Telangana CM faces heat for roping in Oscar-winning Andhra music composer Keeravani for state anthem

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Hyderabad: It has been a decade since Telangana separated from Andhra Pradesh, but regional sentiments and acrimonies are refusing to die down between the two Telugu states, with a new controversy erupting as the former gears up to celebrate its formation day on 2 June...

In a fresh row, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leaders are questioning Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy over his decision to pick an Andhra origin music composer, Oscar-winner M.M. Keeravani, to set Telanganas state song Jaya Jaya He Telanganato a new tune...

BRS leader and former IPS officer Praveen Kumar asked Reddy to respect the emotions of Telangana people and encourage Telangana talent, adding that the Congress leader should become the Andhra Pradesh CM if he is so impressed with Andhra musicians...

The song Jaya Jaya He Telanganarecounts the historical, art, and cultural greatness of Telanganadescribing everything from the valour of the Kakatiya rulers and tribal icon Komaram Bheem to the regions riversand yearns for a peaceful and prosperous swarashtra(own state)...

You know it all; now, other states singers-composers involvement in our state anthem would be humiliating to Telangana artists, the letter said.. Telangana Cine Musicians Association president Ballepalli Mohan said that theirs is a suggestion and that in their small capacity, they cannot oppose a CMs decision...