The team of ‘Pannadi’ and the music composer Rajesh Ramalingam managed to get the 80-year-old Janaki Amma to croon an emotional number for their film.
Author: M BHARAT KUMAR
Kharaharapriya has a distinct melody and brings out the Karuna rasam, invoking pathos in the listeners. The Kafi thaat of Hindustani music is the equivalent of Kharaharapriya.
A raga that evokes melts the hearts of listeners. Charukesi which means with beautiful hair, is known to incite feelings of pathos and devotion in the listener.
All eyes are on Rajinikanth as he is expected to attend the event. Political pundits are hoping that the actor would throw more light on his political aspirations at the event as almost a year ago, he had announced that he would venture into politics and float his own party.
Said Anirudh in a sneak peek video, “I was inspired by a scene in Rajinikanth’s 1981 comedy Thillu Mullu in which his character Indiran lies to his boss to go watch a football match. A ‘Baila’ tune was played during this scene. I tried to recreate it in Ullaallaa.”
Ask any Carnatic musician what their favourite raga is, their instant reply would be Sahana. A beautiful one that would evoke mixed emotion of the listeners.
Called the Queen of all ragas, Kalyani is sung quite early on in a concert. There are hundreds of compositions in Kalyani and it also has a number of very popular Janya ragas like Purvi Kalyani, Yaman Kalyani, Hameer Kalyani etc.
The Vinnai Thaandi Varuvaaya trio – AR Rahman, Simbu and Gautham Menon are teaming up yet again. Sources say that it will be a different project altogether and will be bankrolled by Lyca Productions.
Mridangam vidwan Thanjavur R Ramadas will be conferred with Sangita Kala Acharya Award at the annual conference and concerts of The Music Academy beginning 15 December.