O moonlight ,
do not go into hiding in the distant blue sky.......

The Play of moonlight in moonlit night in the sky full of patchy clouds always stirs many a whirlpools of emotions in the heart and mind. At times it makes one romantic if one is enjoying the company of the beloved and at times it intensifies the pain of ' virah' separation from the beloved. And at times even in the company of the beloved it stirs the emotions which may be a result of the emotional insecurities for some some reason in the mind and hearts of beloveds.

But what ever may be the emotional set up the moonlit evenings or nights have always a source of creative inspiration for the poets and music makers. There are numerous songs in Indian film in the backdrop of Moonlit nights and most of them are very popular among the listeners.

It was on such a moonlit night in the month of August in 1996 with the sky full of patchy clouds that I first listened this Oriya song on the Chandra Bhaga beach in Konark, where I after doing some 'Bhashan Bazi' on disaster management in a workshop organized by CAPART, was relaxing on the beach with a friend.

I was enjoying the cool sands of long and pristine beach of Chandra Bhaga in the moonlit evening wher the moonlight was playing hide and seek with the clouds and the roaring sound of waves were providing the background music for this romantic play. When The lonely Chai Waala who was there with his kettle of Chai and a portable AC Player playing some Oriya songs,had sold his last Kullhar of chai to me and was ready to leave , his AC Player began to play this song, and the moment the mukhda of the song began in a sweet and richly toned female voice I was taken over by the sheer sweetness of the voice rich with emotion and 'adayagi' and the superb melodious tune of the song. I stopped the Chai waala and listened this song then and there half a dozen times at repeat mode. When the Chai Waala insisted on leaving as he was getting late , I asked him to give me this AC and he happily parted with it for a princely sum of Rs 25 !

I enjoyed the song on that AC for a few years and then got it converted to MP3. The song is still as dear to me as it was at that moonlit evening and i keep on listening it off and on.
A superb melody rendered by Nirmala Mishra in her richly toned super sweet voice and composed by Balakrishna Dash for the 1970 film Adina Megha is kind of a melody which once listened stays with the listener forever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2M_6cjqKQT4&feature=related