The most prolific singer of South India who is second to Dr SPB – Rajesh Krishnan has developed a novel thought to showcase the music of districts of Karnataka.

The state award winning playback singer Rajesh Krishnan (for Bannada Gejje, Ekangi, Dhumbi films) has submitted a useful project to the Youths and Sports department, Government of Karnataka on his novel thought and waiting for the nod.

According to Rajesh Krishnan he will be traveling each and every district of Karnataka and collecting the untapped music to preserve it for ever. He intends to move from Chitradurga district that has rich historical significance in music. On the lines of ‘District Music Research’ system adopted by Rajesh Krishna there is ‘District Gazetteer’ in Karnataka authored by Dr U Suryanath Kamath.

”Besides singing and heading the television shows as judge, this is my cherished thought”, says Rajesh Krishnan speaking to IndiaGlitz, Bangalore bureau on Monday night when he had come to the audio release of ‘Nooru Janmaku’.

The song in ‘America America’, “Nooru Janmaku Nooraru Janmaku…” gave worldwide fame for Rajesh Krishna. In ‘Nooru Janmaku’ he has sung the song again with new orchestration from music director Mano Murthy. Melody remains the same and only new orchestra is added he says. Rajesh Krishnan feels absolutely happy for singing his own song again. He has also dubbed for the portion of protagonist Santosh in the film ‘Nooru Janmaku’.

Recently music director V Manohar has ventured in to ‘Bhoomi Geetha’ to unearth the untapped music strength of Tribals and Dalits by forming a trust.

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