Their father was a musician for films of the silent era and they were constantly surrounded by music. The brothers Rajan and Nagendra (who died in 2000) perhaps have had the longest-standing music partnership in the film industry, having composed together for over 40 years, and having ruled the Kannada film music scene for the four decades. Their wish was to give Kannada film music of the time an independent and strong identity. Sowbhagya Lakshmi way back in 1954, he recalls. His first composition along with his bother Nagendra, for a Kannada film was He’s invented a new musical notation system (a sort of shorthand) that gives singers very specific guidelines on how they need to sing a particular song.Īfter a hiatus of almost 10 years, he’s also composing for a Kannada film At 79, he’s still teaching students at his home studio in Bangalore’s Sultanpalya, and at Saptha Swaranjali, his music school and studio in Rajajinagar. He’s never too far away from the harmonium, it would seem, as he sits in front of one, pensive, looking down at the floor, recalling his days of glory. There are three types of music – the old, the forever, and the one which is here today and gone tomorrow, says music director Rajan of the famous Rajan-Nagendra fame, who’ve etched their tunes in every Kannadiga’s heart in the ‘forever’ category.
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