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ChitralayaGopurecallshowMSVgotthetitleMellisaiMannarTheHindu
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Published:July23,201515:24IST|Updated:July23,201515:24IST
July23,2015
WhenTriplicanerocked
T.A.Narasimhan
TheMSVTKRorchestrawithP.Suseelasinging.PHOTOcourtesy:TheTriplicaneCulturalCulturalAcademy.
M.S.Viswanathan,Ramamurthy,L.R.Eswariandothers.PHOTOCourtesyTheTriplicaneCulturalAcademy
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M.S.Viswanathan,ChandraBabuandL.R.Eswari.PHOTOcourtesy:TheTriplicaneCulturalAcademy.
SivajiGanesanapplaudsaftergivingawaytheMellisaiMannargaltitletoMSVTKR.PHOTOcourtesy:TheTriplicaneCulturalCultural
Academy.
ActorSavithrispeakingatthefunction.PhotoCourtesy:TheTriplicaneCulturalAcademy.
ChandraBabu,directorSridhar(addressingthegathering),Kannadasan,SivajiGanesan,Savithri,GeminiGanesanandBhimSingh.
PhotoCourtesy:TheTriplicaneCulturalAcademy.
Tocomposeasong,alloneneedstodoistocreateatunethatnobodyelsehasthoughtof,M.S.Viswanathantoldahugegatheringin
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TriplicaneonJune19,1963.Easiersaidthandone!
Itwasonthatday,theduoMSVTKRwasconferredthetitleMellisaiMannargal,whichwouldbecomeapermanentprefix.Howtheevent
itselfcameaboutwouldbeofinteresttotheduosfans.
Directorandhumourist,ChithralayaGopu,MSVsclosefriend,whowasinstrumentalinorganisingtheeventonbehalfoftheTriplicane
CulturalAcademy,rewindsasT.A.Narasimhanlistens
ChithralayasNenjilOrAalayamwasahitanddirectorSridharandmyselfwereworkingontheKadhalikkaNaeramillaiscript,whenthe
officebearersofTriplicaneCulturalAcademyapproachedmeandexpressedtheirwishtohonourMSVTKR.AlsotheywantedViswanathan
toperformtoraisefundsfortheKasturiSrinivasanLibrary,runbytheAcademy.
WhenIpassedontherequesttoVisu,hereadilyagreedbuttherewereconditions.Hewantedmetobringtopstarsfortheprogramme.The
fundraisereventuallyturnedouttobeastarryshowbutnotbeforegivingsomeanxiousmomentstotheorganisers.
TheeventwasplannedonJune9,1963,andallthetopstarsofthedaySivajiGanesan,GeminiGanesan,Savithri,Kannadasan,director
Sridhar,SandhyaandBhimSinghhadconfirmedtheirparticipation.TheAcademyofficebearerswerethrilledandhugebannerswere
erectedpublicisingtheeventalloverthecity.
ThefunctionwasplannedattheNKTKalaMandapam,anopenairhallinTriplicaneandticketsweresoldout.MSVhadtoldmethat
Suseela,Soundararajan,PBS,L.R.EaswariandChandrababuwouldperform.Chandrababuwasabigcrazethenandowingtothe
announcement,therewasamadrushfortickets.
Meanwhile,theAcademyhadrequestedKannadasantoprepareaVenba(poem)inpraiseofthepair.Kannadasanhadsuggestedthatthey
honourtheduowiththetitleMellisaiMannargal.
Evenaspreparationswereinfullswing,theprogrammesufferedajolt.VisucalledtosaythatSuseelahadanimportantworkinMadurai.He
suggestedthattheeventbeputoffbyaweek.ThedatehesuggestedwasJune16.ButthevenuehadalreadybeenbookedbyK.Balanchander
forhisMajorChandrakanth.IspoketoRamaniofRaginiCreationsandBalachanderobligedbyputtingoffhisplayandthehallwasfreeon
June19.FreshpublicitywasgiventotheeventbytheAcademy.
TheofficebearersofTriplicaneCulturalAcademy,ParthasarathyandNarasimhan,pickupthethread.
OnJune19,massivecrowdsthrongedtheIceHouseRoadmakingitdifficultevenforthestarstoenterthevenue.Theprogrammestarted
withMSVsperformanceandtheentireTriplicanerockedwithhim.Theeventwasfirstofitskindinthisconservativelocalityandevery
residenthadcometohearMSVsmusiclive.
MSVhimselfsangsomesongsandSuseelaandEaswariaddedcolourtotheevent.SivajiGanesan,Gemini,Savithri,Sridhar,Gopuand
Kannadasanwereallseatedonthedais.WhenitwastimeforMSVtobehonoured,ChandrababupleadedwithSivajithathewouldsingone
moresong,andSivajinoddedhishead.
Finally,SivajiGanesanconferredthetitleonMSVandTKR,andKannadaasanreadoutapoeminpraiseofthem.TheHinduitselfhad
playedahugeroleinsupportingtheeventandtheyhadprovidedvehiclestoconveystarstothevenue.
TheAcademyhaspreservedthesouvenirinwhichpicturesoftheeventwerepublished.Naturally!
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