He introduced the technique of changing the vocal pitch and diction to suit the actor singing the songs. Ghantasala's first film as a music director was Laxmamma. After this, he worked with well-known music directors Gali Penchala and C. Ghantasala debuted as a chorus singer and for a character role in Seeta Rama Jananam by Pratibha Films. Later on, Peketi Siva Ram from HMV studios recorded Ghantasala's private songs. Ghantasala's first break as a singer came from All India Radio. Before Ghantasala found fame, he was already an accomplished Carnatic music singer. In that village, Ghantasala met lyricist Samudrala Sr., who was impressed with his voice and inducted him into the Madras film industry. Ghantasala married Savitri, who lived in a village called Pedapulivarru. After leaving jail, he met Samudrala Sr., who advised him to try his luck in the film industry as a singer. Ghantasala participated in the Quit India Movement of 1942, for which he was arrested and imprisoned for 18 months at the Alipore (Allipura) Jail, Ballari. He took formal music training from Patrayani Sitarama Sastry, and joined Maharajah's Government College of Music and Dance in Vijayanagram. His father died when Ghantasala was a child, and he was brought up by his maternal uncle. During his childhood, Ghantasala used to dance to his father's Tarangams.
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Ghantasala was born in 1922 into a Telugu Brahmin family of Ghantasala Soorayya, a professional singer in Chowtapalli, a village in Gudivada taluk of Krishna District. 2.1 Private recordings and Bhagavad Gita.Every year, the anniversaries of his birth and death are celebrated in India and overseas. Statutes of his likeness have been installed across Andhra Pradesh. More than 30,000 people attended the function held at the Lal Bahadur Stadium, Hyderabad. The government of Andhra Pradesh marked the occasion of 25 years of his film career as Silver Jubilee Celebrations of Ghantasala in Hyderabad on 1 February 1970. Ghantasala performed in the United States, England and Germany, and for the United Nations Organisation. He is referred to as the "Gaana Gandharva" for his mesmerising voice and musical skills. Ranga Rao called "the most majestic voice", Ghantasala helped Telugu film music develop its own distinct character which remains unparalleled". According to The Hindu and The Indian Express, Ghantasala was "Such a divine talent and with his songs he could move the hearts of the people." "Ghantasala's blending of classical improvisations to the art of light music combined with his virtuosity and sensitivity puts him a class apart, above all others in the field of playback singing"." "Gifted with what Indian Film Historian V. In 1970, he received the Padma Shri award, India's fourth highest civilian award for his contribution to Indian cinema. Ghantasala Venkateswararao (4 December 1922 – 11 February 1974), known mononymously as Ghantasala, was an Indian film composer, Playback Singer known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema and Kannada cinema and also in Tamil, Malayalam, Tulu and Hindi language films.
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