In the 90s when we were kids, advertisements were not dominated the television like as today. I guess at that time license have to be get for having a TV and radio. Also I fadedly remember that day, the budget speech at parliament, president CBK cancelled it.
So as a result of advertisements not given the priority in national television channels, when there is a time gap remained, before starting the next program, usually they played a song to fill the gap. So most of the time, it becomes one of the songs from their musical programs; Ravindra Munsasinghe's Nadun Uyana and Manohari and Sinesh Bandara Disanayake's Yaathra. Here I'm talking about SLRC. Sri Lanka Rupavahini Cooperation. Couldn't remember how ITN handled it. They didn't had much creative musical stuff I guess those days.
Note: You can find the whole (maybe season 1) Nudun Uyana episodes in YouTube if searched a lil bit. Gosh!! Robinson's Emily Chang aka Himali Sayurangi!! Those days!!!
And if searched, individual songs from other programs also could be found without the talking bit by announcers.
I have not watched any of those musical programs, and never had any interest to watch them as a kid. (But now it's totally different) Anyway as they were used as such gap fillers on frequent basis those days, the songs and their logos are much familiar to us. Later there were so many musical programs in SLRC, but the songs were never repeatedly played as these, so I do not remember their names which later came.
Following are some highly remembered ones for me played in SLRC. And for live audience type songs, Siha Shakthi people were there as well as Keerthi Pasquale with a guitar or Jagath Wickramasinghe or Athula Adhikari at the organ sometimes.
I guess Yaathra was targeted on creativity of University environment basically. It was an earlier day's music video show that comes with the effect of Indian and American music video impact in 90s.
Iman Perera's songs were often played from Yaathra. Here is the Wasanthaye Mal.
Ivan Paulusha was another hit from Yaathra. That was a highly rated one as the song had a Russian flavor which was uncommon those days.
Jackson Anthony's Dasa Piyagathkala from Manohari was another catcher. I perfectly remembered he had some smiley act in there, among the live audiences as well as with the players which was rare behavior for a show those days.
Sisira Senarathne's Maage Puthuta Mal was top of the most. It was highly in the memory because of the lil kid with him. It was from the Manohari, same live audience indoor show as the above.
And here is another one. I'm not sure whether this one is from a musical program above mentioned. But anyway it shown in 9.5 (namayai paha) presented by Hema Nalin Karunarathne. Japanese singers singing Sinhala Raja Kale. Just thought to share with you as it was a moment of a memory.
Krishantha Erandaka came later. But this song Vee Paduren was also repeatedly played in SLRC later part of our teen life.
From later arrived Nadun Uyana show, this came as another hit. Karunarathne Diulagane's Gahaka mal pipila. Thereafter she was seen in many teledramas.
Okay!! enough of going off the track. Let's get back to the subject line.
So among those mentioned above, our subject topic was also put his mark. Mohan Raj. Until this year I didn't know he was the son of well heard name, Muthuswamy Master as most of the Sri Lankans known. Mohan Raj Muthuswamy. Never saw he used Muthuswamy part anywhere in TV those days. But did a great job taking his fathers songs for another generation like us.
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| Ref: http://archives.dailynews.lk/2004/11/24/artscop15.html |
Madura Yaame and Maa Kaatada Meka Kiyanne was played high time those days. With the Tamil accent he got, it brought a nice flavor to the Sinhala pronunciation. (When talking about tamil singers who sings Sinhala songs, Sooriyakumar Muttalage was another name comes into mind. A familiar face on TV those days and still, and looks like never goes old. Wonder who is he? Unable to find anything about.)
Mage Dhasama piyawee enne, one of my favos. I now get into heard the Master's version, but I prefer Mohan Raj's this video version because of the memory taste is much stronger than the song taste.
Apart from highly peaked Madura Yaame, (it was tooooo much played by SLRC; or were we expected it too much) he and Nirosha Virajini together were did some Tamil flavors as I remembered. It included some covers of Rehman's Roja songs.
Seems like he was not seen anywhere in the SL media nowadays. hmmm... But looks like ApSaRasS, his orchestra is still in action in abroad, Oh I remember as a kid, he was a man behind the keyboard. One of my admires who doesn't look at the keys while playing and also singing at the same time too. I guess it is the toughest job in a music band. Having hands on two levels different boards, switching on things here and there.
This was the only latest appearance I could find of him in the TV media that uploaded to the internet sphere. Oh! Look so different now, compared to the childhood memories. hmmm... we're getting old too. The program is Sanhinda, telecasted in ITN. Surely should be a remembering episode for R Muthuswamy. And if he is younger than Victor Rathnayake (must be), I guess he was the youngest music director I saw who uses a Serpina (Indian Harmonium) whenever for such kind of a instant singing program,
It's so nice to digging up the memories and search through the internet. Cheers go for the people who recorded them those days and spend some time to digitized and upload. So here we are confirming our faded memories.
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