SWARNALATHA:CONDOLENCE.

Swarnalatha does not sing but flows  through the songs. Sometimes as leaf ,sometimes as flower, and at other times as storm driven woods. With its numerous branches, the sound blooms up from the deep. Her invisible improvisations take the listeners to the minute strains flying from the wings of birds.’ Maasi Maasam Aalaana Ponnu’, (DarmaDurai) is like a  casuarina tree that sways in the wind ,in the seashore . A lone butterfly’s grief  reaches naturally in ‘ Porale Ponnuthayi ‘(Karuthamma).The song reminds of Jalaluddin Rumi ,who asks what more pleasurable than the pain of love .The song ‘Maalayil Yaaro Manathodu Pesa’(Kshatriyan) was formed when Swarnalatha sang it in a twilight strewn night , amidst the stars. In ‘Usilam Petti Penkutty’(Gentleman),there is the magic of the rustic .’Mukkala Mukkabala’(Kadalan) becomes a meta song with its way of singing.

It is not necessary  for the listener to go deep into analyzation of music when he listens to a film song .But he should be able to love that song. In Swarnalatha’s songs there are seasons that make us to love.

I love Swarnalatha’s songs.