Aparna’s Blog

Since I now seem to be on a blogging spree , let me quickly post just the songs list of the concert of T.M.Krishna’s also that I went to a couple of weeks back.

Accompanists:
Akkarai Subbalakshmi - Violin
J.Vaidyanathan - Mridangam
B.S.Purushottaman - Khanjira

Where & When? - Sivagami Pethachi (on the occasion of the silver jubilee celebrations of ‘Shruti’ magazine) on 18th October

Concert Duration: 2 hrs

Songs List:
(Not the full songs list since I had to leave after the main)
1. Varnam - Narayanagowlai
2. ninne nera nammi - Pantuvarali - alapana, neraval at vedashastra, swarams
3. nenarunchinaanu - Malavi (This is the first time I heard him sing the chittswarams for this song)
4. Ksheenamai - Mukhari - alapana, neraval & swarams at eti jesina
5. Yochana - Durbar
6. O Rangasayee - Kambhoji - alapana, neraval & swarams at Bhooloka - tani Avartanam

It was great listening to TMK’s O Rangasayee after a really long time. Loved the Kambhoji alapana!

This concert happened some 3 weeks back and as I am now getting ready to leave for Sanjay’s concert in another half an hour, I remembered that I didn’t post about this concert at all.

Accompanists:
S.Varadarajan - Violin
Guruvayoor Dorai - Mridangam
E.M.Subramaniam - Ghatam

Where & When? - Narada Gana Sabha (Papanasam Sivan Rasigar Manram) on 8th October

Concert Duration: 2 hrs

Songs List:
1. gAnarasamuDan nin - Begada - Swarams at gAnarasamuDan & manam kuLira
2. polla puliyinum - Mayamalavagowlai
3. kAntimati annai nee - Kanada - Alapana, Swarams at kAntimati, annai nee gati & nee gati
4. ADum deivam - Kambhoji - neraval at piri prapancham muzhudhum aaTTum thiru padam thanjam ena unai aDaindEn
5. Sri Valli Devasenapate - Natabhairavi - Alapana, Swarams at Sri valli - Tani Avartanam
6. thEril Erinaan - Kalyani
7. thookkatthile unadhu - Kharaharapriya
8. chittam irangadha - Sahana
9. KalpakAmbikai - Behag - Alapana
10. engum niraindhirukkum - Kurunji
11. manamE kaNamum - Bhimplas
12. Karpagame - Madhyamavati

Just that morning, I was telling a friend that I wished Sanjay sings chittham irangaadha since it had been a really long time since I last heard him sing it in a concert and guess what? Sanjay did sing it! Wouldn’t you feel so happy and elated if the singer sings the song that you wished he would sing in that day’s concert?

To me, the best part of the concert was the swarams in Kanada. 3 minutes of pure bliss it was!! Alapanas are what I look forward to in Sanjay’s concerts these days and needless to say, Kanada, Natabhairavi & Behag alapanas in this concert were absolutely brilliant.

Can’t wait to hear Sanjay sing today!

More than 3 months it has been since I first listened to this song and liked it instantly and still my liking for this song has not reduced even a bit. If anything, my liking for it has only grown more. It’s not often that non-ARR songs continue to enthuse and excite me even after listening to it umpteen number of times over a long period of time.
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Sorry for boring you with yet another tag but I didn’t really know what else to write. Saw this tag in Dandilsa’s blog when I was wondering what to write. I have answered only new questions & some questions that I felt like answering.

What time did you get up this morning?
6:00 am

Diamonds or pearls?
Diamonds. I love diamonds.

What was the last film you saw at the cinema?
Fashion
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Wishing you all a very Happy Diwali!

Till a couple of days back, it was said in the trailer & ads that there was going to be an interview with Madhavan on Kalaignar TV at 8 am today. With Sanjay’s concert on radio at 8:30 am, I was glad that I would be able to catch up with both the programmes. But when I was channel-surfing during the break in Jab We Met, which by the way, was telecast on Zee yesterday evening, I was surprised to see an interview with Madhavan on Kalaignar TV! I had no idea at all that they had changed the time. I watched only the last 10 minutes of the interview. Seeing an interview with Madhavan at 8:15 am on Jaya TV today, I guess that must have been the reason why the time of the interview on Kalaignar TV must have been changed. God knows which channel first decided to air Madhavan’s interview at 8 am today!

Coming to today’s interview, I must tell you that it was a big bore. How many times will the ask him the same old questions like the difference between working in TV programmes & movies, how did the experience of working on TV programmes help him when he started working in films, how does his wife react to him having a huge female fan following, what kind of a student was he during college, etc.! One might as well and go & read/watch some old interview of his to know the answers to all these questions. The only new info that I came to know from today’s interview is his first day shooting experience of Snehidhane song.

Even the last few minutes of yesterday’s interview had nothing new. He was asked to share his experience of working with Kamal. Madhavan himself said that he is being asked this question in all the interviews during the last few years and went on talk about Kamal & the movie.

It’s high time the channels come up with new questions when interviewing someone!

I listened to all the songs of Yuvvraaj once on Saturday and liked all the songs on the first listening itself. I again listened to the first 4 songs alone on Sunday. After that, I got the time to listen to the songs again only yesterday. Tu Meri Dost Hain was the song that I listened to first and got hooked to instantly. I have been listening to it on repeat mode for more than 2 hours now! What a beautiful song! Captures your heart right away!

The initial humming, the interlude between the humming and the opening lines aaja main hawaon mein, Awaaz hoon main in varied tunes, the entry of Shreya’s beautiful awaaz singing raat mein chandni, the line main khayalon ki mehek hoon, the lovely interlude at 4:14, Rahman’s amazing singing, the swaras RSRSSRSR right after sargam par chalti hain, ….the list is endless! Love every moment of this song sung so amazingly by all the singers!

I am in no hurry at all to listen to the remaining songs. I am going to take my time and get immersed in the beauty of the songs one by one.

The past few days have been quite busy ones and it was only today that I checked my blog stats after quite a few days and guess what the blog hits was? 1,00,681! Thank you my dear readers! Btw, my old blog hits is also slowly but steadily, marching towards 1,00,000 (It’s now 91,256). After all, that blog is the one that gets displayed right on the first page when you do a Google search for ‘Alaipayuthey’. I saw that only today and I can’t tell you how happy I am. I don’t really know whether I am more happy about the one lakh hits or about this.