RadioCity yet again!

The settings are right; I AM working on a Saturday! L I came to office in high spirits today, listening to Vani Jayram and Dr. Raj singing, “Yeneno Aase…”, requested by a sweet little girl, dedicated to her mother. This was the first time I listened to RadioCity(RC) on a Saturday morning, ‘coz on other Saturdays, I’m making up for sleep lost during weekdays. And I must say I’m impressed with the great Kannada songs they play and with RJ Vasanthi who speaks unaffected Kannada for a change.

 

From what I’ve heard, I feel most RJs speak the language with a peculiar accent that gives one the feeling that these guys have the script written for them in English and are simply mouthing the lines. I’ve heard Kiran and Chaitanya Hegde(Is that his last name?) in the past, and I say, Kannadigas don’t speak Kannada like that! I even messaged Chaitanya once, a few years ago, telling him so. And it turned out that Mr. Hegde, (who probably thinks he’s God’s gift to Radio and Bangalore), was only used to receiving flattering messages and so, greatly offended by what I’d said, called me back. Poor me thought he was putting me on air, but was quite taken aback when he told me that the message was rude and that he was offended. Still in a state of shock, I just said I still stuck by my views and was sorry if I’d hurt his feelings. In retrospect, I feel the apology was rather unnecessary. Anyway, with this unsavory experience and listening to Mr. Hegde and his successors, I had given up hope on hearing a decent Kannada voice on RC, until I heard Vasanthi this morning. This lady speaks English, Hindi and Kannada and all with equal aplomb.

 

I just read that, and I’ve digressed from the subject of the post a good deal. I intended to write about Kannada movies and music of the yesteryears, but I guess that’ll have too wait…