Good looking Carnatic Musicians-your choice?

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Nick H
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Post by Nick H »

No, I think we should leave the negative unsaid. Lets stick to celebration and pleasure, rather than the opposite!

googoo
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Post by googoo »

That was very innocent and sweet. You definitely do not have to apologize!
Whats so innocent about it?

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Post by vvmri »

I think Smt. Baby Sriram is good looking.I also think akkarai Subbalakshmi is good looking as well.

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Post by vasanthakokilam »

googoo wrote:
That was very innocent and sweet. You definitely do not have to apologize!
Whats so innocent about it?
Innocence is in the eye of beholder ;)

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Post by meena »

googoo is the man (?) with Q's :D who cares ? so what? ;)

googoo
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Post by googoo »

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Post by shripathi_g »

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Was that a question that you just deleted there? ;-)

rajaglan
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Post by rajaglan »

Hi all,

This thread is still live....
I recently read a book "great masters of CM" and it is mentioned that Madurai Puspavanam is a very handsome person. Can someone post his picture here.

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Post by vgvindan »

Surdas was a blind man.
Valmiki was a robber.
Kalidasa and Tenali Rama were, as per legends, idiots.
Mooka Kavi was dumb - obviously deaf too.
Arunagiri Nathar was reported to have contracted leprosy.

There is a tirukkuraL -
sevikkuNavu illAda pOzhdu
siridu vayiRRukkum IyappaDum

When one has nothing to satiate his ears,
Then something is offered to the stomach.

Now only physical appearance is left.
What a mighty come down for Rasikas!
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Nick H
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Post by Nick H »

It may well lack musical sense: it is unashamedly about what some Westerners call "eye candy"!

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Post by hansa kashyap »

Mahathi is THE BEST, beautifully dressed and smilling musician. Her music also.

arasi
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Post by arasi »

Would I like to sit through the concert of a ravishing beauty or an Adonis for three hours when the music is not worth it? Even in a dance performance where looks count, I would be utterly bored after a few minutes if the dancing were mediocre. Balasaraswathi was not a beauty by any means. And how she took my heart away when I saw her on the stage!
If Aishwarya is the only one who is considered a beauty, why are the magazines filled with pictures of hundred others? Taste differ, that's why. While a pleasant presence enhances a performance, eventually it is the music they produce that counts. Extereme mannerisms amuse, and that's all...

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Post by grsastrigal »

Recently Vijayantimala Bali performed a dance programme during december.. !!!!!!!!!!.

arasi
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Post by arasi »

Do you mean to say age does not wither her??

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Post by thathwamasi »

Wow...How come I missed this thread all this while....???

Good that names of S G Kittappa and GNB have been discussed earlier. KVN was really lakshanam personified on stage. Palghat Mani Iyer in my opinion was an absolute lion on stage and so was Flute Mali. Harishankar was a Jonty Rhodesesque elegance on stage always. Vikku Vinayakaram when he started his career was especially known for his good looks. Amongst Mridangists, a young Sivaraman used to be very good looking. Thiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam used to be very good looking as well. TNS was so elegant no doubt. T N Krishnan IMHO always looks like a CEO of an MNC come in traditional attire. Bombay Balaji used to have the style of a Film Star on stage often.

Top on my list would be Harishankar....Fair and elegant. Always dressed in that white shirt with a reynolds pen in his pocket and a black colour churnam on his forehead. He used to have stunningly large fore arms for a man who was 5 foot 2 inches or whatever he was. And when he sits on stage, no one will guess is only 5 foot 2 inches.

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Post by Sarali »

I have heard that S. Kasturi Rangan is really good looking, and I agreed with my friends after seeing picture online. However, I am not able to find any of his pictures any more. Does anybody know if he has a website with pictures?

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Post by musicquest »

what are we rasikas of music or looks? I am amused that for all the lofty thinking that we music lovers have......the inadequacies that belong to non rasikas still haunt the true lover of CM.

Nick H
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Post by Nick H »

When we leave our bodies behind, and our spirits only attend concerts, then only might we be free of such "inadequacies".

However, I'm afraid I'm offering no guarantees that, even in that state, I will be immune to a beautiful face or a pretty dress ;)

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Post by gobilalitha »

what next? is it to be the good looking forumite? I am sorry ,I am definitely out of the race. gobilalitha

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Post by vasanthakokilam »

Nick, taking some poetic license, a poet can wish to crystalize from that spirit state to that little black dhrishti dot on a beautiful face so as to be close to that beauty... Oh my... Happy Valentines day, everyone :)

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Post by Nick H »

Nicely put :)

And as the hair diminishes and the wrinkles increase I too will be an observer, should the Good Looking Forumite competition ever be launched ;)

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Post by mridhangam »

Sarali wrote:I have heard that S. Kasturi Rangan is really good looking, and I agreed with my friends after seeing picture online. However, I am not able to find any of his pictures any more. Does anybody know if he has a website with pictures?
http://www.hindu.com/fr/2008/02/15/stor ... 200400.htm

you can c a review and his picture here

JB

googoo
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Post by googoo »

[I am amused that for all the lofty thinking that we music lovers have......the inadequacies that belong to non rasikas still haunt the true lover of CM.]

Pray, what inadequacies do non-rasikas have, that excludes them from the "lofty" ideals of the carnatic music lover club? Would your highness condescend to enumerate these deficiences?

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Post by musicquest »

googoo wrote:[I am amused that for all the lofty thinking that we music lovers have......the inadequacies that belong to non rasikas still haunt the true lover of CM.]

Pray, what inadequacies do non-rasikas have, that excludes them from the "lofty" ideals of the carnatic music lover club? Would your highness condescend to enumerate these deficiences?
I did not mean to condescend nor do I think I am "Highness" My presumption was when you listen to CM as a true Rasika (my definition of a CM rasika is ..... one is a rasika when he or she is either listening, singing, playing or teaching music)......don't we forget everything......but I guess the level of involvement varies for everyone....difficult to explain more in forums such as these.

But I do hope we don't commercialise this field and make physical condition a criteria for people to pursue music or for audiences to attend concerts. Let us not forget MMI .................CM music would have lost much ........had we focussed on his physical challenges.......or maybe I am outdated.
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googoo
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Post by googoo »

If the gist of your comment was merely "Lets focus on the music and not the musician", it was a mighty funny way to put it! I echo your sentiment completely, but I cant say I fully agree with some of the other implications of your comment :)

Getting involved in music (carnatic or otherwise) is simply a choice we make ... the choice doesnt automatically contribute to one's merits or inadequacies.

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Post by arasi »

Reminds me of how it goes in world wide beauty contests. Thousands of eyes stare at the competitors. Splash of photographs on the front pages--and then?
As for the CM performers, while looks are mannerisms distract or amuse a bit, it is the music they produce that takes over. MMI in his days was commented up on too--for his 'Ay Uys' and 'tara lallAs' but his music earned him innumerable fans and to this day we are mesmerized by it...

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Post by shripathi_g »

Speaking of MMI's Ay Uys, here's my favorite - http://www.sangeethapriya.org/~sripathy ... dududu.mp3

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Post by gobilalitha »

afterall, the mannerisms , as we all know, is due to the attempt by musician to get a particular note in higher or lower octaves,only they know how hard is it to get the particular sangathi gobilalitha

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Post by Nick H »

I may be a sucker for a pretty face, but there are some much older women whose music has, and will continue to move me greatly.

Even my male 'inadequacies' would be happy to admit that a woman's most beautiful feature is often her eyes. So here's a lady whose eyes can knock me back any day: Smt R Vedavalli.

There is a saying, in English, of course, that the eyes are the window to the soul...

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Post by Sarali »

mridhangam wrote:
Sarali wrote:I have heard that S. Kasturi Rangan is really good looking, and I agreed with my friends after seeing picture online. However, I am not able to find any of his pictures any more. Does anybody know if he has a website with pictures?
http://www.hindu.com/fr/2008/02/15/stor ... 200400.htm

you can c a review and his picture here

JB
Thanks for the link. He's indeed good looking!

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Post by fuddyduddy »

About Smt R Vedavalli - so true.. i heard some songs of her today (which i dint know i had) and simulataneously googled for her picture and she has a wonderful and majestic voice which matches her looks. And what 'sowkhyam' in her music... I wish I had heard her live when I was in Chennai this past Dec...
And my all time favourite is Sowmya. I guess for me, I just cant go by looks and so a combination of her looks and her music is ultimate... And after having a few face-to-face conversations with her, I agree that she just doesnt use make up - as a woman, I would know :)

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Post by arasi »

And Sowmya's soulful eyes...

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Post by musicquest »

Talking about eyes......reminds me of MC....a living legend....whose truly value we will know only later................no pun intended.

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Post by 10yearslate »

MSS...

But there's a sting in the tail.

I mean MS Sheela.

arasi
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Post by arasi »

Why don't we just say: MSS and MSS, earlier or later, whatever the time lapse?

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Post by gobilalitha »

the score of the thread has reached135, still notout,Don Bradman or Sachin Tendulkar. which thread holds the record of highest score? reverting to the main issue, what are the parameters of good look? teeth , eyes , whikers, lips, nose,a perpetual smile on the lips, baldness, curly hair, a big paunch as big as vinayakram's ghatam...... gobilalitha

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Post by arasi »

Gobilalitha,
The parameter of good looks? The eye--the eye of the beholder...

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Post by vasanthakokilam »

arasi: Excellent point.

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Post by Vocalist »

All Carnatic musicians are good-sounding in some way or another. :D I believe the effect of the music they produce often makes them good-looking in some way or another too. :cool: But, this can lead back to arasi's point - beauty lies in the eye (and ear...) of the beholder. :)

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Post by Nick H »

I have observed that some of the prettiest girls on Chennai's streets are flower sellers, despite the fact that to sell anything on the streets must be a hard life. I've wondered if some relationship, or some energy, in their commodity transfers itself to them.

By this reasoning, of course, all carnatic singers should be stunningly good-looking!


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and, morally perfect, of course! ;) ;) ;)

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Post by thanjavooran »

Ofcourse all street vendors will be good looking not only in chennai, in whole of Tamil nadu also. Is it justified to equate our carnatic musicians with street vendors ? Again this thread is taking a different turn.. IMHO we should put an end to this.

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Post by fuddyduddy »

actually, this thread is going quite funny acc. to me.. its ok to loosen up a little bit once in a while! especially since this is just a forum and people shd feel free to write their opinions..

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Post by Nick H »

Are street vendors not to be considered equal human beings? Do you not have a sense of humour?

I'm glad Fuddyduddy does!

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Post by ganesh_mourthy »

of the recent lot. I think Anuradha suresh Krishnamurthy is good. the simple reason that she gets serials to act.

I have not heard her singing though.

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Post by arasi »

Nick'
Ask CML or gobilalitha about a flower girl depicted as being beautiful in an old tamizh movie! 'malligaip pU jAdi, rOjA, mullaip pUvu vENumA? (you can understand the words) was a hit song, though the tune was borrowed and the story line too, from the West!

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Post by coolkarni »

and the flower girl who famously sang "i could have danced all night"
Such a fair lady she was .
So many across the world -and across generations-ended up calling her " My Fair Lady"

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Post by arasi »

Yes, Cool. Lisa did do a 'lot' for the flower girl's image!

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Post by gobilalitha »

why not a thread for songs on beautiful flowers and equally beautiful floower sellers?. some of the most beautiful flowers sellers are at Mahalakshmi temple, mumbai(abundant grace othe goddess) and Goa, in addition to our own temples. , . arasi,, I am unable to recollect the name of the movie referred to by you in post145 I remember a song about the poorman's fruit 'ELANDAPAYAM., it's hindi version rendered nicely by Asha bhonsle. gobilalitha

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Post by thanjavooran »

"Are street vendors not to be considered equal human beings? Do you not have a sense of humour?"

I too do hv sense of humour as you have. There is a limit for everything. Let us stop playing with words.

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Post by vasanthakokilam »

I vaguely remembered a dialog in the movie where Lisa says something about the difference between a flower girl and a lady. I looked it up and here it is.

Mrs. Higgins: However did you learn good manners with my son around?
Eliza Doolittle: It was very difficult. I should never have known how ladies and gentlemen really behaved, if it hadn't been for Colnel Pickering. He always showed what he thought and felt about me as if I were something better than a common flower girl. You see, Mrs. Higgins, apart from the things one can pick up, the difference between a lady and a flower girl is not how she behaves, but how she is treated. I shall always be a common flower girl to Professor Higgins, because he always treats me like a common flower girl, and always will. But I know that I shall always be a lady to Colonel Pickering, because he always treats me like a lady, and always will.

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