Bands that have made a name for themselves by singing ‘Chekela’ as their own song have never mentioned the name of its creator.
The song ‘Chekeludikum Pree Theiyamtara… Taka Tara Takadhimi’ was a regular song by Thaikudam Bridge and the band Avial. The lyrics of the same song can be heard in the movie Sancharam with different lyrics. Isaac Thomas Kotukapalli’s name is shown as music director.
Jigsaw Puzzle song ‘Theekanal Vari Eriyunnu Suryaan’ was an album shown on Asianet when a Malayalam music album was released. This was also a song with lyrics changed to the tune of a song called Tara Takadhimi. But actually this song ‘Tara Takadhimi’ by Avial Band, Thaikudam Bridge or Jigs or Puzzles.
Actually the creator of this song is MN Thangappan is the master. The late Manmaranja MN was a talented writer, poet, playwright and poet who grew up and worked in the Poikail Appachan school of thought, and founded the Pratyasha Raksha Deiva Sabha (PRDS). This song was written by a man named Thankappan. He wrote and sang this song for Akashvani in the 1970s.
It is interesting to note that the name of the master Thangappan, who died on 5 July 2010, has not been mentioned anywhere by the bands that made his name by singing his song ‘Chekela’ as their own song. These are the people who are now talking about the originality of the songs in the media.
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