Sangeetha Kalanidhi 2018

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vsuresh
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Re: Sangeetha Kalanidhi 2018

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When you say that OVK's krtis are not a patch on Trinity, that one statement is enough to reveal that you haven't done even basic research into either OVK or Trinity or other composers whose names you have dropped. OVK is a brilliant composer to say the least, venerated by every leading vidwan familiar with his works including Musiri, GNB, SSI, MMI and TNS. Perhaps it would be instructive for you to look up www.venkatakavi.org which includes hundreds of his works with lyrics and AVs.

Even the few available compositions of Ravikiran online in youtube clearly showcases the distinctive approaches (and even languages covered) by him or OVK:- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKXaa7 ... V6ZBjlicMw

No one has problems about right to express opinions if they are objective and scholarly enough to be backed by facts.
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SrinathK
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Re: Sangeetha Kalanidhi 2018

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vsuresh wrote: 01 Sep 2018, 08:15 When you say that OVK's krtis are not a patch on Trinity, that one statement is enough to reveal that you haven't done your research. OVK is a brilliant composer to say the least, and you should look up www.venkatakavi.org to know more about him. A couple of decades worth of research has gone into this by Sangita Kalanidhi Shri Chitravina N Ravikiran, and the site is meticulously maintained by his disciple Vid Bhargavi Balasubramanian. OVK has also been the favorite composer of greats like Sangita Kalanidhi Shri T N Seshagopalan Sir and Padma Shri Awardees Rudrapatnam Brothers, including others. However, Shri Ravikiran has clearly been the most vocal proponent of OVK's compositions. That said, he is not somebody who will ever take credit for somebody else's works. He himself has 800+ compositions to his credit and a small subset of that is available on his channel here :- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKXaa7 ... V6ZBjlicMw Shri Ravikiran has taken much inspiration from several composers, OVK clearly being one of them!
Leave him, he's been venting rage and scorn in most of his posts. The last thing you want to do is to assume that such characters actually want a discussion.

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