RAGAM OF ENGUM NIRAI NAADHABRAMMAM-SAKUNTHALI-MS

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RSR
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RAGAM OF ENGUM NIRAI NAADHABRAMMAM-SAKUNTHALI-MS

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Sri.VASANTHAKOKILAM and other stalwarts->
Just now found this quotation from the book by Gowri Ramnarayan. "Kunja attended few concerts but listened to a lot of music on the radio. The family could not afford a radio but the neighbour’s could be heard clearly if she sat beside the window halfway up the staircase. The radio introduced her to Hindustani music. How enchanting it was to hear Abdul Karim Khan, Amir Khan or D.V. Paluskar, their voices sweetened by the silence of the night!

Kunja would not have imagined then that one day she would sing Paluskar’s signature bhajan Thumak chalat Ramachandra in a Tamil version (Engum nirai nadabrahmam) and in a film in which she played the heroine, Sakuntalai!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5bXKem6bGg
are they having same tunes?
is this song in ragam 'NAVROJ'?

Lakshman
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I think it the hindustAni rAgA gArA.

HarishankarK
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Re: RAGAM OF ENGUM NIRAI NAADHABRAMMAM-SAKUNTHALI-MS

Post by HarishankarK »

Thumak chalth is some form of Dwijawanti. So seems this Tamil song by MSS

Sachi_R
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Actually to me it sounded like Hindustani Kapi with occasional Gara touches. The prominent double Ga of Dwijavanti was missing.

RSR
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http://saidvk.blogspot.in/2013/06/selec ... avroj.html
( on ragam navroz)

can our rasikas listen to the links given in the page?
it is very likely that the MS song in Sakunthalai is either kurinji or navroz.
Awaiting clarification from learned forum members.

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