Hilarity in kutcheris

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 18 Mar 2009, 00:08

mridhangam wrote:Here is one:
...
Inga parungo balaji sir. Inga railway station la ennadaanna Aanai ki sambavanai kodukkaraanga. Anga concertla pakkavadya kaarangalukku onnume sambavanai thera maattengaraLe".

Curious to know who the violinist with the sense of humor is. Shouldn't mind being credited with this joke

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 18 Mar 2009, 01:34

Allow me please to add...

Why is dhrutham a clap and a wave?

Because if you clap when putting talam in the audience I will wave goodbye to you

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 18 Mar 2009, 08:21

In a performance Chembai was accompanied by T.Rukmini on violin. In the anupallavi ofthe song 'gAnamurthe' he sang'mAnini maNI "T RUKMINI" mAnasApa instead of ShriRukmini, T Rukmini being the violinist GOBILALITHA

ksrimech · Post by **ksrimech** » 18 Mar 2009, 09:24

I think Chembai mAmA (thAthA) tops the list for on stage and off stage humor. Wasn't he the one who sang thayE yasodA and pointed to each of the gOpAlakRSNans after each sangati. MSG for Violin and TVG for mridangam.

MDR sang rAmanai ninai manamE (his own composition in sindhubhairavI). He sang jayarAman ninai manamE and pointed to LGJ on the violin and sivarAmanai ninai manamE and pointed to UKS on the mridangam. (May be he would have sung kODanDarAmanai ninai if umayALpuram kODanDarAmayyAr was on the ghatam!

)

mridhangam · Post by **mridhangam** » 18 Mar 2009, 10:42

And here, the duo(Nagaraj and Balaji) paly on the words- probably because it is called 'mridangam sollus(bOls in Hindi). --> Punarvasu

You can very well say this Mridangam Lollus ..

J.Balaji

mridhangam · Post by **mridhangam** » 18 Mar 2009, 10:45

erode14 wrote: ..............................................................................................

how do you call misra chApu when you do it wrongly?

"miss-Agara chApu"
..............................................................................................

If Khanda Chapu is done wrongly ? it becomes "Kanda (padi) chaapu.

J.Balaji

mridhangam · Post by **mridhangam** » 18 Mar 2009, 10:49

ksrimech wrote:I think Chembai mAmA (thAthA) tops the list for on stage and off stage humor. Wasn't he the one who sang thayE yasodA and pointed to each of the gOpAlakRSNans after each sangati. MSG for Violin and TVG for mridangam.

MDR sang rAmanai ninai manamE (his own composition in sindhubhairavI). He sang jayarAman ninai manamE and pointed to LGJ on the violin and sivarAmanai ninai manamE and pointed to UKS on the mridangam. (May be he would have sung kODanDarAmanai ninai if umayALpuram kODanDarAmayyAr was on the ghatam! )

And if our Raman was playing the morsing then it will come back to square one and MDR would be back to Ramanai Ninai Maname ?

J.Balaji

mridhangam · Post by **mridhangam** » 18 Mar 2009, 11:01

To continue with the name funs ..... (this is a gopuchayathi joke)

One ghatam vidwan went to a sabha secretary where he was not being considered for quite a long time. He just made a humble request and a gentle reminder to the sabha secretary that he was being ignored for long.

Then the sabha secretary enquired r u free on 24th December ?
The ghatam vidwan said : Yes

Veeramani - Pattu

Ramani - Violin (of course it is only for a joke without the names of real personalities)

Mani - Mridangam

Nee (Nee in tamil means you ie pointing finger towards the ghatam artiste and saying)- Ghatam

J.Balaji

mridhangam · Post by **mridhangam** » 18 Mar 2009, 11:40

sureshvv wrote:
mridhangam wrote:Here is one:
...
Inga parungo balaji sir. Inga railway station la ennadaanna Aanai ki sambavanai kodukkaraanga. Anga concertla pakkavadya kaarangalukku onnume sambavanai thera maattengaraLe".
Curious to know who the violinist with the sense of humor is. Shouldn't mind being credited with this joke

Melakkaveri Thyagarajan

J.Balaji

semmu86 · Post by **semmu86** » 18 Mar 2009, 13:16

erode14 wrote:Mrudangam Artiste ShrI Govindarajan used to say the students of The Thanjavur Vaidhyanatha Iyer School for Percussion, The Music Academy(semmu will remember), "nallA, vAi vittu solluppA.... lesson ellAm, appO dhAn kaila varum... adhukkuthAn sollu-nnu pEr vechirukku, illAtti, sollAdhEnnu vechiruppA"

(come on... sing the lessons louder and clear.. that is why they are named as sollu, or else they would have been named don't tell)

sollu - tell
sollAdhE - don't tell.

i very much remember sir

Arvind

Purist · Post by **Purist** » 18 Mar 2009, 15:35

mridhangam wrote: Nee (Nee in tamil means you ie pointing finger towards the ghatam artiste and saying)- Ghatam

J.Balaji

Is it 'Gatham' of Sanskrit or 'Khatam' of Hindi?

mridhangam · Post by **mridhangam** » 18 Mar 2009, 16:10

Member Purist

Please visit the following site :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghatam

J.Balaji

semmu86 · Post by **semmu86** » 18 Mar 2009, 17:48

when the "ThanjAvur VaidyanAtha VaidyanAtha Iyer" school for percussion was started in 1995 , UKS sir used to come and monitor the classes regularly... During one such occasion which i vividly remember as i was in 5th std then , he asked a parent " Paiyyan nalla sAdhakham panrAnA"?

To which the parent replied- "adhellam correct ah sAdham saptutu nalla gam nu irukkan"....

Arvind..

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 18 Mar 2009, 19:38

Arvind, they said so because, during the interview itself UKS Sir explained how much effort and practice is needed to master the art and he added, "oru paya irundhAn... sAdhagamnA, sAdhaththai sApttuttu gammunu irukkaradhunnu nenaichuNduttAn, but it is not like that, practice well and play well" (there was one boy, who thought sAdhagam is nothing but, eating sAdham and be idle)

so, the parents answered like that...

Does sAdhgam also mean adhesive since, cooked rice being used to paste envelops, sAdha-gum? then it will be sAdhA-gum (ordinary gum).

Though rice is vegetarian, if you call it ordinary, it becomes non-veg. (Adu-goat/nari-fox)

I appreciate your writing your name as Arvind and not
(half)ara-wind!

Purist · Post by **Purist** » 19 Mar 2009, 14:30

mridhangam wrote:Member Purist

Please visit the following site :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghatam

J.Balaji

Mridhangam - I think you missed the pun.

gatham in sanskrit meaning ' gone ' and 'khatam' in Hindi meaning ' finished'.

mridhangam · Post by **mridhangam** » 19 Mar 2009, 15:54

purist ..hahahah

Tirunelvelikke Halwa ... NICE

J.Balaji

anandabhairavi · Post by **anandabhairavi** » 19 Mar 2009, 16:33

Balaji sir

Can I add ...Tiruppadi kke ( Balaji ke) laddu!!

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 19 Mar 2009, 22:57

After a dhivyanAma bhajan, I found that I have misplaced my bike's sAvi and my friends searched it and found it under a jamakkALam!

On seeing it, as an effect of the puNdareekams that we heard throughout the bhajan like,

sadhguru swAmiki - jay
rAmachandhra mUrthiki - jay
AnjanEya swamiki -jay,

I said: "kinetic honda key"
friends: jay...
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I was talking to shrI sreenivasan (a disciple of Palghat shrI Mani Iyer) and he shared some interesting advertisements about the concerts of those days...

1. Concert this week in our sabha - Thamizhnadu-Mysore-Kerala

2. don't miss "mummaNigaLum oru mANikkamum" (three precious stones and a ruby)

many of our rasika members might knew the names, but, I just want others to keep guessing for a while...

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 19 Mar 2009, 23:28

mridhangam wrote:purist ..hahahah

Tirunelvelikke Halwa ... NICE

J.Balaji

this is joke only: nice is not a nice word always and knife-sword sometimes...

BTW - By The Way
IIRC - If I Remeber/Recall Correctly
NICE - Nonsense In Crappy Existence

MaheshS · Post by **MaheshS** » 20 Mar 2009, 00:04

Tamil Nadu / Karnataka / Kerala could be Ariyakudi [ os SSI or GNB or MMI] / Chowdiah / Mani Iyer.

ksrimech · Post by **ksrimech** » 20 Mar 2009, 00:17

erode14 wrote:
2. don't miss "mummaNigaLum oru mANikkamum" (three precious stones and a ruby)

I think this
1st Mani: G N Balasubramanium (Vocal)
2nd Mani: Palakkad Mani Iyer (Mridangam)
3rd Mani: Pazhani Subrahmanya Pillai (Khanjira)
One Manickkam: Kumbakonam Rajamanikkam Pillai (Violin)

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 20 Mar 2009, 04:16

ksrimech,
You are right about MaNikkam, but Mani meant MMI too.

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 20 Mar 2009, 13:03

thamizh nAdu was GNB and mummaNi was MMI-PMI-PSP

mridhangam · Post by **mridhangam** » 20 Mar 2009, 13:52

One mridangist called me one morning and gave me a news :

Anna today i am going to Delhi in the evening. do you know anna main artiste enakku AC ticket book panni kuduthirukkanaga ....

I said : Vow great ya ... II AC or III AC

He said : Anna RAC !!!!!!!!!!!!

J.Balaji

srikant1987 · Post by **srikant1987** » 20 Mar 2009, 13:58

mridhangam wrote:Tirunelvelikke Halwa ... NICE

Purist Mannarkoilku illa ennamo kuduthurkar? Thirunelvelikku onnum tharalaye.

(Sorry, for the mokkai)

mridhangam · Post by **mridhangam** » 20 Mar 2009, 14:06

Mannarkoil is in Tirunelveli District my dear Srikant .. so tirunelvelikke Halwa is right .. hahahhh
JB

srikant1987 · Post by **srikant1987** » 20 Mar 2009, 14:08

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 20 Mar 2009, 14:32

JB and srikant, bale bale...
(infact, bale is what you get when you prove you are able)

if not II AC or III AC, it might be a full bench concert, RAC - 6 AC!

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 20 Mar 2009, 19:40

What is RAC?
Tirunelveli halvA reference escapes me, though I am a native! lAlAk kaDai halvA in ten tamizh nADu reminds me of bArati's sindu nadiyin miSai and his zeal for integration!

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 20 Mar 2009, 19:47

arunk · Post by **arunk** » 20 Mar 2009, 19:56

arasi wrote: Tirunelveli halvA reference escapes me

"halwa vekkaradu" I believe is a colloquial slang that roughly (and euphemistically) means "getting the better of someone else". This can help explain tirunelvElikkE halwa. Of course there are couple of other undercurrents there, tirunelvEl halwa (ah! ah!) is famous, and JB is from tirunelvEli district

RAC - waiting list IIRC.

Arun

mridhangam · Post by **mridhangam** » 20 Mar 2009, 21:22

RAC is Reservation Against Cancellation in Railways.

JB

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 21 Mar 2009, 02:37

Thanks Cool! So, like Dharwar pEDA

Arun, is 'alvA vekkaradu' like buttering up?

So, Balaji ji, are you from that area? Where exactly is Mannarkoil situated?

arunk · Post by **arunk** » 21 Mar 2009, 02:59

arasi wrote: Arun, is 'alvA vekkaradu' like buttering up?

I think its the opposite i.e. sort of like same side goal maybe? But now I am confused

Arun

venkatpv · Post by **venkatpv** » 21 Mar 2009, 04:11

alva is not vecchufied, its kuduthufied. and it means to emaathify... like maaricha tried to emaathify rama by posing as a golden deer

Sita: "O Lord, i saw a golden deer"
smart Rama: "tirunelvelikke alva kudukkaraya?"

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 21 Mar 2009, 08:06

Thanks, Venkat! You explained it so well. Arun is happy too, I guess. In our days, the same was expressed as 'taNNi kATTugiradu (literally aqua--the other meaning had not come into vogue then).

cienu · Post by **cienu** » 21 Mar 2009, 08:15

arasi wrote: Where exactly is Mannarkoil situated?

Mannarkoil is a few kilometes from Ambasamudram.

SRI VEDHANARAYANAR Rajagopalaswami Kulasekara Azhwar temple is situated at Mannarkovil. (Link below)

http://www.hindu.com/fr/2005/03/11/stor ... 390300.htm

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 21 Mar 2009, 08:26

Thank you, Cienu!
Such a rare temple was in a bad shape according to this 2005 report. I hope they have renovated it now...

mridhangam · Post by **mridhangam** » 21 Mar 2009, 08:39

Arasi

http://angelfire.com/mb/mridhangam/mannarkoil.html also gives u some details.

J.Balaji

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 21 Mar 2009, 09:19

Fascinating, Balaji.
Is the temple in a better state now, a few years after what was reported?

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 21 Mar 2009, 13:49

Dear Arasi,

I think the temple is still there and not in kerala or gujarath...

rajumds · Post by **rajumds** » 21 Mar 2009, 14:02

erode14 wrote:Dear Arasi,

I think the temple is still there and not in kerala or gujarath...

rajumds · Post by **rajumds** » 21 Mar 2009, 14:08

http://www.carnaticcorner.com/articles/ ... oments.htm

mridhangam · Post by **mridhangam** » 21 Mar 2009, 14:41

A good Friend of Vidwan : Sir unga payyan enna PADIkkaran

Vidwan : Avanukku PADIkkaradunnale pidikkadunganum

Friend : ohhh apPADIya ?

Vidwan : Avanukkaga thaan Ground Floor Flat Shift panninen ...

Friend : Yaen ? (Why)

Vidwan : Adula Maadi PADI irukke .. adu kooda varadu avanukku

Friend : Ohhh ! Sangeetham Kathukudukkalame

Vidwan : Adula UruPADI irukke aduvum Vazhikku varamattan

Friend : Appo Ennna Pannaradu ? ipPADIye pona enna agaradu

Vidwan : Naan Kooda Oru naal sonnen edayavathu Panni tholai da .. Thiruttu thozhilavadu pannunnu sonnen.

Friend : Adukku Enna sonnan ?

Vidwan : Aduvum Panna Maattanam yenna aduleyum jepPADI irukkam ....

Friend : epPADI ponalum vazhikku vara maattengarane ? ivane epPADI uruPADIya valakkaradu ?

Vidwan : Tarudalaya irukkan ... edavadu vazhi irunda sollungo ....

Mannarkoil J Balaji

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 21 Mar 2009, 16:21

ha ha.... seems the guy doesn't have an abirAyam of coming up in life "padippadiyA" (step by step)

payyan enna paNrAn? [whats your son doing (studying)]

mEla padikkarAn... (mEla in thamizh means up and also further)

MBA-vaa illa, MA? (MBA or MA)

reNdum illa, mEla... mAdeela, cinema express padikkarAn (neither of them, he is reading the magazine cinema express in upstairs)

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 21 Mar 2009, 16:27

Once a man told Ariyakudi Shri Ramanuja Iyengar, that ARI's singing is wonderful now-a-days...

ARI: nAn appadiyEthAn pAdeeNdu irukkEn, unakku ippO dhAn jnAnam vandhirukku....

(I have been singing like this only, for decades, now only, your jnAna has improved to understand many things...)

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 22 Mar 2009, 01:09

If a bhAgavathar is given lot of fruits and other things along with his remuneration, what song will he sing?

He might be in need of a cover or carry bag. So, looking at the offerings and sishya, .... "bag-a borrow bag-a borrow" to carry these items.

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 22 Mar 2009, 03:55

dadhi navanIta kSIramulu ruciyO dAsharathi dhyAna bhajana sudhArasamu ruciyO

mridhangam · Post by **mridhangam** » 22 Mar 2009, 06:03

erode14 wrote:If a bhAgavathar is given lot of fruits and other things ........, what .... will he ......

What will he be called ?

PAZHAMperum Vidwan

Mannarkoil J Balaji

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 22 Mar 2009, 14:22

Mridhangam , he will be 'pazham peRum vidwAn'. But if he receives too many of them, he may become 'pazham pORum vidwan'.-