Thiruvananthapuram, Veteran music director and lyricist Sreekumaran Thampi on Friday took a swipe at Union Minister Suresh Gopi for not naming him whereas singing his track “Keralam Keralam” in Parliament.
In a Fb put up, Thampi mentioned he was pleased that Gopi spoke in regards to the state being formally recognised as Keralam and sang “Keralam Keralam, Keli kottuyarunna Keralam” in Parliament.
Thampi mentioned Gopi recalled Malayalam literary and musical stalwarts, together with M T Vasudevan Nair, Johnson, Vayalar and G Devarajan, and spoke about his curiosity in literature and music, however didn’t point out the lyricist of the track he sang.
“He was not prepared to say the title of this servant, Sreekumaran Thampi, who wrote the track ‘Keralam Keralam’,” Thampi mentioned.
He sarcastically advised that Gopi might need discovered his title troublesome to pronounce and as a substitute referred to him as “a fantastic poet”.
Thampi recalled his affiliation with Gopi’s early performing profession, suggesting that there might have been explanation why the Union minister averted mentioning his title.
He recalled that when he produced and directed the 1980 movie ‘Yuvajanotsavam’, starring Mohanlal, he solid Gopi, who was then largely taking part in minor roles, as the principle antagonist.
Thampi mentioned that when Gopi expressed his need to turn out to be a hero, he requested director I V Sasi to solid him because the lead in ‘Aksharatthettu’, for which Thampi wrote the screenplay, dialogues and songs.
He mentioned Gopi made his debut as a hero within the movie, regardless of Sasi initially contemplating one other younger actor who was fashionable on the time.
Thampi recalled that Gopi’s mom referred to as him after watching the movie at a theatre in Kollam on its launch day and thanked him on behalf of the household.
“I do know the reality that one shouldn’t count on gratitude from anybody,” Thampi mentioned, including that Union Minister Gopi might need forgotten this stuff now.
Thampi took a sarcastic swipe at Gopi’s reminiscence, saying that he had not forgotten these incidents even on the age of 86 and hoped the minister would recuperate from his alleged reminiscence issues.
He identified that the traces “Bandhuvaaru shathruvaar, bandhanathin novariyum, kilimakale parayoo…” have been additionally written by him.
He sarcastically mentioned it could be good if the Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Pure Fuel continued to cite these traces sometimes as nicely.
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