" Maharajapuram Krishnamurthy, the younger brother of another legend of Classical Carnatic Music, Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer, played Lord Krishna while the celebrated Palayamkottah Sisters P.S. Ratna Bai-P. S. Saraswathi Bai played Rukmini and Satyabhama.
When Sage Narada calls on Lord Krishna, Krishna suggests that they sing together which they have not done for long. At once GNB and Maharajapuram Krishnamurthy begin to sing a duet of the Classical Carnatic Music Composition of Saint Thyagaraja Swamigal." Koti nadhulu Dhanushkotilo undaga…
" Lord Krishna and Sage Narada sing a Telugu song composed later during the 18th century! Anachronism? Against all rules of Dramaturgy? And the Drama Theory of the great Greek Aristotle? Well, nobody bothered about such technical niceties, with all enjoying the brilliantly rendered duet by MRK and GNB!
That was not all. The last scene had all the important characters of the movie, Lord Krishna, Rukmini and Satyabhama, Sage Narada, and other rishis who had come to meet Krishna, and all sing together in chorus '' "Jana Gana Mana Athi Nayaka Jayahey…" In every screening of the show the moviegoers stood and sang the song in chorus along with Lord Krishna and Sage Narada, clapping vigorously though not always in correct ‘thala’! That was the period when the Indian Freedom Movement was gathering strength and that was all that mattered and not cinematic idiom and grammar!
Surely those were the days... the legendary GNB went ahead and acted in a fistful of films, "Sathi Anasuya"(1937)… "Sakunthalai" (1940)… and "Udhayanan Vasavadatta" (1947)… "Rukmaangadhan"(1947), and went back to the Carnatic Music World where he scaled Olympian Heights..."
(Bits -Collections from net)
Two song of M.R. Krishnamurthy are linked at:( looks to me Recording from tape-not good)
MRK 002-Venuganaramana_Maha_Krishnamoorthy.mp3:
Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/file/jbzk4tjmzzb
MRK 001-Marajanaka_Srika_Jananam_Maha_Krishnamoort:
Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/file/jztjynuqol0
venkatakailasam