In the Soundtrack you will get the full version. Nithya Vishudayam KanyaMariyame ends with recital of the tune in Organ. But that is not always followed by others. The christian devotional songs composed by Devarajan, baburaj MB Sreenivaasan and Dakshinamoorthy varies in style. There is a huge list with just audio files which would come next, and then the ones that are just details of songs that I hope I can lay my hands on soon. This is a compilation of the ones uploaded in Youtube. So, here are the ones that I have been able to compile from the available digital resources, and a whole lot of help through. Even now, as I get to the part where Prem Nazir stars lip synching, I just cant help but mutter to myself, dear God, Sharada looks so beautiful ! The main reason is much more closer to my heart :). Coming back to Nithyavishudhayam Kanyamariyame, it was the first tune I learned on the guitar, and when I think about it now, it was so amusing to listen to 20 discordant sets of the same song, strummed in earnest by young fingers in the big hall, presided by good old Father Tycauttusseril, who almost had a surreal threshold of tolerance. I have been trying to compile all the three streams right here, and will keep posting once those numbers reach critical mass, which I hope would be soon.
I don’t think there has ever been an other regional film industry that has so seamlessly integrated organized religion into the main fabric of the narratives and as a result given us memorable compositions, be it Christian chorale, or ones that reflected the sanctity of the temple sanctorum, or for that matter the intensity of the faithful that assimilate their energy from the al-Masjid al-Haraam.
Not just the fact that it symbolized a unique aspect of Old Malayalam Cinema – the transfer of the adapted Christian faith’s music into mainstream musical compositions in films. Nithya Vishudhayam Kanya Mariyamey, the waltzy chorale from Nadi (1969) has always been a fond memory.
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