Hilarity in kutcheris

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 30 Mar 2009, 06:28

dear cml,

the deity in erode is Ardhra kapAleeswara and that is why the name eera-Odu... so, me and balaji meeting in kapAli koil is poruththam only...

This sparked the Muse in me

ThErOTTumeeshan peyarOn eeroDu eeshanai vaNa^Nga vanthaan
eerOTTu kalai~gnan varuga varugavena pukanRaan-- paaraaTTi
kathai punainthaan iSaippiriyan axthuNmai kETTu
mathai nagaippOrai eLLi nagai

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erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 30 Mar 2009, 11:28

srkris wrote:Adikka adikka thaan varum...

1. mridangamum
2. thaalamum
3. jokeum
4. azhukaiyum.

Nagaraj sishyarkalai adippaara theriyale meethi moonum assured.

skris, we don't beat the mrudangam either, we play it...

dear cml...

that was awesome... "ee-son", niNdE kavidhagaLa prEmikkunnu...

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 30 Mar 2009, 19:47

aaSaandE anugraham

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 30 Mar 2009, 20:04

As clever teachers our folks will employ for the theNDaM (wasteful/recalcitrant) sishyas
sama(a) dhaana pay the thenDaM
(peacefully entice them with goodies!)

mridhangam · Post by **mridhangam** » 30 Mar 2009, 20:24

CML has taken over ...

we can also have sama dhana (money) pay the thendam

J.Balaji

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 30 Mar 2009, 20:30

[quote="erode14"]From jayamohanÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s (writer) site"¦

Once, when Chembai was in a train, a passenger looked at his tuft and asked, "bAgavatharAkkumO?"

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 30 Mar 2009, 20:45

..By the by the daNDaM is used only by the 'thavil' vidvaans..
mridangists won't misuse their hands since it will hurt them more

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 30 Mar 2009, 21:56

options:-

1. if samAdhAna, don't pay the dheNdam.
2. even if one is dhaNdam(useless), better go for samAdhAnam.
3. or pay the dheNdam, get samAdhAnam (escaped from the beat!).
4. seek refuge with dhaNdam (of a sanyAsi), get samAdhAnam.
5. avoid sAma, dhAna or dheNda with creating (abiprAya) bEdham!

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 30 Mar 2009, 22:16

ultimately you may finish with the muththaaippu
thakka thI mithi thanthOM

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 30 Mar 2009, 23:03

ha ha... "thee midhi" is fondly called as "poo midhi" in erode... there is a comedy scene also in which kouNda maNi has acted in some movie with this word!

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 30 Mar 2009, 23:28

Interesting!
The 'thee' (fire embers) will be like chembarutthi poo for the devotees!
(I can imagine kouNDamaNi tricking chenthil with such an euphemism

..and of course 'poo' has an entirely different meaning and kouNDamaNi is upto using even that trick

Once my dad had invited his colleague (english man) for dinner at our house. At the end he asked my mother to bring some 'paysam' for the guest. The friend got simply shocked and exclaimed: Is this the way you entertain foreign guests by finally serving them poison?

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 30 Mar 2009, 23:59

Once a vidvaan went to a patron's house and sang for a very long time. Finally he got hungry and started:
sa,, pa,, da,,
The patron got the cue and shouted to his servant to bring the food. Since the food was not ready the servant came in a hurry bringing a plate of rice..
vidvaan glanced at it and said
sa,, da,, - sa,, pa,, da,,
The patron got ashamed and asked the servant to bring some drinks.
The servant rushed and brought a glass of water.
The vidvaan glanced at it and said:
pa da ni ??
The frustrated patron knocked on his head saying
sa ni- sa ni - sa ni

The vidvaan to ease the situation chimed in:
sa ri- sa ri..

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 31 Mar 2009, 01:05

ma ni dhA, (man...) nidhAni... (stop, listen & think)

nI sari.. (you are right)

sA gA pani (sA gA - not dead; pani - snow, fog/ the snow that is alive - always cool - Cool Music Lover)

sadhA(always) sAgasa manidhA (man of wonders), nI sari (you are right)

vidhvAns have a soft corner for Patterns and Patrons as well!
They aviod being harsh but imply a lot by pun.

Instead of sari sari, if he would have sung 'nI sari' that would have meant many things...

[nI sari has an interesting meaning too. Sari is right and also to slide. If slided, then what is inside comes out. When something comes out, say water from a tumbler, it is over flowing! So, nI sari means you let it over flow!! which means "vazhiya vidu."

vazhi - way, vidu - let. So, don't be on my way is the other meaning].

I think I mock a lot.

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 31 Mar 2009, 01:18

Excellent! There is a lot in sa ri

The musical wife accompanying the husband to the shopping centre intoned:
sa, ri
The rasika husband knowingly nodding his head responded:
sa, ri (Shatshruti riShabham) (sorry)

vganesh · Post by **vganesh** » 31 Mar 2009, 09:48

CML Sir & Erode14 Sir, going like Ravana & Agasthya Veena competition in Agasthyar Cinema

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 31 Mar 2009, 15:03

I like the "Calm-Pettition" describing cml as rAvaNA who has paththu thalai (ten heads). Not only cml, but all of us are paththuthalai udaiyavar only.

* patrudhal in thamizh is "to catch" and also 'bond".
* Though it is bond, it is never a 007, instead it is yes.. yes..
seven - sapthasvaram.
* paththu is slang for patru. paththuthalai udaiyavar means, one who
has a bond with CM.
* The other common meaning of paththu is sticky-this topic!
never leaves me!!
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Purist · Post by **Purist** » 31 Mar 2009, 16:18

A music teacher was unhappy with the indifference of a student and wanted to
somehow dispense him. He asked the student to repeat the notes he would sing.

Teacher : Ni.. Dha Pa (you are fat) ( Dhappa in Kannada means fat.)

Ni. .Ma MMa Dha pa (your mother is fat)

Ni..Ma PPa Dha pa (your father is fat)

The student got annoyed and repeating

Ni Sa Ni Ni Sa ni Ni Sa Ni (you are Saturn)

walked out

semmu86 · Post by **semmu86** » 31 Mar 2009, 17:36

erode14 wrote:adhanAla, neegaLLAm en seedargaL, adhAvadhu thirudargaL"

ah ah... lovely

Arvind

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 31 Mar 2009, 19:38

Erode
enakku thiruDai romba piDikkuM

(I like 'chIDai' very much
but after the onset of diabetes
enakku thiruDi sangeetham kETka piDikkarathu (now I like CD music

athilum romba piDicchathu china vukkarashar paaDalkaL (king of china = king of the tongue

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 31 Mar 2009, 19:54

already a man awaiting, for the chinese name of iLayarAjA is youngking....

if madhu refers to thEn and wine in modern times, songs which sedates you are real pAdal"kaL" only..

what will be the main artiste singing, if a female violinist is not looking that briskly and lively?

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 31 Mar 2009, 20:09

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 31 Mar 2009, 20:16

'unnai allaal vERE gathi illai amma! ulakka naayagiyE..'
(There is no refuge other than you, you the one like a wooden stump (ulakkai))

chalanata · Post by **chalanata** » 31 Mar 2009, 20:26

erode,
i think you are stretching it a little too far......

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 31 Mar 2009, 22:41

erode14 wrote:
what will be the main artiste singing, if a female violinist is not looking that brisky and lively?

main artiste will sing,
mahAlakshmi jaganmAthA - shankarAbharaNam - misra chApu - PS

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 31 Mar 2009, 23:28

Why not 'meenaakShi mE mudam dEhi' ?

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 31 Mar 2009, 23:32

erode14 wrote:
main artiste will sing,
mahAlakshmi jaganmAthA - shankarAbharaNam - misra chApu - PS

because, it has the lines, "pARkadal tharum kripAkari" (that too for neraval)

pArka-dull tharum (seems to be dull)

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 31 Mar 2009, 23:43

I thought 4 kaLai chavukka kaalam!

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 01 Apr 2009, 04:45

This particular one relatng to Erode

was told me by a friend. I will remove it if anybody finds it objectionable. This of course has nothing to do with CM but only human behaviour.

The 'Great Man of Erode' with his clan once attended a talk at Trichy and was returning to base. Since it got too late at night and since he was hungry he stopped over at a no-name restaurent to get some food. The terrified owner of the hotel asked the only server to attend to the crowd. The server happened to be a poor brahmin whose 'pooNool' was dangling from his neck obviously proclaiming his caste. As he started serving the crowd, when he approched the 'Great Man' he was shaking violently with fear written all over his face. The Great man laughed loudly and asked him what he was afraid of.
The server replied: I have heard you say " paambayum paappaanayum paarthaa muthallE paappaanai kollaNaM..'
The 'Great Man' laughed louder and said " bhayappaDaathE unnai onnum paNNa maaTTOM".
The server said (still shaking) " athukkillai, u^Nga pinnaalE oru nalla paambu paDameDutthu cheeRinDirukku..."

Rest is left to your imagination

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 01 Apr 2009, 15:24

let human be-heavier (weight comment) at times...

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 01 Apr 2009, 17:39

Once Ariyakkudi was invited to perform in the marriage of a very rich zamindar, who owned a fleet of majestc, awe inspiring cars like studebaker, chevrolet, chrysler, desoto etc Sorry for drifting away from the main subject, The present day cars have no butts(mod, any objection). One of the big cars was sent to pickup Ariyakkudi. In those days It was a status sumbol to arrange Ariyakkudi's kutcheri, though many of them knew nothing about music. At the end of the performance , just to impress Ariyakkud, the zamindar said 'Swami, there is a marked improvmnt in your performance,since the last time I heard you. Ariyakkudi replied 'Zamindar val. I have been singing like this for the past 20 years,. Your gnanam has improved considerably''.gobilalitha

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 01 Apr 2009, 20:36

The zamindar had absolutely no knowledge of CM. But he wanted to hide his ignorance and show off to his peers. His secretary who was a 'gnyaanastan' suggested that he would tie a string to the foot of the zamindar and tug it and he could express appreciation in proportion to the force of the tug. The concert was going very well and the attendees were amazed at the 'gnyaanam' of the zamindar. Then suddenly the zamindar shouted at the performer to stop singing. The perplexed bhagavathar enquired what happened. The zamindar replied " rasakkayaRu aRanthu pOyiDutthu"

ksrimech · Post by **ksrimech** » 01 Apr 2009, 20:58

gobilalitha wrote: I have been singing like this for the past 20 years.

Very true. In reality, except for his voice, his music did not change much though I have not heard more than 30/40 kutcheris of his.

Same thing with DKP.

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 02 Apr 2009, 06:32

erode14 wrote: 246: 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...)

baboosh · Post by **baboosh** » 02 Apr 2009, 08:05

An episode in one of the books about MSS.

MSS was rendering a wedding concert.It was more than 3 hours and the one who arranged was not to be seen.When Mss wanted to sing mangalam,they requested to sing one more song till the organiser came,Ms immediately began singing Eppo varuvaro endan kali theera.Then that man came rushing by the conclusion of the song and requested MSS to sing Nee irangayeni Pughaledhu and relieved the tension

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 02 Apr 2009, 08:13

Certain hearsay incidents procure hands and legs(kaiyum kaalum mulaithu vidugirathu) as they pass on from one person to another. That's how post 246 of erode14 has become post 330 of gobilalitha. gobilalitha

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 02 Apr 2009, 08:17

A bAgavathar and his crew were returning home after a great concert and splendid sambhAvanai. It was close to midnight and suddenly there appeared a robber.

The team was terrified and they gave away all the things right from their kadukkan to veLLi koojA. The thief looked at the thampurA and wanted to take that too. But, our bAgavathar was not ready to give it as it was a gift given by his guru.

"inga pAru"¦ ellAththayaum eduththukkO"¦ AnA, idha kEkkAdha"¦"

vganesh · Post by **vganesh** » 02 Apr 2009, 09:33

Erode Sir,
Reading in Tamizh with big A, small a combinations

kashtamAirukku. Englishle ezhuthongalen. EllArum padikarAllo theriyAdhu

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 02 Apr 2009, 16:57

One more incident. not sure whether it really happened. Knowing the artist's habit, might be true also.' only hearsay report. Once the great Mali was booked for a performance at one of the sabhas at Chennaiat 6.30 pm. He was not sighted for more than half an hourafter 6.30 . Finally he arrived half an hour late. T he crowd was in raptures. Getting up on the dias, he said ' mannichukongo romba late ayiduthu. Flute eduthundu vara maranthutten, veettukku orutharai anippichirukken"(my apologies . have come late. sorry I FORGOT TO BRING THE FLUTE. I have sent a man to bring it'.
It was also stated that as soon as he got the flute, he told the crowd that he would make amends by playing as long as they wanted . gobilalitha

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 02 Apr 2009, 17:12

...of the stories that have been rendered in English, that, so far, is my favourite

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 02 Apr 2009, 18:59

In regard to #333 there is also the joke

Rasika: ippo ellAm unga katcheriyile ookkam koRanju pOiDutthu (Now-a-days there is lack of zing in your katcheris)
Vidvaan: vayasaayuDutthu illaya (getting old isn't it?)
Rasika: yaarukku? (for whom?)
Vidvaan: ungaLukkutthaan (for you only)

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 02 Apr 2009, 19:13

In olden days most of the bhagavathas used to be addicted to inhaling snuff (mooku poDi). Some of them used to cover their face with a shawl and inhale snuff during performance.
In the old movie Krishna bhakti is the scene where veteran actor PU Chinnappa as a performer uses a clever trick. As part of narration of the story he says: 'antha kaalatthile riShigaL mookkai piDicchuNDu 'OM', 'OM', 'OM" enRu japitthu mokSham aDainthaarkaL' (in the olden times the sages attained 'mukti' by holding their nose and chanting 'OM" repeatedlY). Now for each of those OM he cleverly pushes a pinch of snuff into his nose - a very hilariously comical episode

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 02 Apr 2009, 20:57

'maRu muRai nIr anda vArtaiyaic collAdIr, mahA hAsyaME!' Your recalling all this brings back the mirthful moments of the scene. Also his downing a silver potful of milk (?) under cover again! I changed the last word of the song which is rendered in this scene in kEdAram and kApi. Can clearly hear PUC's voice too

On the CM stage, Ariyakkudi's discrete snuff taking at intervals, and his tying his little tuft is another childhood memory. His checked, generously sized hankie playing its part!

Nick,
How many hearts have been 'nicked' and were nicked in the course of years in merry old England, we do not know. But we do know that the keeper of your heart keeps you happy, in the CM city of Chennai! And of course, you are a favorite among rasikAs too. As for VK, he has fooled us all on the forum during these years. We have yet to come across a name as lovely as that. Spring cuckoo by any gender is special, and his personality (with his sensitivity and patience makes one think he IS a she!). Of course, he is as bright as anyone can imagine...

mridhangam · Post by **mridhangam** » 02 Apr 2009, 21:57

Once a mridangist was stuck in traffic and he just barely arrived panting into the green room to set his mridangam to sruthi. The tambura was on and he opened the instrument and started setting the instrument with concentration but with the increased heartbeat of having come running.

At that time an intruder (there are many such who come into the green room before the concert just to spoil the artistes with their wasteful questions) and asked the mridangam artiste : Sir Umayalpuram Sivaramanukku yaru saadam podara ?

This artiste just looked at him and just ignored his question..

The intruder was not in the mood to leave. he again came near the mridangist and put the same question : Sir Umayalpuram sivaramanukku yaaru sAdam podara ?

The artiste got angry (with all the disappoiintment of arriving late, gasping for breath, sruthi setting and the imminent Pallavi playing danger etc etc) and said :
Sir ida pArungo ivvlo naal avar appa sAdam pottundirunda. Ippo avare nanna concert ellam vAsichu nanna sambAdichu avare sAdam pottukkarar.

(sAdam podaradu has two meanings : one is putting black patch in mridangam another is actual meal serving)

J.Balaji

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 02 Apr 2009, 22:33

arasi!
paSumai ninaivugaL

The mridangist was asking the innocent-looking Mami to bring some sAdam.
MAmi: yArukku
Mridangist: Mridangatthukku thaan
MAmi: (looking amazed) aDa, Mridangam SappiDuma
Mridangist: En illai.. sAdam pOTTatthaan pESum
MAmi: (totally amazed) aDa, pESakkUDa cheyyumA
Mridangist: (getting to tease her) sAdam pODATTa thingaNaM ennu pESum.. pOTTAnAkka thinnOM ennu pESum..
MAmi: paravaaa illayE. nalla kaTTi thayir viTTu piSainchuNDu varEN. kooDA unga pakkatthilE irukkarE avar paanayayum thanthaanaa niRaya jalamum koNDu varEn...
GhaTam player: IshvarA !!!!

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 03 Apr 2009, 00:23

cmlover wrote:In olden days most of the bhagavathas used to be addicted to inhaling snuff (mooku poDi).

Sreenivasan mama, aged 80, a disciple of Palghat Mani iyervAl told this today:

Once there was a vidhwan in the period of nawabs. He had some work somewhere and had to cross a road where VIPs lived. The nawabs seemed celebrating that day with biriyANi and non-veg stuffs. Since, the vidhwan was a brahmin, he was unable to bear the smell and closed his nose by holding it with his fingers.

One man saw this and felt that this vidhwan is bringing disgrace to them by holding the nose and insulting the sweet aroma that is being spread by the food they prepare.

"Hey vidhwan"¦ why do you keep your nose closed? This is mere dishonor and shame to us"

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 03 Apr 2009, 00:27

[quote="erode14"] BTW, if the vocal support (udan pAttu in thamizh) is dull, can we call it as wooden-partu (of the concert)?

(Dull headed is mara maNdai in thamizh. Maram - wood/ maNdai -head. maNdai and man-die are reÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢lateÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢d. that is why "maNdayap pOttuttAn"

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 03 Apr 2009, 02:44

arasi wrote:'As for VK, he has fooled us all on the forum during these years. We have yet to come across a name as lovely as that. Spring cuckoo by any gender is special

Spring cuckoo? Really? How wonderful!

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 03 Apr 2009, 03:09

Nick:
vasanta = spring
kOkilam = cuckooo

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 03 Apr 2009, 03:40

From Wikipedia:
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In Russia, there is a popular belief that a cuckoo can predict how many more years a person will live. If a person hears a cuckoo in the woods, he or she usually asks: "Cuckoo, cuckoo, how long will I live?" It is believed that a person will live as many years as the cuckoo cuckooed.

In some regions of France, Romania and the Basque Country, a legend says that if someone has money in the pocket when they hear the first cuckoo of the year, they will be rich the whole year.

In England and Wales, The Times newspaper prints correspondence every year reporting the first calls, usually around 14 April. The same thing happens in Asturias, Spain, where numerous proverbs talk about the cuckoo as a herald of spring, and where the local newspapers talk about it every year.
-----

I think it is ramakriya who mentioned that the cuckoo that cukoos in spring is actually a male cuckoo.

The weather is very nice outside, may be I should cuckoo and make spring official

ksrimech · Post by **ksrimech** » 03 Apr 2009, 05:43

P U Chinappa Bhagavathar & his snuff powder in Krishna Bhakti: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgEkwjIHois

He is drinking one huge kuDam (Pot) of milk.