Playback singer Naveen Namboodiri’s rendition of Hridayathin Madhupathram is the first video album shot at Elamkulam Mana Of Kerala’s first Chief Minister EMS Namboodirippad
Bengaluru / Kozhikode, NFAPost: A Malayalam cover song produced and sung by playback singer Naveen Namboodiri and shot at Elamkulam Mana, home of legendary Communist leader EMS Namboodirippad has fired the imagination of Netizens and is trending on social media platforms.
The cover song which was released today morning has in a day lapped up more than 2,000 views on Youtube and is doing the rounds in various Whatsup groups. Interestingly, this is the first-ever music video to be picturised at Elamkulam Mana, the ancestral house (Tharavad) and birth place of EMS Namboodiripad, the first Chief Minister of Kerala.
The original song, Hridayathin Madhupathram, was written by ONV Kurup, composed by M Jayachandran and sung by KJ Yesudas for the Malayalam movie, Karayilekku Oru Kadal Dooram.
Speaking to TheNFAPost, Naveen Namboodiri said he felt he was honoured to have got the opportunity to shoot the cover song in such a historic location.
“I am indebted to the Elamkulam Mana family for having given me permission to shoot the song at their illam. I played the song to prominent singers like KS Chitra and Madhu Balakrishnan and both of them liked it. It is really an achievement in my life,” said Naveen Namboodiri.
Elamkulam Mana has a prominent place in the political landscape of Kerala and India as the birth place of E.M.S. Namboodiripad, the first communist leader in India to head a popularly elected government on 5th April, 1957. It was the second ever Communist government to be democratically elected, after Communist success in the 1945 elections in the Republic of San Marino, a microstate in Europe.
E M S Namboodiripad government introduced the Land Reform Ordinance and Education Bill. In 1958, a period of anticommunist protest, the Vimochana Samaram, began in response to the bills. The central government of India responded in 1959 by invoking Article 356 of the Indian Constitution, suspending state government and imposing President’s rule.
Born on 13 June 1909, as the fourth son of Parameswaran Namboodiripad and Vishnudatha Antharjanam, he began his political activities in 1934 as he was one of the founders of Congress Socialist Party, a socialist wing within the Indian National Congress, and elected as its All India Joint Secretary from 1934 to 1940.
He remained committed to socialist ideals and his compassion towards the working class led him to join the Communist Movement. He is one of the founders the Communist Part of India(CPI) in Kerala. When the CPI split in 1964, EMS stood with the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)). He served as a member of the Central Committee and and the Politburo of the CPI(M) until his death in 1998.
Kerala-born vocalist Naveen Namboodiri is now based out of Bengaluru and works for a public sector company. Music has been Naveen’s ruling passion as he has sung playback for the movie Panchapandavar released in the 90s. He has also performed over 1000 music concerts across India and abroad.
The cover song has been directed by Shabeersha Mehran. While flute and tabla have been handled by Nandu Bansuri, bulbul tarang, a north Indian instrument has been tried out for the first time in a Malayalam cover song by Ullas Ponnadi. The audio mixing is done by Renjith Vasudev, brother of noted music director Shareth. The video editing is done by Maneesh.
The director and his team has brilliantly captured the grandeur and majesticity of the ancient mana and its green picturesque sorroundings in all beauty making it a veritable audiovisual treat for music lovers.
“My passion for music made me to rend the song Hridayathin Madhupathram in different background under the direction of Shabeersha Mehran. It is for the first time Kerala’s first Chief Minister E M S Namboodiripad’s home is filmed with his relative’s permission,” said vocalist Naveen Namboodiri.
While flute and tabala are handled by Nandu Bansuri, bulbul tarang for the album is handled by Ullas Ponnadi. The video mixing is done by Renjith Vasudev and editing is done by Maneesh. The direction by Shabeersha Mehran gave the music album a new dimension and again going to conquer music lovers of Kerala and other parts of the country.
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