Comments on: Sevikka vendum ayya

By: rao

rao — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:31:49 +0000

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-rao

By: k.ramadurai

k.ramadurai — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 04:59:02 +0000

dear all,
All of you will be glad to know that the march 2009 issue of ‘SRUTI’ magazine is MMI special. It has come out well.

I hope those of you who subscribe for the magazine will enjoy the issue and the many
informative articles/recollections of great musicians and musical scholars ,.. on the maestro appearing there in.

By: Aparna

Aparna — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 08:27:13 +0000

Ramadurai,
Welcome to my blog!

By: k.ramadurai

k.ramadurai — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 05:07:33 +0000

dear all,
I am a newcomer to this blog, though i am a staunch rasika of CM and admirer of MMI’s music.
It has been so since i first heard him in the forties.Being a rasika from tanjore district i had the oppurtunity to hear all great masters including ms mlv and dkp etc.,of carnatic music for the greater part of the golden era.I still hear all of them from their old tapes and cds which are available. I some how developed a likng for their singing and each one of them
had some charm in their rendition and when one hears them individually it would appear that they are the thing as for as carnatic music is!Perhaps that is why they are still being admired!.So also goes the credit to their front line accompanists and doyens of the day.

Nevertheless, my special liking to mmi’s music remains undiminished even till today. Not a day goes without hearing atleast one song of mmi! As a person hearing regularly mmi’s songs i can well appreciate the views of the great many connoiseurs of music as above. Also , i would like to emphasise another important aspect of his music ie. his repertoire.it was huge.As the late Sri.Semmangudi mama observed, he used to sing many apoorva raga krithies easily and charmingly while creating lasting impression on rasikas. Sri Semmangudi srinvasa iyer used to emphasise the phrase lasting impression.People should hear his renditions of Dikshitar’s and tamil songs apart from his great many Tyagaraja’s krithies. The great writer/novelist ‘Kalki’ once summarised the maestro’s music as under in the forties.
‘Avar Pattu Deivihamanadu. Athai kettu rasikka koduthu vaithirukka vendum’(meanig His renditions are devine, one is previliged hear and enjoy the same’). the same Kalki also described his music as ’suswara gandharva gaanam’!
One can go on and on describing/appreciating his concert songs.the list will be very long! almost all his songs sung in his kutcheries will vie with each other to find a place in anyone’s appreciation list!
I note from the net that the maestro’s rememberance day is going to be celebrated this week end. A great and commendable initiative of those of his great rasikas.

By: rama

rama — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 04:33:43 +0000

Sridhar
” Nityakalyani….. lines Neraval in Kamalam Bhajare is a treat to hear by MMI. Sangeethapriya.org has very good recording of KB. You have to have time to search a good recording in the great web sites. Somebody has said above that time is a big factor. In those days , it was 8.30 to 5.30 pm job and we had little money and bountiful happiness to, listen to MMI , GNB, MS, MLV and some kutcheris used to go for hrs and hrs. Those days have gone by and now the whole life style has changed. Jobs are more demanding for rasikas and many kutcheris are for 2 hrs or max 3.00 hrs. MMI used to sing Meenakshi Meemudham for 55 mins including Raaga Alapanai and Swaram. There are few vocalists who sing Manasu Nilpa and Raag Sudharasa.
The idea of Mani Music is good, but a fan club is not advisable, because Mani Iyer shunned power and glamour. 2012 , the year should be celebrated with great gusto like his rendering of Sadananda Thandavam. If a start is given now , perhaps it will materialize. All will like it to be in Chennai, but one feels Madurai or Mayavaram would be the apt place. The first is his birthplace and in Mayavaram, he strode like a colossus . We could leave the place to be voted. MMI’s forte was Papanasam Sivans songs and Dikshitar’s compositon. Venu, Good luck for the 2012 venture. For all things , you require money. NRI;s are the best source for this. I have seen NRI’s with tears in their eyes when they listen to MMI , esp Aandavane Unnai Nambinene in Shanmuga priya ( PSivan) They will give for this cause. Once again Good luck in this great idea for 2012.

By: Pathe

Pathe — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 18:00:53 +0000

It is a joy to listen to MM and equally joyful to find a fan of MM!!

By: venu

venu — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:10:58 +0000

We a handful of friends who are virtually fanatics of MMI are planning to form a Fan Club of MMI and the same would be very simple one.We will gather in one place and listen to MMI at least for an hour.The begining can be on the Bagula Panchami in Jan coinciding Aradhana of Mhan Thyagayyar.It can even start on the 8th June th memorial date of MMI.The date will be decided after forming the Club with a good number of members.Surely this is not at all any forum to do anything commercial.We join listen to MMI and disperse.It can be a monthly one. The idea is to bring all the MMI rasikas under one shelter and listen to him and cherish the memories and music of ‘Madura Mani’ easily the best of the Carnatic wizards who thrilled a lot of musical lovers.Fan Club is also just a name for identification.It can be even Mani Music etc or any other name.2012 is the centenary year of MMI.We have a very big dream of even erecting a “Mani Mandapam’ to have a permanent sructure to preserve photographs and a lot of writings about MMI.The present generation may not know about the greaest of the one who lived and died for music.In those days people used to throng to MMI concerts with whole families and used to enjoy the concerts whole heartedly.Kapali Koil concerts were all a class in itself.”He charmed all irrespective ages”.Even the very common man on the roads were his fans.Rikshaw pulers refused ‘Savaari’ to listen to MMis music.Such was the power of his music.There was ;there is ;and there will be only MMI Music which is divine.Please respond