Nani and director of SSR(Shyam Singha Roy) Rahul Sankrityan paid tribute to the late great Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry Garu with a song announcement video titled Sirivennela.
The legendary lyricist has written over 2000 songs, in a career spanning over 37 years.
The new single from Shyam Singha Roy titled Sirivennela is the last song that the legend wrote.
Sastry Garu called on 3rd November at night, where the lyricist told the director that due to his poor health he will not be able to complete the song and that he should find someone else.
Immediately, on the next day, Sirivenella Garu called Rahul at 8 AM on Diwali and said:
Pallavi is done, write it down.
Symbolically, Rahul took the nearest book he could find, which was the Mahabharata, and wrote it down.
Noticing that the first line was “Sirivennela“, Rahul asked:
Sir, why have you given your signature for the song?
To which the legend laughed loudly and said:
Bahusa idhi naa akari paata avochu
This very well could be my last song
Nani and the team of SSR have decided to dedicate not only this song to Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry but also the movie, as a tribute.
Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry Garu has also written 2 other songs for Shyam Singha Roy
A snippet of the song was also released along with the video and it sounds melodious. Perhaps the great man knew that this would be his last song and wanted people to remember him by this song.
The song releases on 7th December 2021.
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