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Ever since I went to Sudha Ragunathan's concert, I have been humming this beautiful song set in raga savithri, Katrinile Varum Geetham. Many know that its a time immemorial song sung by M.S.Subbulakshmi in the film Meera. What a soothing voice M.S. has! I realize the song was written by Kalki Krishnamurti, the famous author of Ponniyin Selvan and other novels. The song has simple lyrics, but I guess the very simplicity makes it adorable.  Here is the lyric for the song: Kaatriniley varum geetham Kangal panithida pongum geetham Kallum kaniyum geetham Pattamarangal thalirkkum geetham Pannoli pongum geetham Kaattu vilangum kette mayangum madhuramohana geetham Nenjiniley — Nenjinil inba kanalai ezhuppi ninaivazhikkum geetham Sunai vandudan solaikkuyilum manam kuvindhidavum Vaanavelidhanil thaara kanangal thayangi nindridavum Aah, en solven maayappillai venkuzhal pozhi geetham Nila malarndha iravinil thendral ulaavidum nadhiyil Neela niarathu baalagan oruvan kuzhal oodhi nindraan Kaalemellaam Kaalamellaam avan kaadhalai enni urugumo en ullam posted by Chandru | 4:57:00 AM | permalink | 1 comments
Its that time of the year again - Carnatic music everywhere in Chennai. I get to visit Chennai only in the weekends and I am determined to go to at least a couple of concerts. I could make it to Sudha Ragunathan's concert in Brahma Gana Sabha / Vani Mahal last week. Sudha, who is becoming one of my favorite these days, I guess is different from many other singers, in that she experiments quite a bit in the concerts making it interesting. These days she is considered to be a high class singer and she seems to understand that the bar is raised for her.  It was the typical upper middle class crowd, where mamis wear silk sarees, come in mid segment cars. Jayashree had got the most expensive of tickets for me and my dad and myself got seats pretty close to the dias. Finally, let me talk about the concert. We, being a little late, entered the hall when she was singing Maha Ganapathim in Nattai and I was relieved that it must have been the first keerthanai. After a couple of thukadas, the concert gained momentum when she started the aalapana in Sahana. Mellifluous is probably the best word to describe the rendition. I was even more pleased when the keertana happened to be Vandanamu Ragu Nandhana. The next best one was the Simhendra Madyamam. The elaborate aalapana included a shruti bedham to Raga Bowli, as she explained. The violinist Raghavendra Rao was no less in talent and he deserves to be mentioned. Next biggie was the Ragam Thanam Pallavi in Hindolam where Sudha drove to other ragas while rendering the kalpana swaras. The usual Brahmamukate followed it and the Katrinile Varum Geetham was up to the mark of the great M.S.s' rendition, one would agree. By the way, does anyone know if there is any other song in Savithri raga? In all, it was a memorable evening and my dad was so enthralled that he kept talking about it even after we reached home, an hour later. Labels: Carnatic, Chennai, Music, Sudha posted by Chandru | 2:11:00 AM | permalink | 0 comments
Its music season again, in Chennai. After the incessant rain, it would be raining mellifluous carnatic music now. Interestingly the number of concerts have been growing year after year, which affirms of the growth of Carnatic music per se. I tried to make the plan for making it to the concerts by creating an excel sheet of concerts. You can download the sheet here. The information is collected from KutcheriBuzz.com. The sheet will be updated as more sabhas come up with the schedule. Hope you find it useful. Labels: Music posted by Chandru | 11:46:00 PM | permalink | 2 comments
As I hear George Michael singing Careless Whisper, I wonder what raaga it is or what it should be named! There is something about the song and lyrics are good too. Songs like this are unique and I guess for an artist, it comes once in a rare while. Like Santorini for Yanni, Porale ponnuthayi for A.R. Rehman and Yesudas's rendering of Harivarasanam. And I guess the artists would be very comfortable singing these as these seem to come naturally for them. Labels: Music posted by Chandru | 10:40:00 AM | permalink | 0 comments |
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