Hilarity in kutcheris

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 03 Mar 2010, 23:37

purai ERum

kaN kalangum ;(
mugam Sivakkum :$
madam piDikkum :@

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 04 Mar 2010, 02:23

All these are signs of 'aatthiram'
Of course nothing to do with 'aanthiram'

(not referring to what is happening at Telingana

Ramasubramanian M.K · Post by **Ramasubramanian M.K** » 04 Mar 2010, 03:29

CMLover:Good one!!Looks like we operate on the same wavelength although I am not that good at embellishing it as you and Arasi seem to be capable of doing!!

semmu86 · Post by **semmu86** » 04 Mar 2010, 12:55

2008 season @ music academy , after a lec-dem , Sri.TRS stood up to offer his comments . As he started talking , the mike was switched off and he was not audible . Everyone started shouting " mike mike mike ... "

Sri.TRS then switched on the mike and said " idhu nanmaikkA ?? illa thEEmaikkA ? "

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 04 Mar 2010, 23:12

semmu86 wrote:Sri.TRS then switched on the mike and said " idhu nanmaikkA ?? illa thEEmaikkA ? "

naan maikka - why theemai

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 07 Mar 2010, 23:48

Heard a nice pUrvikalyANi by Sikkil Gurucharan today... Just tried other facets(?!) of the rAgA...

1. If sung in a neat manner it is pure-vikalyani..

2. If vocalist sings great pidis it is (uLLE)-pUr-vikalyani..

3. If alap is sober, pUrvikal-yawny...

4. If it is worst, poor-vikal-aaNi.. ;(
5. If sung with most number of apa&anya swarams, pUrvikalyANiyAnee... :^)

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 08 Mar 2010, 07:40

6. If you sing riding a fine horse it is 'puravi kalyani'
7. If you are not careful it can be 'pure kalyani'
8. If you ar in sacred Orissa it can be 'pUri kalyani'
9. If you are careless it can become 'puriyAtha kalyani'
10. you can certainly relish poori and kalyani

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 08 Mar 2010, 08:51

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 08 Mar 2010, 09:23

appA, pUriyuDan masAlAvum vENDum,
tappAdu sevikkum pUr(v)i kalyANi vENDum...

ksrimech · Post by **ksrimech** » 09 Mar 2010, 00:54

arasi, why only masala? why not kaDalamAvu chuTney?

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 09 Mar 2010, 06:13

But don't investigate the pUrvika (of) kalyani

She was born in middle east (not native to Arya varta (being a turShka raaga)!

semmu86 · Post by **semmu86** » 09 Mar 2010, 06:16

all awesome stuff . keep them coming . This thread is such a great stress buster after a tough day's work .

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 09 Mar 2010, 06:20

ammavasakku yaaraavathu puriyudan vengaya masala sappadalaama!

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 09 Mar 2010, 09:47

Krishna,
For someone so young, you are timeless! kaDalai mAvu chutni is classic stuff and suits your style--though CML might remind us that both pUri and chana flour chutni came to the south from the north.
VKR,
Krishna's choice might just be right on amAvAsya for some, but going along with modern times when we eat out, particularly after listening toan evening concert in the season, anything goes, even for those who observe dietary rules

Funny, how we cannot stop talking about food when we discuss music and when we joke around too.
Long live laughter and music--and yes, food glorious food

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 09 Mar 2010, 09:55

Bhagavathar was telling a friend 'naan manamirangaillaiya enra pattai padum pothu audience ellorum azha aarambithu vittargal'.. The friend replied' praobably the audience was feeling inda pattai ippadi kolai pannugirare'
For those who don't know tamil,the translation is like this, though it may lose its charm.
Bhagavathar was telling his friend when I sang the song entreating oh ! God have you no mercy on me, the audience was in tears. The friend replied 'probably they were feeling how cruelly this song is murdered by the bhagavathar gobilalitha

Suji Ram · Post by **Suji Ram** » 09 Mar 2010, 13:07

cmlover wrote:6. If you sing riding a fine horse it is 'puravi kalyani'
7. If you are not careful it can be 'pure kalyani'
8. If you ar in sacred Orissa it can be 'pUri kalyani'
9. If you are careless it can become 'puriyAtha kalyani'
10. you can certainly relish poori and kalyani

If a cat could sing a rAga...it would be purr.. vikalyANi ]

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 09 Mar 2010, 14:21

Belly aching laughter, cm lover and Suji Ram.
In the case of many elders like me, toppai aching gobilalitha

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 09 Mar 2010, 19:37

welcome Suji! was wondering about you!
Trust you are not training those felines to purr during the violin practice.
The meowing may go better with all ragas including purrvikalyani.
cheers...
Yes arasi! Food goes with music
But then music 'goes' when food goes in

(imagine the plight of a vidwaan singing for four hours (your favourite) when the audience are comfortably belching

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 09 Mar 2010, 22:00

And imagine the plight of the vidvAn who is a gourmand and is 'gros' and has trouble with his breathing and cannot muster the sound from his nAbhi!
As for season concert goers, whether the slim or hefty performers sing Ahiri or not, most nights they face a closed canteen or just crumbs to feed on

ksrimech · Post by **ksrimech** » 09 Mar 2010, 23:27

arasi wrote: both pUri and chana flour chutni came to the south from the north.

I'm sure chana flour was from the north. The puri could have also evolved in the south. There are reference of fried food items in sanga tamizh mAlai 4000.

arasi wrote: Krishna's choice might just be right on amAvAsya for some.

My version is good for both amAvAsai and paurNami and in between.

arasi wrote: Long live laughter and music--and yes, food glorious food

munnOr mozhinda vasangal tappAmal kETTu adanai pinnOrdu naDattal vEnDum. "sevikku uNavu illAda pozhudhu saRRu vayiRRukkum IyappaDum."

Food and music reminds me of an ancedote about a mahAvidvAn (from the late 19th - early 20th cent.), used to eat some 2 dozen idlis for breakfast! I'm not sure whether it was pUchi or tiger who did it. We have spoken about this before though.

ksrimech · Post by **ksrimech** » 09 Mar 2010, 23:30

cmlover wrote: She was born in middle east (not native to Arya varta (being a turShka raaga)!

Then, she is the "yaman" for us in female form. ]

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 10 Mar 2010, 02:24

If you are singing kalyani while in shower, it is bathroom kalyani

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 10 Mar 2010, 07:34

cmlover wrote: She was born in middle east (not native to Arya varta (being a turShka raaga)!

ksrimech wrote:Then, she is the "yaman" for us in female form. ]

Brilliant

The yaman is so auspicious that we venerate her as 'yaman kalyani'!

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 10 Mar 2010, 09:54

But then music 'goes' when food goes - especially delicious payasam goes in, music comes out. This is a custom in brahmin sadhyas for wedding and kovil.

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 10 Mar 2010, 20:39

Quite true! It is traditional to perform music (somebody sings too!) when nice hot paayasam is served during saddhi! Is it followed these days?

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 12 Mar 2010, 00:25

I met our Ram at S.M.Vilasini's wedding reception.

Ram: sir, i have a conference call at 9-30, i 'll take leave.

me: practice and play well... dhi,,,tham,kita thakatharikitathaka-nnu vAsichchA, sOLam poRiyarA mAdhiri padapadapadannu sollu vizhaNum... appadi sAdhakam paNNu... adhu dhAn "corn-pharans"!

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 13 Mar 2010, 04:08

roMbha thakita thaththam paNNinA sOLam poriyAthu , kariyuM

By the by hearty greetings to Vilasini!

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 13 Mar 2010, 09:06

if sOLam is not good, dhaththam paNNalAm; if it is good, thaththam vayitRukkE, vaiththuk koLLalAm...

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 13 Mar 2010, 09:14

(few minutes ago...) comedy in net class: dEi, when I teach you, the class becomes so divine...

"eppadi saar?"

when i ask you to sing the lesson with thALam, you lift your hands above your ear level... when I ask you to keep the leg flat, to the level of floor you always lift your knees and when I ask you to keep a pleasant face, you do it otherwise...

so, i am reminded of elephant lifting its trunk (piLLaiyAr), lifted knees - aiyappan and keeping face - AnjanEyar...

semmu86 · Post by **semmu86** » 13 Mar 2010, 09:44

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 18 Mar 2010, 03:34

It seems traffic to rasikas.org has been affected due to recent changes: will every sing gOvindA gOvindA in unison to have His mercy to rejump start this august forum.

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 18 Mar 2010, 04:35

..better sing
Come vinda

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 18 Mar 2010, 05:01

Let me start with it:
http://www.acidplanet.com/components/em ... 098&T=8668

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 18 Mar 2010, 16:36

CML,
Got your drift

gOvindA AgAdu ( without being gone--a popular expression), come GOvindA!--it is, till the cows come home

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 18 Mar 2010, 19:27

Read a good hilarity recently....
Vid|| S Rajam was once asked as to who he thought were the best violinists.
He said there were two... one chevuDiah (euphemism for Chowdiah who of course was not deaf) and the second kuruDiah (Dwaram who was blind)

semmu86 · Post by **semmu86** » 23 Mar 2010, 06:21

UKS sir told us this. During his younger days at kumbakonam , a big shot of that area , apparently came to his house to see his father , Dr.Kasi Visvanatha Iyer.. Dr KVI then asked UKS sir to come and play in front of that big shot. After playing for about 10 mins during which the big shot nodded his head vigorously , Dr.KVI asked him " paiyyan eppdi vAsikkaran ?"

To which that fellow replied " idhellam namakku enganga puriyidhu ??

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 23 Mar 2010, 06:56

Semmu,
What the big shot said might have come out of my (small fry that I am) mouth too, as intrigued as I am by the intricacies of what all the mrudangam can 'sing'. Yet, unlike him, I can enjoy listening to all that's beyond me sometimes

kETTAl purivadillai
kETTuk kETTirundum
kaNakkenakkeTTavillai
AnAlum--pATTuDan sogusAi
mrudanga tALam olikkaiyil--
taTTedAnAl enna?
en Sevikkadu teviTTAdE.

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 23 Mar 2010, 07:31

what was this all about "After playing for about 10 mins during which the big shot nodded his head vigorously" - does this mean this big shot was loosening his neck with all the nods so he could sleep well?

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 24 Mar 2010, 04:34

Once in a temple festival a well-known Tavil vidwaan from TN was playing very vigorously and animatedly. A VIP from Kerala who attended said : " koRacchu payya vaasikkaan paRayaNam". The vidwaan felt somewhat ashamed and handed over the Tavil to the little boy attending him assuming that he was insulted comparing him to a little boy. What the VIP meant was : ask him to play a little bit slow (payya)

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 24 Mar 2010, 05:02

Temple nadaswaram group gets temple prasadams after pUja. As it was getting late, the group started playing :

Nadaswaram - Choru yeppa kittum, choru yeppa kittum
Oottu - aavo aavo aavo aavo
Kinnaram - kittiya kittum kittiya kittum
Thavil - Pedikkanda yippa kittum; pedikkanda yippa kittum

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 24 Mar 2010, 06:24

Super

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 01 Apr 2010, 12:16

we were watching Nedhanuri sir's nadha thanumanisam in SVBC. Vocal support was provided by Malladi Bros.

friend: ivA thAn Hyedrabad brothers-a?

me: malladi brothers...

friend: hyedrabad brothers illiyA...?

me: MALLAADI BROTHERS.... :@

friend: hyedrabad brothersum malladi brothersum oNNu kedaiyAdhA?

me: dEi, brothersnu sonnAlE, reNdu or adhukku mEla irundhaathAn mudiyam...

summA sonaththayE solleeNdu...

friend: |(

semmu86 · Post by **semmu86** » 01 Apr 2010, 12:19

great this thread is revived after a period of lull .. But i guess only one of the malladi bros provided vocal support that day if am not wrong . Probably thats the reason why this question propped up

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 01 Apr 2010, 16:21

In a kutcheri, a person asks his friend sitting next to him 'what is the difference between Vasanta and Lalitha? The friend replies' the girl in blue saree is Vasanta and the girl in Ramar pachai(RAMA only knows what colour it is)Lalitha'

gobilalitha

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 01 Apr 2010, 18:52

..appO MallaDi Brothers hyderabadle irunthu varalliyA

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 01 Apr 2010, 20:06

CML,
They don't come from anywhere else. They are chennai residents now. So, they are Chennai Bros :tmi:

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 02 Apr 2010, 03:09

arasi
I know! I was just continuing erode's hilarity responses ...

For that matter now-a days all CM performers are eternally Chennai residents!
(I guess even the hyderabad brothers..)
yAdum chennayE yAvarum kELir

Q: Where does Erode Nagaraj live ?
Where does Mannarkoil Balaji live ?

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 02 Apr 2010, 03:47

Several people keep their village or town as the first Initial in their name but may not be living there. I know of several people who keep T as their first initial which stands for Trichur. How about our rasikas?

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 02 Apr 2010, 15:33

arasi wrote:CML,
They don't come from anywhere else. They are chennai residents now. So, they are Chennai Bros :tmi:

ha ha... Like all birds in vedanthangal come from egg, all brothers and sisters come from parents... Btw, do pair ends when they become parents, great question, members pay rents..

dear cml,

to call a spade a 'spade', en lives in the 'hearts' of rasikas like a 'clever' 'diamond'...

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 02 Apr 2010, 18:15

Comedy with a relative from Madurai...

when did your parents come?

"avALLAm munnAdiyE vandhuttA"

I did not hear properly. "what?"

In a kidding accent, "avuha earlyiA vandhuttAha..."

Good, You are just the opposite.. IvLO late-aa vaRE...

????

Av-high-early
Iv- low - late..