Chandra Bose- A Tribute

Tamil Music composer of yester years 'Bose' as he was affectionately referred to by his close friends and relatives passed away last week after a brief illness at Chennai. Though my interaction with him was for a short time, courtesy my friend and his nephew Venky in UAE, somehow I became quiet close to him during those days and had the opportunity to hear from him first hand about how he got in to the music field, the chances which came his way and the fact that whatever he learnt in the field of music was on his own initiative without a formal coaching or a teacher. Not many know that he has scored background music for close to 300 films in various languages including some glorious melodies like poonchittu kuruvigala, super hits like Super Staru Yarunnu ketta, lot of TV serials especially AVM some of them were mega hits and during the final stages of his life also excelled in some TV serials with some character roles some of which gave the impression that he was a veteran actor especially his dialogue delivery and timing.
But beyond all this what stuck a note was his simplicity, humble approach, his versatility with the latest technology virtually bringing in full fledged back ground music scores using just a lap top and few other audio equipments virtually converting his one bed room apartment in Sharjah to a studio. When I asked him how he picked up so much fluency to master PC based digital composition at such a late stage of his career he just brushed aside with a smile though I later learnt that except for ARR very few have mastered this art that too without any training. Some of his tunes set for a local theme based dance programme in Dubai that too with a very short span of 1 week or 10 days were brilliant and appreciated by the entire audience and still lingers in memory. Once when I asked him with so much talent and versatility how he was not given the recognition he deserved he mentioned that unlike some of his peers during that time he never ever approached any director or production house for a chance and missed many chances because of this principled stand but then he remarked 'kalaignanukku thannambikkayum thanmanmum romba mukiyampa'. He also mentioned that while he sang almost all songs of other music composers without exception there were many others during that time who avoided singing compositions of others on stage programmes. At our request he has sung 2-3 times His favourite Karnan song' Ullathil nalla Ullam' running for almost 7 minutes without a break and whenever I see that song on TV the majestic voice of Bose always springs to my mind
I am enclosing links to some of his remix songs(I think posted by his son) with his original voice as a tribute to a great composer, good human being and a very jovial and light hearted person.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?search=Surya&gl=US&mode=related&hl=uk&v=GHfnfmGqmFw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=உ௬ர்ல்வ௨ட்ஸ

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