghanTasaala vEMkaTESwararaavu, aMToo aayanani naaku parichayaM chESaaru. nEnu vaari vadda koorchuni chaala kammagaa paaDutunnaaDu, mana naagayyaku parichayaM chESaavaa ani aDigaanu. andukOsamE enimidi ganTalaku vacchaanu, baava kooDaa yippuDE vastaaDu annaaru. (Sree naagayyanu aachaarigaaru baava ani pilichEvaaru) Sree ghanTasaalagaaritO toli parichayam naaku aanaaDu jarigindi. aayana chEyetti namaskariMchina dRSyam naalO yinkaa maasipOlEdu. aa taruvaata tarachugaa maa aapheesuku vastoo pOtoo unDEvaaru aayana. avakaaSam unnappuDallaa ghanTasaala paaDaga nEnu maa naagayyagaaru aanaMdaMgaa vinToo vunDEvaaraM. "swargaseema" #Music rehearsal# jarigETappuDu choostoo naagayyagaaru chEstunna saMgeeta darSakatwam gamanistoo uMDEvaaru. "swargaseema" chitraMlo ghanTasaala vaaritO Sreemati bhaanumatigaaritO oka #Duet# paaDiMchaamu.</P> <P>aa taruvaata nEnu vaahini sTooDiyO nirmaaNa kaarya kalaapaalalO uMDipOyaanu. Sree ghanTasaala, Sree subbaraaman^ tO kalisi pani chEsEvaaru. maa vaahini #studio# maa tammuDu Sree naagireDDi teesukunnappuDu vaari vijaya #productions# sangeeta darSakulugaa yennO chitraalaluku panichEsaaru ghanTasaala. vaarini sTooDiyOlO choosEvaNNi. "maasTaaroo" anToo nanneMtO aapyaayaMgaa palakariMchEvaaru. konni saMvatsaraalu dakshiNa bhaarata sinimaalalO, aayaa bhaashalalO veeri paaTakE agrasthaanam. chalanachitra rangaMlO pramukhulalO pramukhulai aabaala gOpaalaaniki prEmaaspadulainaaru. Sree saigal^ paaTalu rikaarDu chEsina Sree mukul^ bOs^ laanTivaaru, saptaswaraalatO niMDugaa palikE madhura gaatraM ghaMTasaala gaaridani praSaMsinchaaru.</P> <P>mana ghanTasaala maamoolu vyakti kaadu. oka gandharvuDu. maanava roopaMlO mana mundu konnaaLLu nivasinchi pai nuMDi pilupu raagaanE veLLipOyaaru. paMDita paamarulanna tEDaa lEkunDaa tana madhura gaana vaahinilO andarinee aanaMdaparavaSulni chEsi veLLipOyaaru. lalita saMgeetam lOkaMlO maninaMtakaalam padmaSree ghanTasaala chiranjeevi. daadaapu 10, 000 paaTaluku paaDi, paigaa yennO chitraaluku saMgeeta darSakunigaa pani chEsi, vaMdalaadi saMgeeta kachEreelu chEsi, avasaram vacchinnappuDallaa mana jaateeya udyamaMtO dESa SrEyassuku tana gaatraanni tODicchina udaaruDu, dESabhaktuDu tana tyaagaanni niroopiMchaaDu. yendarO gEya rachayitalu, sinee kaLaakaarulu, sinee prEkshakulu, chitra nirmaatalu RNapaDivunnaaru. kondaru anavacchu --vaari paaTalaku DabbulicchaamE, RNam teerindani-- kshamiMchaMDi: lalitakaLaa sampannulu maanava hRdayaanikicchE aanandaanni toochagala dhanaM yE lokaMlO lEdu. yilaanTi varaprasaaduluku manam yivvagaliginadi mana kRtaj~naabhivandanaalu. aMtaku minchi manam yEmi yivvalEmu. yilaaMTi kaLaakaarulu lOkaMlO lEkapOtE lOkam vennelalEni raatrigaa maaripOtundi. antarjaateeyaMgaa tana gaanaamRtaMtO vidESeeyula veenulu vinduchEsi yiTeevalE tirigocchaaru. yintaTi pratibhaavantudu, yaSOvaMtuDu yeppuDoo pasipaapalaagu mandahaasaMtO moorteebhaviMchina vinayavidhEyalatO, "ayyaa," "baaboo," "maasTarugaaru" anToo challagaa aMdarinee palakariMchi paraamarSiMchEvaaru. aa snEhamoorti palukulu yeppaTikee mana chevilO vinipistoonE vuMTaayi.</P> <P>jeevitaMlO veeri gaatranni kaapaaDukunnaarugaani, oopiraaDani kaaryakramaalatO Sareeraanni konta nirlakshyam chESaaru. konta kaalaMgaa vaarini DaakTarlu Srama tagginchi viSraaMti teesukOmannaaru. kaanee aa kaLaatmaka hRdayam yee salahaanu antagaa paTTiMchukOlEdu. tana aarOgyaanni lekkachEyaka, Sree bhagavadgeetalOni SlOkaalannee taatparya sahitaMgaa graamaphOnu rikaarDu yicchaaru. aa rikaarDu veluvaDi padmaSree ghaMTasaala prati yinTaa nivasiMchagalaru. vaaru aasupatrilO unnappuDu vaari aarOgya vishayam prati rOju DaakTarla vadda aDigi telusukunE vaaNNi. aasupatrilo vaaru aayasaMtO mancham meeda paDukoni nannu choochi tana baadhanu mringi, "maasTaaru, yee aayasaMtO nEnu mee yinTiki swayaMgaa raalEkapOyaanu", annaaru. "padmabhushaNa Subhaakaankshalu cheppalEkapOyanu". vaari pramaada sthitini telisi vacchina kanneeru yentO kashTam meeda aapukoni, "meeru dayachEsi maaTlaaDakaMDi. meeru swasthata cheMdi yiMTiki raagaanE nEnE vacchi meetO maaTlaaDutaanu" annaanu. antE, aa taruvaata reMDu rOjulaku vaariMTiki veLLaanu. maMdahaasaMtO SaaSwataMgaa kannu moosina vaari bhautika dEhaaniki pushpamaala matram veyyagaligaanu. naaku dakkiMdantE.</P> <P>aa puNyaatmunaku chEyetti namaskariMchi, vaari aatmaku Saantini prasaadiMchamani bhagavaMtuni praarthistunnaanu.</P> </blockquote> </body> </html>