Kannada singers V/S Bollywood singers

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Marali Mareyaagi... is a hit kannada song from the recent release Savari. There are two versions of the song, one sung by Sadana Sargam and the other by Anuradha Bhat. But the film’s CD cover credits it to Sadana Sargam and Shreya Ghoshal even though the latter has not sung any song in kannada movie Savari.

Music composer Manikanth Khadri squarely blames the audio company. “There were many mistakes in the first batch of CDs including the spelling of my name. The later editions however continued to credit Shreya Ghoshal instead of Anuradha Bhat,” he said.

The fact that the record label Anand Audio’s Mohan Chabria was among the first to bring Bollywood singers to Kannada films, the issue has brought the Bollywood versus Sandalwood singers debate out into the open again.

Last year Sandalwood kannada singers had gone to the extent of holding a protest rally against giving prominence to singers from Mumbai. Chabria on his part says the mistake has been made by the producer.

“Before going to print, I asked the producer who the second singer was and he replied it was Shreya Ghoshal. Even when I brought to his notice that the voice did not seem like Shreya’s, he said it was. I have an SMS from him which mentions the same. I am aware of the mistake and will rectify it if we print the next batch,” he said.

But what it seems to be a marketing strategy of the audio company. They believe that if a film has bollywood singers, then the audio will be a hit. And they force music composers to include bollywood singers. Even Hamsalekha also a victim of this and uses many bollywood singers (kunal ganjawala - 'hrudayada maatu kelu') in his compositions. Kannadada gayakarige anyayavantallave??

The kannada Superstar will enthrall fans again with his unique looks in the upcoming Dubai Babu

NAMMA Buddhivanta kannada actor Upendra is back. This time in Shailendra Babu’s Dubai Babu. A remake of the Telugu hit Dubai Seenu, the film will once again see Uppi dada sporting different looks. The actor, who’s constantly been experimenting with his looks since Aishwarya, will be seen in 17 different get-ups in the song tracks of the flick.

“Since I had already shaved off my moustache and cut my hair short for Shreemati, I decided to do something special with the same look for Dubai Babu,” says Upendra. So, the actor and the Dubai Babu team tried out various styles with wigs and other interesting costumes. “And we took nearly a month to finalise all the looks,” he adds. Upendra plays a sheikh, a Sikh, and an

African-American, among others, in the songs.

While the actor says that it was team effort, kannada producer Shailendra Babu credits Uppi as the brain behind the concept. “It was entirely his idea and he took a keen interest in doing something unique for our film. Uppi bought the wigs in the US and they have added that extra zing to the song sequences,” adds Babu.

Dubai Babu features five kannada song tracks, which include Pe Pe Pa Dum Dum, Abdulla, Benda Kaloora Gowdru, Baachiko and Once Upon a Time. “The lyrics for Pe Pe Pa Dum Dum and Benda Kallora Gowdru were penned by Uppi and Sridhar. Uppi has even sung for Benda Kaloora Gowdru. He was fabulous,” Babu tells us. The songs have been shot in various locations like Mysore, Bangalore, Halebid and Dubai, where they hired an entire mall for three days.

Director Naganna says all the get-ups go with the storyline and, “aren’t out of the context, like in most films. Since Uppi always comes up with the unexpected, his fans can look forward to something exciting in Dubai Babu too. They’d have never seen him like this before,” sums up Naganna.

The kannada song Baachiko was earlier titled Devathe. “But Uppi felt Devathe was too ‘refined’ for him and promptly changed it to Baachiko!” says Shailendra Babu.