Identify this thillana?

neelima · Post by **neelima** » 03 Oct 2009, 03:44

Hi all,
Can anyone tell me which thillana this is and the translation?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhBzG514oE0
(poor quality video but beautifully danced).

Also does anyone know of any audio recordings of this thillana suitable for dance available to purchase?

Thanks,
Neelima

ganeshpv · Post by **ganeshpv** » 03 Oct 2009, 04:25

Thilang Adi by Lalgudi.

Nia Rmohan · Post by **Nia Rmohan** » 04 Oct 2009, 03:38

This is not thillang at all. This is Suddha Hindolam, Adhi thalam.

Nia Rmohan · Post by **Nia Rmohan** » 04 Oct 2009, 03:39

And you can purchase a really good recording of it in the album, Nrityopasana - 15.
It is sung by Madurai T. Sethuraman.

Umesh · Post by **Umesh** » 04 Oct 2009, 07:26

Sorry, Nia Rmohan, I have to say that Ganesh is right. This is most certainly the Thilang thillana of LGR... I have learnt the very same. I have not seen it on any commercial recordings (mine was privately recorded), but one may exist.

sathirdance · Post by **sathirdance** » 04 Oct 2009, 19:56

Yes the very famous Thilanq Thillana of LGR. It's released on audio as well.

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 05 Oct 2009, 00:57

It is indeed the tillAnA by Lalgudi in tilang but some of the pallavi and anupallavi words have been changed in the video.

DanceKala · Post by **DanceKala** » 05 Oct 2009, 19:43

It is Thilang Thillana performed by Nirupama Rajendra. If I am not wrong, it is sung by Smt. Saroja Natarajan and choreographed by Late Guru. Narmada.

neelima · Post by **neelima** » 06 Oct 2009, 02:42

Thanks to everyone for your help.
N

Layadhwani83 · Post by **Layadhwani83** » 07 Oct 2009, 00:26

Is Nirupama a Kathak dancer as well?

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 07 Oct 2009, 01:09

neelima wrote:Hi all,
Can anyone tell me which thillana this is and the translation?

Here are the lyrics:

uLLam kOvil koND(u)aruL OLi veLLam pAya yevinnai iruL kaLLam
ODiDa yenai kAtt(u)aruL puLLi kaLabam tulangu kumarA

Oh murugA (kumarA), who shines resplendantly (tulangu) on a spotted (puLLi) peacock (kaLabam) [1], please make (koNDu) my heart (uLLam) your temple (kOvil) and protect (kAttu) and bless (aruL) me (yenai) so that your grace (aruL oLi) can flow (pAya) like a deluge (veLLam) even as all and any (yev) of the consequences of my bad deeds (vinai) ignorance/delusion (iruL) and untruth/lies (kaLLam) disappear (ODiDa) from my mind.

FOOTNOTE
[1] kaLabam specifically refers to the peacock's tail...

neelima · Post by **neelima** » 07 Oct 2009, 04:08

Layadhwani83 wrote:Is Nirupama a Kathak dancer as well?

Yes, her and her husband run the Abhinava Dance Company:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHes4vFagiE

Umesh · Post by **Umesh** » 07 Oct 2009, 04:32

One of the few (only?) dancers I know of who is equally proficient in Bharatanatyam and Kathak, though she focuses on the latter now.

Yes, the choreography of the Thillana is by Guru Narmada.

DanceKala · Post by **DanceKala** » 07 Oct 2009, 06:53

Umesh, thanks for clarifying it...I had a feeling it might be Narmada aunty's choreography.

ganeshpv · Post by **ganeshpv** » 07 Oct 2009, 07:48

ravi... in the lyrics (courtesy Lakshman Sir) I have, it says "irul kallam". I hear that in the video as well.

sathirdance · Post by **sathirdance** » 07 Oct 2009, 10:50

Lalgudi has published his compositions and there it says "irul kallam"

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 07 Oct 2009, 16:31

ganeshpv wrote:ravi... in the lyrics (courtesy Lakshman Sir) I have, it says "irul kallam". I hear that in the video as well.

It was an oversight - thanks..I have edited my previous post...