Good looking Carnatic Musicians-your choice?
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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!
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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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...
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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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.
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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http://www.hindu.com/fr/2008/02/15/stor ... 200400.htmSarali 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?
you can c a review and his picture here
JB
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[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?
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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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.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?
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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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.
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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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...
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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Speaking of MMI's Ay Uys, here's my favorite - http://www.sangeethapriya.org/~sripathy ... dududu.mp3
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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...
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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Thanks for the link. He's indeed good looking!mridhangam wrote:http://www.hindu.com/fr/2008/02/15/stor ... 200400.htmSarali 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?
you can c a review and his picture here
JB
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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
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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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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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!
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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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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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.
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.