Hilarity in kutcheris

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 20 May 2009, 11:11

yes, it is more sparkling with the changes gobilalitha

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 20 May 2009, 16:06

A related one (though non-musical) was:

The chatter-box during a train ride was repeatedly telling the co-passenger as to how beatiful the lushy country-side was (it must be somewhere in Kerala I bet!) and that he would give a million rupees to stay and watch it for five minutes. Finally the tired co-passenger got up and pulled the chain and told him:" I have saved you lot of money! You need pay only Rs 500/- now!"

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 20 May 2009, 21:17

A good one!
Now, let's think up one which IS musical:

The wedding concert is delayed. Midway during this farce (horror?) which is called kalyAna cacERi, the jamakkAlam man approaches the inger and says, 'Sorry, the hour has come when I have to take away the jamakkALam. If they say your time is not up, you may stand and sing which gives you access to the guests who socialized at the top of their voices all this while. How you tackle them is up to you'

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 20 May 2009, 22:50

This one is musical but not a joke. It is real! More than thirty years ago as I was the President of the local CM organization I had organized the concert of BMK. He had arrived late and was being entertained (in the North American fashion (details which I cannot disclose at this conservative bastion

He was more than two hours late when he arrived at the concert hall but the crowd did not mind the delay (being used to Indian puncuality

He started slow but warmed up quickly and had almost reached the 'enlightened' state. About that time the custodian of the hall approached me and said that our time was up and he had to lock up the hall and leave for the night. I was totally embarrassed and started signalling to BMK which he misunderstood and launched on a breath-taking endarO mahAnu bhAvulu. The audience were just spell-bound which surprisingly included the custodian. He secretly told me not to stop the concert since he had never had such a musical experience. The concert went on for another two hours which the custodian sat through and he begged me to inform him if there were to be any more CM events in the city. He became an instant Rasika and I am not surprised at all being aware of the power of CM to attract and hold receptive and sincere minds...

So dear Arasi, you don't tackle them; CM tackles them!

cienu · Post by **cienu** » 20 May 2009, 23:08

cmlover wrote: I was totally embarrassed and started signalling to BMK which he misunderstood and launched on a breath-taking endarO mahAnu bhAvulu.

That was hilarious indeed

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 20 May 2009, 23:13

Right on! I said there is no joke; but not 'no hilarity'

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 21 May 2009, 07:39

Custodian was in custody in his ecstasy for carnAtaka gAnam
Which the singer in his own ecstasy sensed and toasted him--
endarO mahA anubhavincEvAru, andariki nA gAna sudhA rasa pAnamu...

ignoramus · Post by **ignoramus** » 21 May 2009, 11:40

Hi

Try this interesting blog article http://krishashok.wordpress.com/2009/05 ... e-gm-test/

vganesh · Post by **vganesh** » 21 May 2009, 14:46

Nice article Mr.Ignoramus. Thanks. Internet has expanded the reach of people.

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 21 May 2009, 20:37

Fantastic! Is he a Forumite? If not somebody invite him here; he will rejuvinate the deadened and fossilized CM hypocritical-neural nets with Silken synchro-neuro-CM-transmitters

ignoramus · Post by **ignoramus** » 21 May 2009, 22:03

i am not sure where krishashok is a forumite here, i think not. but his blog has weekly updates and they are amazing. let me see if i can find another of his CM based posts

ignoramus · Post by **ignoramus** » 21 May 2009, 22:06

http://krishashok.wordpress.com/2007/12 ... -purposes/
http://krishashok.wordpress.com/2008/01 ... generator/

hope you all find these two interesting. the non CM related ones are equally interesting

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 22 May 2009, 09:14

He is hilarious. But then some of his satires may not be digested by our conservative crowd; especially the ones who resent 'small-talk'

I still would love him to participate in our discussions....

srinivasrgvn · Post by **srinivasrgvn** » 22 May 2009, 09:56

Well, CML! I am astonished that some of you here like his blabber. I find it seriously offending. Whatever rubbish he's written is his own opinions and I have no right to stop him expressing himself. But, that picture of Thyagaraja Swami is really demeaning and obscene. A person who does not know the value of such great mahAns do not figure in my list of good writers.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 22 May 2009, 10:00

Ignoramus,
He is really funny. I stumbled upon his writings once. Thanks for bringing them back.

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 22 May 2009, 10:24

That is my point! We do not want the repeat of the Cartoons of Mohammed !
Then the 'fatwa' may fall on poor CML for permitting them citing 'Freedom of Speech'

vganesh · Post by **vganesh** » 22 May 2009, 12:43

But, that picture of Thyagaraja Swami is really demeaning and obscene. A person who does not know the value of such great mahAns do not figure in my list of good writers.

SrinivasrgvnJi, today net is such a medium, you can't stop people writing. The funniest part is end of the day you do not know who is right / or wrong. As for as the site is concerned, the person has done about 15 years of violin (thats what the site is claiming). I do not think anybody who has engraved for so long would demean Sri Thyagaraja Swami.

BTW we are again diagressing from our main topic. I think the help of Mridangam and Erode14 are badly required

sirdinglydang · Post by **sirdinglydang** » 22 May 2009, 23:10

srinivasrgvn wrote:Well, CML! I am astonished that some of you here like his blabber. I find it seriously offending. Whatever rubbish he's written is his own opinions and I have no right to stop him expressing himself. But, that picture of Thyagaraja Swami is really demeaning and obscene. A person who does not know the value of such great mahAns do not figure in my list of good writers.

Blabber aside, why is it demeaning to Tyagaraja if his photo is dressed up like a modern day hip hop artiste? Hop Hop is also another form of music in the world. Actually, I'm not sure I detect any insult to Tyagaraja in his post.

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 22 May 2009, 23:31

The GM test (Goundamani banana) episode was top class, quite imaginative. On the carnatic ones, I was not offended with the Tyagaraja's image ( I did not even realize he is trying to make him look like a hip hop artist ) but the article content was not upto his usual standards, a bit lame and cliche ridden.

BTW, talking of images, our sastrigals are the 'coolest dudes', aren't they? They wear ear studs!!

sirdinglydang · Post by **sirdinglydang** » 23 May 2009, 00:34

vasanthakokilam wrote:BTW, talking of images, our sastrigals are the 'coolest dudes', aren't they? They wear ear studs!!

I would agree if coolness was only defined on the basis of appearance. Wearing earstuds or a baseball cap backwards does not a person cool make. I would think its more a state of mind, no? Mani Iyer is cool because he makes Kalpana swara sound so easy, unlike many artistes today who tend to mug up/rehearse them well in advance. Miles Davis is cool because he brings elegance to simplicity and understatement while his peers were trying hard to make jazz more complex than ever.

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 23 May 2009, 01:00

sirdinglydang, all true and well said. BTW, mine was a tongue-n-cheek at the similarity in imagery of the unorthodox and the orthodox .

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 23 May 2009, 02:08

Do we need disclaimers like' in jest', 'no ulterior motive' etc?
Now, one 'in jest' remark about you: do we need extra disclaimers just as we need rasikA badges (your pet thing)

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 23 May 2009, 02:28

"our sastrigals are the 'coolest dudes', aren't they? They wear ear studs" How many of the rasikAs were coolest dudes when they were children, irrespective of gender their ears were pierced to put ear studs. I still have scars in my both ears.

srinivasrgvn · Post by **srinivasrgvn** » 23 May 2009, 08:34

sirdinglydang · Post by **sirdinglydang** » 23 May 2009, 09:36

srinivasrgvn wrote:Did I ever say it was demeaning because he was dressed like a hip hop artiste? No.
I can give you 10000 pages of justification for why I said Thyagarajar was insulted. But, I do not want the hilarity thread to be closed down because of me. If you do not like what I said, I cannot do anything for it. When you can tolerate this guy's nonsense, I don't think my statements are that intolerable!!

I am afraid you are misreading my intentions. Nowhere do I insinuate what you claim I insinuate. This was not about whether or not I like what you said or find your statements intolerant. My two sentences simply attempted to learn, glean from you why you felt Tyagaraja was insulted, that's all. And since the only modification made to his photo was the hiphopification, I wanted to clarify if that was the problem

mridhangam · Post by **mridhangam** » 23 May 2009, 16:47

cmlover wrote:The joke will be more appropriate for a person named 'kandaswamy' with a varaaLi aalaapana followed by
' vA vA vA kandA vA vA..'

Actually this kriti was sung by Shri TN Seshagopalan for our Guru Puja two years earlier in memory of our Guru Ramanathapuram M N Kandawamy and it also contains a word Palani Malai Uraiyum alluding to Palani M Subramania Pillai whose sishya was Kandaswamy sir.

J.Balaji

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 24 May 2009, 00:36

vA vA vA mridhangam vA vA.vA
hilaritiyai kA vA vA vEnkaTavA (Balaji) ..

vganesh · Post by **vganesh** » 25 May 2009, 12:07

ApPaDi, Ippathan konjAm back to track

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cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 28 May 2009, 20:52

Since there is a lull in this thread, there is a need for 'new blood'. Our current popular raconteur had the following in his blog which I could not resist. Also I solemnly invite srinivasrgvn to participate and enliven this thread and make it more hilarious

" she (Vid|| Vedavalli) told a humorous tale of how she heard Thiruvengadu Jayaraman (May his departed soul rest in peace ) singing a song in Kunthalavarali. She liked the song so much that she learned it from him. But, he did not know the composer of the song. Smt.Vedavalli was also hunting for the composer. The song was circulated among many people but none knew details of the composer. Finally, she went to Sri Calcutta Krishnamurthy and asked him whose song it was. He was in the verge of laughter when she asked him and she understood. She asked, "indha pAttu ungalOrdhA sir?"(Is this song yours?). He cheekily replied, "appadi thAn solrA!"(That is what they say!) She also mentioned about his humility. He was a great vidhwAn, with utmost knowledge and skills but he was unrecognized when he was alive. He never felt that others got all the glory and fame. He heartily wished them and never felt sad for his situation."
(courtesy the blog of our srinivasrgvn
http://www.typicalthinking.blogspot.com/)

srinivasrgvn · Post by **srinivasrgvn** » 28 May 2009, 21:01

Thanks a lot, CML! =)
All the credit should go to Vedavalli mami. She is one of the most humorous persons I've ever seen!
I thank you, cml, for your affection and interest in me. You are really like a second father for me. Thanks a lot! =)

srinivasrgvn · Post by **srinivasrgvn** » 28 May 2009, 21:40

CML,
As you solemnly invited me for the discussion, let me contribute a small piece of hilarity. It may not be that much funny but anyway,

When I joined this forum, I saw the name 'vasanthakokilam' and thought it was N.C.Vasanthakokilam! Blame my bad knowledge of musicians! Later, I got to know that NCV died in 1950!! Silly Me!!

Sorry vasanthakokilam! I am quite a 'gnAnashUnyam'!

CML,
I think it would be a blunder if you let people like me contribute to the hilarity thread! Not many enjoy my jokes. They find them as a good source of 'mokka'[blunt humor] as some call it. Although I enjoy jokes, I am not a good joker!

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 28 May 2009, 22:10

srinivasrgvn
Don't worry! Blunt or sharp, your CM jokes will be appreciated by us. Besides you have a nice style of narration. Welcome and Take your time!

VK
As srini points out your choice of the name vasanthakokilam (or 'spring cuckoo' as arasi affectionately calls you) is indeed hilarious. Narrate that story for us

ragam-talam · Post by **ragam-talam** » 01 Jun 2009, 03:34

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3tuR8vV1wY

Those who understand Malayalam may have a laugh (it's the second part where the parody starts).

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 01 Jun 2009, 03:50

Lovely

theNDiyA yirunnAl A vaNDi nI mEdikkuM ..
(for those who know malayaaLam)

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 01 Jun 2009, 11:17

A gentleman,who is mad of James Hadley Chase novels asked a friend about fixing a vidwan 's kutcheri for his daughter's marriage. the friend suggested a name . he immediately replied'find him I will fix him'
J H Chase fans will relish this joke. gobilalitha

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 01 Jun 2009, 11:26

Another J H Chase fan asked a bhagavathar his rate for a kutcheri, who quoted a very high rate, he replied 'Iam not just another sucker ,tell it to the birds' gobilalitha

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 07 Jun 2009, 14:04

In a kutcheri , for every song a listener was telling his next seat person,'the name of the raaga is in my tongue but does not come out '. Meanwhile, the vidwan started singing a raagaMalika in breakneck speed ,dishing out nearly a score of raagaS, the listener was sratching his head to identify the raagas. The other listener coolly said ,'sir. at this rate you must possesss 20 tongues. the vidwan has just finished the 20th raaga .. GOBILALITHA

bala747 · Post by **bala747** » 07 Jun 2009, 21:23

The funniest incidents in concerts are artistes whose "actions" speak louder than words.
Just take time out to watch a Hyderabad brothers' concert.. Raghavachari draws water from a well, shoots arrows, prepares appalams, makes dosai, and even tosses around pizza dough.. Concert and dance for the price of one ticket. Treat for the eyes, if not for the ears.
Others include the late DK Jayaraman, OS Arun etc.
Nothing against their music (that's another story), but it is hilarious watching them with the sound off (Yes I have that kind of free time).
Funny incident in a Santhanam concert when some fellow requested "Ranganathude" towards the end of the concert. Santhanam embarked on it and quipped, "Kutcheri marubadiyum aarambham".

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 07 Jun 2009, 23:12

Then there were the classic contortions of the oldtime artistes, some of whom you could enjoy only if you shut your eyes as otherwise you will be totally distracted

(I am not naming names since some passionate oldtimers will feel offended!)
They sang like an angel but strutted the stage like a 'buffoon'

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 08 Jun 2009, 00:08

GBL, that quip ''sir. at this rate you must possesss 20 tongues' is quite funny. A friend of mine who is really not into CM said something like that: "towards the end of that long piece, I thought it reminded me of another song but could not quite get it out'!!

>Treat for the eyes, if not for the ears.

Ooch..

kaNNukkuNavillAdapodu siridu kAdukkum IyappaDum

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 08 Jun 2009, 08:12

kAdukku muzhudum vENDum,
kaNNukkillAviDinum!

We want to hear it all,
But to see--may be not...

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 09 Jun 2009, 11:55

I wonder whether this post of mine belongs here; but could not find an appropriate thread-worth pondering over.
In kalki magazine, there is a column 'ask crazy(Mohan)-crazyaikkELungaL'.
Some one has asked him 'if shruti is mAtA,and layam is pitA, what is bhAvam?
Crazy Mohan has replied 'bhAvam is wife. but if one forgets mother(shruti) and father(layam) after the wife(bhAvam) arrives, it is ahambhAvam!
I think he has said it all.

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 09 Jun 2009, 12:52

AYYO PAAVAM are the parents .GOBILALITHA

mazhai · Post by **mazhai** » 14 Jun 2009, 14:49

We had a concert at the Pune Sangeetha Sabha sometime back by a realtively upcoming artist. She sang Mohana ragam for about 15mins as she had taken it as her main piece. There was this mama (middle aged person) who walked out hurriedly with his cell phone the moment she started with the alapana. The moment the violinist was through with the alapanai, she strated singing Kapali...in mohanam. As soon as she uttered the word Kapali, the same mama walked back in in the same hurried fashion and took his seat. A person from the adjacent row said in a really carrying whisper, "inda mama peru kapali pola irukku, kapali nu padina odane ododi varaare"...!!

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 14 Jun 2009, 16:34

mazhai,
You have already written about this earlier-see post no. 545.

pramodh · Post by **pramodh** » 14 Jun 2009, 17:30

"once in a malladi bros season concert at kalarasna... one mAmA sitting next to me asked me "who is the mrudangam artiste?? he looks like george bush"

Trichy sankaran sir was playing mrudangam that day"

One of my friends had mentioned that Trichy Sankaran looks like Pravur Barathan, the malayalam cine artiste. But after reading the above, I think he is more Bush like!!

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 15 Jun 2009, 07:16

Thinking of the funny expressions and actions like pounding their thighs, tying their hefty kudumis inhaling pinches of snuff by musicians, one is reminded of the caricatures by Mali the artist par excellence in the ANANDA VIKATAN of yesteryears.Nowadays AV looks like a school notebook, Can anybody post the caricatureS BY MALI GOBILALITHA

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 15 Jun 2009, 08:00

GBL,
We had an old thread where they were posted. Even recently, in the Kalki thread, (about the music reviews he wrote under the name of KarnATakam) which Rajumds posted, there were some caricatures.

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 15 Jun 2009, 09:01

I always thought UKS and Late Peter Boyle ( the Dad in Everybody Loves Raymond tv show ) had a strong resemblance. Do any of you feel the same way?

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 15 Jun 2009, 09:28

VK, yes! I ALWAYS thought UKS was a dead ringer for Peter Boyle!