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00:00He was interested in sports.
00:01He had a big goal to become a sports legend.
00:04He came to be a journalist for that.
00:06Sometimes we have songs in our mind.
00:08But who sang it?
00:10Or who is the musician?
00:12Or who is the artist?
00:13Sometimes people don't pay attention.
00:15Ummukka, as Shashi brother said,
00:17is not out there.
00:18That's it.
00:19It's only in that.
00:20He didn't even know this.
00:22But he heard the name of a person he didn't know,
00:24Mojta.
00:26For both songs,
00:27Unniyaarari and Rakyam Thikiranam.
00:29For both.
00:30Each person has different skills.
00:32If we take you as an example,
00:34who made a song,
00:36if we examine your life path,
00:38you have a deep knowledge
00:40about Malayalam songs
00:42and music.
00:44Since you were a medium,
00:46how did you decide
00:48to take this path?
00:52I didn't do it on purpose.
00:54I didn't do it on purpose.
00:57I can say it as a result
00:59of my memories.
01:01I studied journalism
01:03in Calcutta University.
01:05It was a degree.
01:07B.J.
01:08I had a first rank in that.
01:10It was the time when
01:12Kerala Govt. launched the Kozhikode edition.
01:14For the first time,
01:15photo composing,
01:16computerized printing
01:18and typesetting.
01:19I was the first in India.
01:21Naturally,
01:22I had a desire to join that.
01:24I went there.
01:25I got a job there.
01:27I joined as a journalist trainee
01:29at a salary of Rs. 400.
01:31At that time,
01:33football was my favorite event.
01:35I was interested in sports.
01:37My goal was to join sports.
01:39I was coming to journalism
01:41for that.
01:43Naturally,
01:45I needed a sports reporter there.
01:47So,
01:49for the first time,
01:51I joined the Kozhikode Nehru Cup
01:53as a sports reporter.
01:57At that time,
01:59songs were in my mind.
02:01There was no one in Malayalam
02:03who wrote about songs.
02:05In English,
02:07there were few people like Raju Bharathan.
02:09So,
02:11I never thought of writing about songs
02:13or doing research on songs.
02:15I love listening to songs.
02:17I have a special interest in some songs
02:19and some music directors.
02:21I knew who the composers were.
02:23I knew the composition,
02:25the music,
02:27the actor,
02:29the lines,
02:31the length of the lines.
02:33I knew all these.
02:35One day,
02:37in the late 1980s,
02:39Leela Chechi,
02:41P Leela,
02:43came to Kozhikode.
02:45She was a singer
02:47like my childhood.
02:49I used to listen to her songs
02:51when I used to go to Guruvayur.
02:53I used to listen to Narayani
02:55and Jnanapan.
02:57I think it was because
02:59of my home environment.
03:01I wanted to meet Leela Chechi.
03:03So, I went there.
03:05My mother,
03:07Mulyasheri Rajagopal,
03:09was a character
03:11who became famous
03:13through Devaswara.
03:15She was my mother's first cousin.
03:17She was my first friend,
03:19philosopher and guide.
03:21I fulfilled my mother's wish.
03:23Rajagopal asked me
03:25why I was afraid.
03:27Rajagopal knew that
03:29Leela Chechi was a good singer.
03:31He invited me to meet her.
03:33So, I went to meet Leela Chechi
03:35with Rajagopal's blessings.
03:37I was very happy
03:39when I met her.
03:41They kept pictures of Guruvayur
03:43on the wall.
03:45It was a very pure feeling
03:47when I met Leela Chechi.
03:49I was very happy
03:51when I met Leela Chechi.
03:53I talked about
03:55Leela Chechi's songs.
03:57We talked for a long time.
03:59I asked her about the songs.
04:01Naturally,
04:03she liked to talk about Leela Chechi.
04:05She knew about the songs.
04:07We talked for a long time.
04:09I didn't know that
04:11I was going to interview her.
04:13I didn't note it down.
04:15I just kept it in my mind.
04:17After that,
04:19I went out of the house.
04:21They came with me.
04:23When I went out of the house,
04:25they asked me a question
04:27in my heart.
04:29Ravi asked me
04:31where I got this question.
04:33I was very sad.
04:35We never think about
04:37whether this interview
04:39will be published
04:41or not.
04:43I was too shy to
04:45say it to Leela Chechi.
04:47I told her to say it.
04:49I was very tensed.
04:51How could I not write it?
04:53It was my favorite song.
04:55I kept it in my mind
04:57and wrote the script.
04:59I kept it in my mind
05:01and wrote the script.
05:03I sent the script to
05:05Vasarayanthiran,
05:07who was in charge of
05:09writing the song.
05:11He published it.
05:13Without my knowledge,
05:15I became a person
05:17who writes songs.
05:19A singer,
05:21a music director,
05:23K.G.Jain,
05:25who was interested
05:27in your social media,
05:29wrote the song
05:31Nakshatra Deevam.
05:33It was sung by
05:35Yesudas Wadi.
05:37You must have gone through
05:39some unforgettable memories.
05:41Yes.
05:43There are many legends
05:45like Udayvarajan,
05:47Baburaj,
05:49Dakshinamurthy,
05:51Raghavan,
05:53Arjunamash.
05:55Many people
05:57don't mention
05:59Jayavijaya.
06:01But I feel
06:03Jayavijaya was
06:05a person who
06:07created an
06:09independent culture.
06:11All the songs
06:13he wrote
06:15are in his musical notes.
06:17He has sung
06:19a few songs in his films.
06:21One of them is
06:23Nakshatra Deevam.
06:25He said that
06:27it is not a song
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