RAVI BELAGERE on what killed Dr Raj Kumar
Rajkumar saavu, birthday sambhrama ondu kade
nadeyuththiruvaaga maneya hiththilalli magu
thottiyalli biddu saththu hoodanthe.
You know, naavella, at least nanna thale maarinavaru Rajkumar tharaa dress maadikondu, avara tharaa maathaaduthta, avaru cinemaaadalli thaayiyannu, thangiyannu, preyasiyannu preethisidahaage preethisuththaa badukalu yathnisidavaru.
Avaru P.B. Srinivas badalige haadalu ninthaaga namage besaravaagiththu.
Avarige P.B. haadiddrene chennagiththu antha annisuthiththu.
But slowly, slowly we started liking his singing too.
He was our hero, our bond, babruvaahana, our mayura and,
of course, our Bangaarada Manushya.
Rajkumaar ge namma jothege vayassooo aayithu.
Haagantha namage goththaadaddu, avarannu Veerappan kidnap maadidaagale!
That's when he started looking really fragile and helpless and old. Alliya thanka dheera, veera, yoga patu, ditta kannadiga anthella kaanisikolluththidda Raj "nannanna bidisikondu hogi" antha more iduvanthaadaru.
It was natural, but we still loved him.
Kaadininda banda mele he got dementia. There were jokes
about him. This started gerantophobia. His visits to hospitals and rumours of the impending end became common.
But what really killed him, in the end, was his friendlessness.
The death of his brother Varadappa recently had taken the life out of him and left him literally alone.
He wanted to be with the one friend he had seen from his cradle.
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13 April 2006 at 2:09 pm
ಹೌದು, ಕೆಲವು ಜನ ಎಂದಿಗೂ ಸಾಯುವುದಿಲ್ಲ. ರಾಜ್ ನೆನಪು ಶಾಶ್ವತ.
ಅವರ ಕೆಲವು ಚಿತ್ರಗಳ ನಟನೆಯನ್ನು ಒಪ್ಪಲು ನನ್ನ ಮನಸ್ಸು ಒಪ್ಪದಿದ್ದರೂ, ಅವರ ಕಂಠ ಸಿರಿ ಮಾತ್ರ ಮರೆಯಲಾಗದ್ದು. ಬಹುಶಃ ನಾನವರನ್ನು ಮೆಚ್ಚಿದ್ದು ಅವರ ಹಾಡಿಗಾಗಿಯೇ ಇರಬೇಕು.
14 April 2006 at 10:54 am
Raviavaru nanna manassige kannadi hididdare.
Raj Meru nata aadare veerappan prakaranadalli avaru namma nimmagaliginta bere alla antha torisiddaru. Alli avaru tamma vyaktitvavannu bere taraha torisiddare avaru kannadigara drushtiyalli innu yettarakke beleyuttiddaru.
14 April 2006 at 4:39 pm
Rajkumar KannaDanADige Enu koTTaru emdu kelavru KELuttAre. kannaDa sAmskrutika rangakke avara kANike bele kaTTalAraddu. kannaDatanada prateekavAgiddaru Raj.
15 April 2006 at 8:46 am
Ravi avarey,
This is one of the realistic views I came across the blogs on Raj.As always you said what you felt.I think you got into some trouble after that kidnap episode when you published something in your ‘Hai’.(Are you asking ‘when I didn’t get into trouble’
I’m just curious to know what special articles you will bring out in Hai on Raj.I remember of readin one such special edition of ‘Hai’ when ‘mestru’ P.Lankesh passed, when you had given the frontpage heading ‘Lankesh asthagatha’
Sitting here in US, I dont know how does the Hai looks this time
15 April 2006 at 6:08 pm
ravi swamy,
Raj saamanya manushya but nimmaginntha ondu generation chikkavarada namage kannadada ,kannadigara sarvada prathikavagidharu.
19 April 2006 at 12:52 pm
i am srikant i am lot suffered due to death of my annvaru so i am kindely say request to arrest who are done a lot of problem during end times i no it was done by congress leadrs so kindely invisticates to them and give them punishment
19 April 2006 at 2:53 pm
Dear Shiv,
I read the latest issue of Hi Bangalore. The articles on Dr. Raj were good and different from other magazines.
Ravi also has promised his readers that first he will write a novel on “Krishnadevaraya” with Dr. Raj’s photo on the cover page and then a novel “Natasaarvabhouma” on Dr. Raj.