The popular folk song – “Aa gattununtaava Naganna, Ee gattu kosthavaa” from Rangasthalam starring Ram Charan Teja has now become part of the campaign for the Telangana Rashtra Samithi in different parts of the Telangana.
TRS cultural wing Rasamayi made a few changes in the song lyrics to suit the party needs, as if asking the people to decide between a party that heralded Bangaru Telangana or a flimsy coalition of political parties without principles.
“Ee gattu lo Bangaru Telangana vuntadi.. aa gattulo kukkali chimpina vistari vuntadi” (There is a Bangaru Telangana this side and a patchy coalition of fighting partners on the other), says the modified song.
For the first time, the song was rendered on the stage of Pragathi Nivedana Sabha of the TRS, the largest congregation of people at Kongara Kalan on the outskirts of Hyderabad on September 2. And it evoked massive response from the people. Since then, it has become a routine at every TRS meeting.
At a recent public meeting, KTR also referred to this song of Ramcharan Teja asking the people to decide on which side they would like to go.
In the film too, the song is played during the local election campaign in the protagonist's village where he is found coaxing his folks to vote for his party, and not the opposition.
KTR said if Congress was voted to power, it would be the same old story of the state's citizens suffering and only having power for six hours every day.
