https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHe2NARbuM0
The KVN gana kachitam artiste of our era produced a neat performance for the popular show. Voice took up until the start of Dhanyasi to warm up or may be that for that day Lalitha was not to be a bright choice.
Thirupugazh with 3 sankIrnam + a rUpaka cApu was a tough one to pull off! - they should mainstream these into normal sapta tAlam for vistarana and end with a finale of the chandam variety!
vANanai of TMT/KVN fame came in for an elaborate treatment. appar tEvaram was well supported by NC Bharadwaj in mEl kalam. Neraval was emoted very well. savara prastAram started showing a higher maturity with an improvised svarAkshara ending with mA vIranai here https://youtu.be/EHe2NARbuM0?t=1789. More rounds enforcing the same would have been good - may be pA vIranai also has some meaning?
Then came the piece de resistance - some 4-5 rounds of caturASra tiSram ending with KVNish weighty svaras that don't feel mathematical but vervy!
Great show!
NC Bharadwaj along with Sumesh are 2 youngsters to watch for!