Mathada baradeno | Manasi Prasad | Javali

Mathada Baradeno is a javali (love song) originally sung by Bangalore Nagarathnamma in Raga Khamaj. Manasi Prasad renders this composition with a contemporary music arrangement. The pandemic lockdown has allowed husbands and wives, or partners, to work from home in close physical proximity. But are we really communicating with each other, or just absorbed in our video calls and devices? Vocals : Manasi Prasad Keyboard and music production: Shadrach Solomon Video shoot and edit: Srinivas Revankar Lyrics and meaning: Mathada baradeno maa ramanane Why wont you speak one word to me, my dear Preethigolida pranakantheyodane ondu The one who loves you Angala Beladhingal bisilagi torude The cool moonlight burns me Bhringaadarava keli bheetiyaaguvude swami the buzzing of the bees frightens me, my lord