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‘Karunaalavala…’ marked a shift in genre for its writer Arudra

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As he walked past the Vauhini Studios recording theatre in Madras, Chakrapani heard a song being played there. Inside the theatre was producer-director BA Subbarao, for whose movie, Chenchulakshmi(1958), the song was recorded. Standing outside the theatre, Chakrapani listened to the song and when Subbarao stepped outside, he enquired who had written it. On learning the writer’s name, the…