Your favourite thillanas

Rasika911 · Post by **Rasika911** » 07 May 2009, 09:08

Discuss and share recording where possible...

I couldnt seem to find any threads about thillanas so i thought i start one up

Im a fan of lalgudi's thillans a couple come to mind straight away being his bageshri thillana and the revathi one in m.chapu. Dr. BMK has also composed quiet a number of thillanas.

O.S Arun performing lalgudis bageshri thillana http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7chXjKbcwiM

koyaliya · Post by **koyaliya** » 07 May 2009, 21:00

thiru gokarna subbiyyer's purvi thillana is beautiful.
ammachatram kannusami pillai - nadhrudhru dhim in vasanta is another fast-paced very beautiful thillana on hanuman.
i like lalgudi's khamas - thanana dhirana dhim too.

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 07 May 2009, 23:21

MLV's rendtion of 'thom thom thom tha di na na' in raga dayAvati is one of my favorites: http://www.esnips.com/doc/c247efc3-bc0e ... ingRagaHBR

For a change, this is in khanda triputa thala. While preserving the thillana rhythmic structure and giving it the necessary prominence that is due for a thillana, it does not minimize the raga bhava in the pallavi and anupallavi which many thillanas suffer from. I love the way the syllables like 'thom' etc. ride smoothly over the melodic contour of this wonderful and haunting raga.

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 08 May 2009, 01:05

The dayAvati tillAnA is by N.S.Ramachandran.

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 08 May 2009, 21:42

Thanks Lakshman. You helped me id this a few months back. Here is the background of Nemam. S. Ramachandran http://www.carnatica.net/composer/nsramachandran.htm

He is the grandson of Nemam Subramanya Iyer, a direct disciple of Thyagaraja.

After listening to the dayAvati piece by N.S. Ramachandran, I sought after recordings of his other compositions. The recordings of his Abhogi song 'Sri mahaganapathi' by MLV and SKR and his Shankarabharanam song ChandrasekaraYatindram sung by MSS are available in sangeethapriya. He is indeed quite a tunesmith.

revanthv552 · Post by **revanthv552** » 09 May 2009, 00:06

I like the Pharas and Thodi thillanas by Poochi srinivasa iyengar, Lalgudi's bindumalini thillana also sounds really good.
I heard a thillana in Nalinakanthi sung by Nithyasree, i think its by Sri Ragunath. That sounds good too

sama · Post by **sama** » 09 May 2009, 01:03

I heard Sri TNS sing the Tillana by Harikesanallur Mutthiah Bhagavathar in Hamsanandi, absolutely brilliant !

ksrimech · Post by **ksrimech** » 09 May 2009, 03:27

(01) LGJ's thillAnas in sindhubhairavi (LGJ playing this happens to be my phone ring tone

), bEhAg (BJR's version), pahADi (HB's version), mOhanakalyANi (DKJ's version), rAgESrI (NNK's version), khamAj (MLV's version) to name a few
(02) The bilahari tillAnA (composer ARI) as sung by DKP/DKP accompanied by PMI - his accompaniment gives an extra bit of gAmbIryam.
(03) kAnaDA tillAnA of pUchi (Sanjay's version)
(04) tArAdipAnana (kApi) of pUci (SSI's verion)
(05) pUrnachandrikA thillAnA (again SSI/KVN - fast paced in about a minute and 25 seconds

)
(06) parAs (KVN and GNB)
(07) gIta dhuniku (dhanASrI) (music by LGJ and sung by MSS, TMK)
(08) chenchuruTTi tillAnA of vINa SESaNNA (MSS/SSI)
(09) tODi tillAnA (ARI)
(10) suruTTI thillAnA by pApanAsam Sivan on kalpakAmbikA of mylApuri (DKP/DKJ version)

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 09 May 2009, 04:13

While the favourite tillAnAs are being discussed, if anyone wants the lyrics for any of the tillAnAa please indicate.

saranya · Post by **saranya** » 09 May 2009, 10:24

I love OothukkAdu Venkatasubbier's tillANAs - gambhIranAttai and another gem in the rAgA surutti, both depicting kAlinganardanam.

rajeeram · Post by **rajeeram** » 10 May 2009, 02:42

BMK's Thillana CD is the favorite in our home, liked by both the musically-minded and not:-)

It has the following thillanas, all classics.

1.Raga Tala Malika,
2.Kadanakuthuhalam
3. Brindavani
4. Kunthalavarali
5. Dhimna Natha Ragamalika
6. Dwijavanthi

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 10 May 2009, 06:56

1.maharAjapuram santhAnam's own thillAnA in Revati (..annai parAshakthi) and
2. basanth bahAR (dedicated to chandrasekara swami) are also my favourites.

There are 3 thillAnas that I heard from contemporary musicians
3. asAveri thillAna sung by abhisek rAghuraman, this is composed by him and his mother
4. hamsAnandi and vasantA thillanas of suryaprakash , composed by himself

chalanata · Post by **chalanata** » 10 May 2009, 09:11

rajeshnat wrote:1.maharAjapuram santhAnam's own thillAnA basanth bahAR (dedicated to chandrasekara swami) are also my favourites.

it made me mad and made me write 1000 pages.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 10 May 2009, 19:43

1) vINa Sri Seshanna's tillAnA in sencuruTTi in praise of his patron is right up there - I particularly love Smt MSS' rendition - when she sings 'yenni vidamugA', one can almost visualize the numerous entreaties of the composer....
2) Mysore Sri Vasudevachar's suruTTi tillAnA (Smt. MSS' version)
3) Sri LGJ's tillAnA in dES
4) Sri Dandayudhapani Pillai's hindOLam tillAnA - a wonderful prayer for all dancers -
(dinamum) tALa mELa gatiyODu ADum ennai ALa vArum jagadISa
unadu tAL paNindu kalaiyODu vAzha varam tArum tillai paramESa
5) Madurai Sri N. Krishnan's tillAnA in dES
6) Madurai Sri N. Krishnan's tillAnA in mAyAmALavagauLa - where he has cleverly used the primal rAga to intone what are supposed to have been the primal sounds of rhythm - tat dit tOm and num
7) The tillAnA in suruTTi sung by DKJ (#10 in Krishna's post - #8 above) - although I think I like the version Smt. MLV recorded for Smt. Krishnaveni Lakshmanan a bit better - the CD sleeve mentions Madurai Sri Krishnan as the composer, and not Sri Sivan - can someone please confirm?
8) Patnam Sri Subramanya Iyer's tillAnA in khamAs...(DKP's version)
9) Sri BMK's tillAnA in kadanakutUhalam - I always 'visualize' this tillAnA in terms of movements across the stage.
10) Maharaja Swati Tirunal's tillAnA in dhanaSrI - used to be at the top of my list, but is getting bumped down (Smt. MSS' and Smt. MLV's versions)!

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 10 May 2009, 21:12

A lot of excellent ideas. It will be great to listen to some of the not-so-common ones. Can you all provide a link to non-commercial recordings for your suggestions, wherever possible? Please Edit your post and insert the link there, so it is all in one place. Thanks.

srinivasrgvn · Post by **srinivasrgvn** » 10 May 2009, 21:37

Don't forget LGJ's Madhuvanthi thillana!! So moving and so popular. Bombay Jayashree is the queen of Madhuvanthi Thillana!!

Vinay · Post by **Vinay** » 11 May 2009, 02:37

Lakshman wrote:While the favourite tillAnAs are being discussed, if anyone wants the lyrics for any of the tillAnAa please indicate.

It would be nice if you could post the sahitya and swara of one or more (or all? : D) of Balamurali's thillanas. In English, Malayalam, Telugu/Kannada, Hindi, or Tamil. (Hindi and Tamil being given last preference only because they don't contain all the alphabets in Telugu - especially Tamil).

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 11 May 2009, 03:58

Vinay: It is difficult to post notations here. If you want any tillAnA notations I can send them to you by email.

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 11 May 2009, 04:06

rashankar: Re: suraTi tillAnA by P.Shivan - I could not find any. Is there an audio link?

Is there a tillAnA also by Madurai Krishnan?

Here is one by Madurai N.Srinivasan:

takadhIm tadhIm. rAgA: suraTi. t/Adi tALA. Composer: Madurai N.Srinivasan.

P: takadhIm tadhIm tadhIm tana dhiranA dhiranA dhiranA taka dhIm takiTa
takajhaNu dhItlAm tadhingiNatOm dhItlAm tadhingiNatOm dhItlAm tadhingiNatOm
A: dhIm dhIm takadhIm takajhaNu dhIm tajhaNu dhIm jhaNu dhIm
dhItlAm tadhingiNatOm taka dhItlAm tadhIngiNatOm takatiku dhItlAm tadhIngiNatOm
C: mAmayilaiyil mA tavam sheida mAmaNI tAyE (tiru) umAmahEshan mana magizhndavaLE mAdhavan sOdariyE
gAnam ishaitta kayilainAthan karuttil ninra karpakamE kANbavar manam kaLittiDumE un tiru malar porpadamE
dhIm ma pa ni sA takiTajham ni dha pa mA tajhaNu dhIm ma ni dhA takadhIm ni dha pA ma sa nI
dhIm ma pa ni sA takiTajham ni dha pa mA tajhaNu dhIm ma ni dhA takadhIm ni dha pA taka
taddittAm tadhingiNatOm nI dha pa ma ni dha pa tAm tadhingiNatOm ri ma ri sa ri takadhImna ni dha pa dha

Vinay · Post by **Vinay** » 11 May 2009, 04:31

Lakshman, that would be perfect. I'll send you my email ID as a private message.
Thanks a lot for taking the trouble. : )
I've been seeing other posts by you here. You're a wonderful sahitya/swara source! And Balamurali's compositions too, that's what amazes me. The old composers' works are a lot more available as books or from music students, but Balamurali's are hard to find. Were you a student of his at some time?

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 11 May 2009, 06:45

Lji,

That is the suraTTi tillAnA being referred to - Krishna had attributed to P. Sivan (see post #8) - my records have it as Madurai Sri N. Krishnan's, so that is probably wrong as well!

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 11 May 2009, 06:47

A small correction in the caraNa sAhityam - it is 'mAdhavanin sOdariyE'

cradle · Post by **cradle** » 13 May 2009, 04:27

Mysore Veena Seshanna's Chenchurutti tillAnA rendition by T.K. Rangachari

ksrimech · Post by **ksrimech** » 14 May 2009, 03:39

rshankar wrote:Lji,

That is the suraTTi tillAnA being referred to - Krishna had attributed to P. Sivan (see post #8) - my records have it as Madurai Sri N. Krishnan's, so that is probably wrong as well!

I had typed it from memory. I thought SrI DKJ had included it in Sivan day concert. I could be wrong. Let me check and get back. Sorry for the confusion.

madurai SrInivAsan or kRSNan or Sivan, either ways I love the way DKJ sings this phrase mAdhavanin sOdariyE..... brilliant suruTTi there.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 14 May 2009, 03:47

ksrimech wrote:I love the way DKJ sings this phrase mAdhavanin sOdariyE..... brilliant suruTTi there.

Have you heard MLV sing this - it is simply awesome as well!

ksrimech · Post by **ksrimech** » 14 May 2009, 05:35

rshankar wrote:
ksrimech wrote:I love the way DKJ sings this phrase mAdhavanin sOdariyE..... brilliant suruTTi there.
Have you heard MLV sing this - it is simply awesome as well!

No....

mazhai · Post by **mazhai** » 19 May 2009, 19:33

Basant Bahar tillana by Maharajapuram Santhanam----amazing, but I never quite am able to produce the thom drudrudrudrudru thingy at the end perfectly....
any quicktips???

also the Bindumalini tillana by Chitravina N Ravikiran

sbmurali · Post by **sbmurali** » 27 May 2009, 15:27

Lakshman wrote:Vinay: It is difficult to post notations here. If you want any tillAnA notations I can send them to you by email.

Dear Sir,
Could you please send me by email, notation for the thillana in Madhuvanthi, by Lalgudi. (tata dheem tadheem...)?
My email address is
[email protected]
regards
Sharada

srinivasrgvn · Post by **srinivasrgvn** » 29 May 2009, 07:54

I have to mention this one:
BMK's thillana that employs grahabEdham. It starts with kalyAni and moves on. It is called 'rAgatAya' thillana, I think.
What is the meaning of 'rAgatAya', can anybody tell?

keerthi · Post by **keerthi** » 29 May 2009, 13:44

I think it is rAga-cchAya-mAlika.. rAga-cchAyamAlika is where one employs a main rAga, and sings some of the various mUrchana-s that arise out of it; in tandem...

As there are no foreign notes employed; it casn't be called a rAga-mAlika.. As, it is a bouquet of different rAga-chAya-s, the impressions of the different rAga-s being created by a tonic shift; it merits the name RAga-cchAya-mAlikA..

ThAya is an old word referring to one of the four musical units in VenkaTa maKhi's ChaturdaNDiprakAsikA.. Ican't see that word fit into our context..

HeyNarayana · Post by **HeyNarayana** » 15 Jun 2009, 10:14

Lakshman wrote:While the favourite tillAnAs are being discussed, if anyone wants the lyrics for any of the tillAnAa please indicate.

Namaste
Can I get the lyrics of Maharaja Swati Tirunal's thillana in Bhoopalam - Thaam thaam nam - Aadi talam. It was written that this thillana was written with no sahityam and Sri Dr. Balamurali has added sahitya with the "Padmanabha" and "Murali mudra.

Thank you

Shalu · Post by **Shalu** » 16 Jun 2009, 14:54

BMK's madanakatanakuthulam - i know my spellings are awry!:-( is still to me outstanding and unbeatable...Its a feast to watch a kuchipudi recital with this as a fitting finale...

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 16 Jun 2009, 15:14

This is what is in ST's book of compositions.

tillAna. bhUpALa. jhOmpaTa tALA.

tAm tanAm tadani udanita dhrintaka tanOm tamOm tanOm tanOm nAdru dhrutAni
tOm dhru dhrudAna dAni dAni udani tanita tajhOm tadhAm dhaNam tadIm nAdru
tillAna tari taddi kiTa taka jham jham taddhi kiTa taka jham jham

HeyNarayana · Post by **HeyNarayana** » 16 Jun 2009, 19:07

Lakshman Sir,
Thank you very much.

Preya · Post by **Preya** » 21 Jun 2009, 19:47

Vanakkam

Could i pls have the notations for Lalgudi Sir's Mohana kalyani Thillana ? My email add is [email protected].

Thank U !

Preya · Post by **Preya** » 21 Jun 2009, 20:50

Thank U Lakshman Sir for the notations

shreedhruti · Post by **shreedhruti** » 15 Jul 2009, 01:24

could I please get the details of kanada thillana KVN used to sing(dhim thananana dhirana dhim tha dhim)? who is the composer? Could anyone please post the sahityam too?

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 15 Jul 2009, 01:55

I think you meant to write tODi rAgA. Here it is:

dhIm dhIm tanana. rAgA: tODi. Adi tALA. Composer: Poochi Iyengar.

P: dhIm dhIm tanana dIrana dhImta dIranA nAdrudhIm dhImtata na dhirana
A: tAm dhIm taka dhInutaNa takiTa jham takajham jham
tAm dhIm taka dhInutaNa takiTa jham takajham tatarum tatajhaNu
tajhaNuta Takatari dhitlAm tAm kiTatOm tlAm kiTatOm tAm kiTatOm tadhingiNatOm
C: nIrajAsanAdhi vinuta nIdu pada pankajamulanu neranammiyunna
nIvu krSNarAja bhUpAluni nitsala brOvavamma cAmuNDika
(sholkaTTu)
tAm takiTa taka tajham dha ga ma ni dha , ma ga ri tajham tari takiTa takadhimi
ri nI dha ma dhaNada rI* rI* ga* ri* dhadaNa ga* ri* ni dha jhaNuta ri* sa* ni dha tadhingiNatOm

shreedhruti · Post by **shreedhruti** » 16 Jul 2009, 14:59

thank u sir, but I was referring to the kaanada one, that begins with dhim thananana dhirana dhim tha dhim dhirana dhirana dhir dhir.... the charanam goes something like shreekara sugunaakara....

Nia Rmohan · Post by **Nia Rmohan** » 16 Jul 2009, 18:12

I find it a little odd that there is no mention of the thillana in Amrithavarshini. It's sahitya is on Kanchi Kamakshi.
I have heard the recording with Madurai t. Sethuraman. But I thought it was an old classic...

It goes like:

Thirana Theerana Theem Thirana Nadru Thillana
Thana Thira NaThathira Nathirana

If anyone knows which thillana i am referring to please say.

Thanks!!

mazhai · Post by **mazhai** » 16 Jul 2009, 18:15

Lalgudi Jayaraman's Desh and Maand tillana are just fantastic...another all time favourite is Maharajapuram Srinivasan's Basant Bahar tillana....wonderful piece...especially like the tune of the words kadaikkan paarvaiyal kadayan ennaiye...in the charanam...beautiful!

Aditto · Post by **Aditto** » 16 Jul 2009, 18:19

Dhanasri Thillana by MS !

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 17 Jul 2009, 04:24

tOm tattAra tAni. rAgA: kAnaDa. rUpaka tALA. Composer: Poochi Iyengar

P: tOm tattAra tAnita dhIranA tara tAni
A: tOm tattAra tAttara tAni dhitlAm tlAm tam tlAm tAm takadingiNatOm
C: shrIkara karuNAkara vara shrIdhara munijana vandita
shrIkari varada durita hara shrI raghuvara mAm pAlaya
(sholkaTTu)
tAm tadhimi dhimi tataNata jhamta jham jham takadhimi takaNaka jhaNu
ga* ma* ri*sa* ni pa tataNata ma ga ma tadingiNatOm

Nia Rmohan · Post by **Nia Rmohan** » 17 Jul 2009, 17:47

Nia Rmohan wrote:I find it a little odd that there is no mention of the thillana in Amrithavarshini. It's sahitya is on Kanchi Kamakshi.
I have heard the recording with Madurai t. Sethuraman. But I thought it was an old classic...

It goes like:

Thirana Theerana Theem Thirana Nadru Thillana
Thana Thira NaThathira Nathirana

If anyone knows which thillana i am referring to please say.

Thanks!!

Errr....Anyone?

It can be found in Nirityopasana 1....?

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 18 Jul 2009, 02:12

Are you referring to the Amrithavarshini Thillana by BMK? I have not heard the thillana itself but heard about it.

Nia Rmohan · Post by **Nia Rmohan** » 20 Jul 2009, 05:46

I wasn't sure whether it is by BMK.
There are two amrithavarshini thillanas but i have no clue which is his and which is not.
Maybe they are both his. Or one might be muralidharan...

If i knew how to post them on this site perhaps someone can tell me...

tambura216 · Post by **tambura216** » 29 Nov 2009, 11:28

Could you please send me the lyrics of Maharajapuram santhanam's Basant bahar thillana.. my mail address is [email protected]

balusatya · Post by **balusatya** » 29 Nov 2009, 13:57

Aditto wrote:Dhanasri Thillana by MS !

yes ! Particularly the way she sings" Thapa sankata harane? maa...."

balusatya · Post by **balusatya** » 29 Nov 2009, 14:02

srinivasrgvn wrote:I have to mention this one:
BMK's thillana that employs grahabEdham. It starts with kalyAni and moves on. It is called 'rAgatAya' thillana, I think.
What is the meaning of 'rAgatAya', can anybody tell?

I like his Kuntalavarali thillana sung by himself with lot of facial expressions.

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 29 Nov 2009, 18:47

tom dhru dhru (tillAnA). rAgA: basantbahAr. Adi tALA. Composer: Maharajapuram Santhanam.

P: tom dhru dhru tAni tadara tAni tana dhiranA dhru dhru
tOm dhru dhru tAni tadara tAni tana dhiranA dhiranA dhru dhru
tOm dhru dhru tAni tadara tAni tana dhiranA dhiranA dhiranA dhiranA dhru dhru
A: jhaNuta dhIm ta jhaNuta dhIm ta jhaNuta dhIm taka tana dhiranA
jhaNuta dhIm taka jhaNuta dhIm taka jhaNuta dhIm taka tana dhiranA
jhaNuta dhIm takiTa jhaNuta dhIm jhaNu jhaNuta dhIm jhaNu tana dhiranA
udara tAni tadara tAni takundari tajjhaNutaka dhIm taka jhaNutaka dhIm taka jhaNutaka dhIm
C: kaliyugam tannil kaN kaNDa daivam kali tIrkkum kAnci mAmuniyE
salikkum manadai oru nilaikkuL niruttavum un sannadhiyai nAn nADi vandEn
kaDaikkaN pArvaiyAl kaDaiyan ennaiyE kAttaruL sheyyum karuNai daivamE
aDaikkalam enru unran tiruvaDi tanil maharAjan pADi nidam paNindiDuvEn (twice)
tAm takiTajham ma dha pa gA takiTajham ta tam sa mA ni dhA tatam
takuTa dhimita dhimita taLAngu taritiku tillAnA tillAnA taka dhimita takiTa tOm
tatam taka dhimita takiTa tOm taka takiTa tom dhru dhru dhru dhru dhru dhru dhIm
tom dhru dhru dhru dhru dhru dhru dhIm tom dhru dhru dhru dhru dhru dhru dhIm