Hilarity in kutcheris

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 02 Apr 2010, 20:16

Nagarajan,
Your humor sparkles (diamond). If only rasikAs--even the tamizh speaking ones

whole-'heart'edly put their dia'mi(o)nd's to learning more tamizh, they will appreciate your humor even more--you, the one with cle(o)ver words of spee(a)d(e) too

.

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 02 Apr 2010, 23:02

Ramayana for the face book generation ( someone forwarded this to me, quite hilarious )

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 02 Apr 2010, 23:06

munnavan manai thEDi madurai vandaan
thennavan manai Inthu than paal koNDAn - ERoTTu
mannavan mAnagarin perumai kaNDAn
(Ic)chinnavan athu kETTu uvakai koNDAn

முன்னவன் மனை தேடி மதுரை வந்தான்
தென்னவன் மனை ஈந்து தன் பால் கொண்டான் - ஈறோட்டு
மன்னவன் மாநகரின் பெருமை கண்டான்
(இச்)சின்னவன் அது கேட்டு உவகை கொண்டான்

Lord Siva (munnavan) went to Madurai to seek a bride (manai).
King PaaNDiyan (thennavan) gave his daughter to him and kept him there (permanently)
(Our) Erode king visited that glorious city
Hearing that this cmlover (chinnavan) became very happy.

The reason for the happiness is because our Erode is ever blessed by Lord Somasundara and mother Meenakshi!

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 02 Apr 2010, 23:08

ROFL, VK!

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 02 Apr 2010, 23:25

mA kOkila pratiShThAM tvaM agamashshAshvatIssamAH |
yat vAlmIki kOkilAt prANAn curati kAma mOhitaM ||

Oh Kokila! You will not survive long with unblemiished reputation,
since you have stolen the life of the Valmiki's Kokila (Ramayana) out of your enthusiasm!

Of course this shloka is nindAstuti (vancha pugazhchi)

Well done VK!

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 02 Apr 2010, 23:36

btw, I am only the messenger.. someone sent me this..

CML, great ninAstuti sloka and I transmit out the pugazhchi to the unknown author

semmu86 · Post by **semmu86** » 03 Apr 2010, 05:58

ROTFL

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 03 Apr 2010, 06:17

Iti "Facebook Ramayanam" sampoorNam

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 04 Apr 2010, 11:17

Bhagavathar to tambura assistant ' Don't yawn and strum the tambura, shruti is going haywire'.
Anna from the beginning of the kutcheri, there was no sruthi,I was afraid to tell you ,whispers the sishya and murmurs' You get 5000 rupees for the kutcheri, but think 50 times to give me50 rupeesI
InTamil to get the real joke effect, ' DEY, kottavi vittunde sruthi podathe ,sruthiengeyo poyindirukku. sishyan'Anna modallendhe srutiye seralai , ungakitte eppadi solradhunu bayamayirukkyu
sishyan mumunukkiran. kutcherikku 5000 roopai vagindu enakku ambathu roopai kudukka manasu varamattengirthu.. gobilalitha

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 04 Apr 2010, 17:20

Music Academy - Annual Examinanation for students of The Thanjavur Vaidhyanath Iyer School for Percussion today.

One guy played rUpaka chApu thALam and began some thisra kOrvai in veechu instead of samam.

UKS Sir: Do you know why he played like that?

All of us looked eagerly at him...

Sir: idhu jananAyaka nAdu illiyA... ellArum samam, adhanAla veechchA irundhAlum beat-aa irundhAlum oNNudhAnnu vAsichuttAn...

sariyA vAsi...

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 04 Apr 2010, 19:31

avan vAsicchatu UK'S jana nAyakam... ellaarum samam.
aanaal ippO Bharatle veechu (arivaaL) jana nAyakam thaan naDakkaRathu

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 04 Apr 2010, 19:42

one more today, in skype session with a singer...

you sing gapa, padha, dha,ni,

she sang, but gave two more pauses in nI...

nI-la avLO nikkappdAdhu.. nI is only two in that kOrvai... unakku nI-la nikkaNumnA, thappu thappA pAdu.. dhaNdanaiyA mutti pOdalAm... appo nee, nI-la nikkalAm...

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 04 Apr 2010, 20:10

Sa ri
da paa da paa (thappA thappA) pADinA nI (knee)le nikkalaam

appaRam sa ri yaa pADinA
pa da nI SappaDalaaM

semmu86 · Post by **semmu86** » 04 Apr 2010, 20:35

erode14 wrote: appo nee, nI-la nikkalAm...

this is the punch

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 04 Apr 2010, 21:07

sappiTaal yEppam varum, appaRam tUkkam varum

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 14 Apr 2010, 19:38

In a perfortmance , a bhagavathar delighted the audience by singing an elaborate sankarabaranam raaga, the kriti 'ethuta nillachite' with , the apt neravalsand swaraprastaram for nearly an hour. the crowd was mesmerised and clapped merrily. Suddenly a gentleman from the crowd stood up and asked him to sing sankarabaranam. The bhagavathar was perplexed and said ANNA ithanai neram nan athaithane padinen(i sang that only so long.) . the gentleman replied' no i want you to sing the film song 'sankarabaranamu by SPB.. Gobilalitha.,

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 25 Apr 2010, 21:52

jAvaLi
---------

Traditional: mOdi jE sE vELarA...

Latest: mOdi, they say veLila rA...

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 25 Apr 2010, 23:13

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 25 Apr 2010, 23:29

samayamidE

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 07 May 2010, 00:44

student: my friend plays violin today in a concert...

me: for whom..

no, thaniyA avanum avan aNNAvum vAsikkaRA...

thaniyAvA or sErndhA?

oh.. ok sir... sErndhu thAn...

illa, thaniyA dhAn vAsikkap pORA...

eppidi sir?

reNdu violin irukkulliyA... more over, to play in the same violin will be difficult.. one has to do bowing while the other plays the swaras...

but, you see, thaniyA vAsikkap pOREnnu solRadhu nalladhu... pAvam thaniyA bayandhukka pORAnnu, koottam varum...

????

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 07 May 2010, 01:08

Good one!

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 29 May 2010, 00:50

I played for Delhi Muthukumar, vaikAsi viSakam - anusham concert at murugasramam.

My friend who had been to the concert, called me that night and asked about the viruththam "sEndhanai, kandhanai... senkOttu veRpanai....". He asked what it is.

"adhu oNNumilla... asthramnA, romba prasidhdhiyA solRadhu brahmAsthram... idhu eppadinnA, murugA-sramamnu sonnadhum, avan vERa vEl vERannu illAma, subrahmaNyA'sthiramA' mARi, kashtaththa azhikkaradhAla, senkOttu - "weapon"ainnu pAdeerukkAr...

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 29 May 2010, 01:13

Never knew there was a weapon wielded by the Lord to attack the 'Red Fort'. Maybe BJP will be interested

Make sure Pakistan doesn't get to know of it

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 29 May 2010, 01:17

http://www.facebook.com/ErodeNagaraj

kssr · Post by **kssr** » 11 Jun 2010, 23:30

Recently Sri Anoor Ananthakrishna Sharma (Shivu) played for Sri.RK Srikantan. At the end of the concert, Shivu called the tambura artist and told him " Eevaththu channaga nudisidiri"- you played very well today, "especially , Kalyani raga" !!

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 18 Jun 2010, 08:34

Sent an sms to my friend, a mrudangam artiste who always wears â€œkutty sattaiâ€(latest fashion).

Me: who is Gonzalo Higuain?

â€œdonâ€™t knowâ€

Who is social welfare minister of our state?

â€œMmmhmmmâ€¦â€

You know why you are away from current affairs? unakku orE short circuitaa irukkuâ€¦
adhAvadhu, unakku short-shirt-cute-aah irukkuâ€¦!!

semmu86 · Post by **semmu86** » 18 Jun 2010, 09:38

erode14 wrote: adhAvadhu, unakku short-shirt-cute-aah irukkuâ€¦!!

cienu · Post by **cienu** » 18 Jun 2010, 09:47

erode14 wrote:adhAvadhu, unakku short-shirt-cute-aah irukkuâ€¦!!

These are typical Erode specials

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 18 Jun 2010, 10:31

'Iiiiiiiiiiii' enRu iLikka vaikkum vazhi (roDu) indap pERvazhikku aka nam nagai (NAgai) mannanukku vegu eLidu (sarva laghu)!

..

ragam-talam · Post by **ragam-talam** » 18 Jun 2010, 16:15

short-shirt-cute-aah irukku

Very very punny!

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 18 Jun 2010, 20:52

ragam-talam wrote:Very very punny!

Miss Piggy?

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 18 Jun 2010, 21:02

puNNarshukku paNivaana vaNakkam!

mElum avan nalla kuDumbatthu payyan enkiRathu avanuDaiya Jeans(genes)le theriyaRathu

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 19 Jun 2010, 00:01

pun-arasin sorkaLLai punny-yenRu sollalAgumO?

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 19 Jun 2010, 18:24

This is language based and somewhat macabre

A group of Kerala students visiting chennai stayed at a VIP's house.
The enthusiastic VIP showed them a room and said:
" onga Ur vidvaan intha roomle thaan thUnginaaar.."
The leader of the party translated it to his boys as:
" kETTO! nammuDE naaTTU vidvaan E muRiyilANe thUngi maricchu" ennA paRayunnathu...
The VIP suspected a rat and asked hhim in english what he said..
The fellow repeated " I said that this is the room our vidvaan hanged himself" ..
VIP ... speechless

Let us have some more humours arising form such language quirks....

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 20 Jun 2010, 11:35

Once during a performance by Unnikrishnan, a rasika stood up and requested UK to sing '[kurai onrum illai'.UK kept quite for some seconds.The rasika added 'athai ellarum padrale'(Everybdy sings it"). UK replied 'adhanal than nan paratillai'(That's why I don't sing.) gobilalitha

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 20 Jun 2010, 18:49

Actually UK should have said
Thank you for the laudatory comment !

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 26 Jul 2010, 13:15

Varieties in playing for artistes:

if played classically - accompaniment.

sporting cool - accom"pani"ment

unabtrusive - a'calm'paniment

if shows i am here - accompany-meant

corporate shows - a'company'meant

vigour and spicy playing - accompani-mint

apaswaram and out of rhythm -
accom-punishment.

concerts without mrudangam -
(v)accum-paniment

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 26 Jul 2010, 13:24

coversation after a concert...

"Sir, can you drop my son..?"

"No... I dont want him to be dropped!"

"Sirrrr.... innikku aayiduththaa!

"

"cha cha... adhukuLLa mudinjudumaa, when knowledge is imparted through a workshop it is called a clinic. A clinic has drops too. Drop is short form of Doctor and OP! Clinic ponaa OP cheettu koNdu pOgaNum.. Classuku vandhA, oppichittu vAsikkaNum! don't worry, I'll drop him, btw, this is not eavesdropping but Adams dropping

"

[Adam - AthmA]

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 26 Jul 2010, 13:30

Once, Shri T.K.Murthy mama was in a hurry to reach academy. He was residing in Mylapore then. B.Sivaraman looked for an auto and the the driver asked Rs.30 for a distance worth Rs.15. Murthy mama was not happy, "ennadaa idhu, double-aa kEkkarAn".

When the auto reached the signal near Nilgiri's, a traffic policeman stopped the auto for the driver was not wearing uniform and charged Rs.120!! Mama said in a louder vioce: into(x) four!!

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 26 Jul 2010, 19:28

Accompaniment -um ac'calm'paniment'-um AnavarE! Mentor--um tAn, to your students.
Welcome back!

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 26 Jul 2010, 20:03

Welcome summer showers!

Ramasubramanian M.K · Post by **Ramasubramanian M.K** » 27 Jul 2010, 09:25

Another Murthy Mama joke personally narrated by him.

Once he wanted to go from the Mylapore Bus Stop(Opposite to the Tank) to Indiranagar.(No performance involved)It was slightly drizzling--he hailed an Auto--the driver demanded Rs.60(usual fare I believe was Rs.30 @that time).TKM asked WHY? The driver replied it was raining(just drizzling)- TKM asked him what would be the normal fare and he said Rs. 30. TKM got into the Auto,sat and told the Driver to wait till the rain stops as he was in no hurry. Even the Auto driver laughed @ TKM's resourcefulness.

TKM jokes and imitations of Vidwans from Naina Pillai to the present day musicians,would fill volumes.

Anybody visiting Chennai should visit him(Madipakkam) and hear his reminiscences. He is as sharp @ 87 as he was when younger!! Chittu as he was affectionately called by all the musicians of his times--MS Mami would not stop laughing once TKM starts .
narrating his jokes. He was the classic court jester amongst musicians and had the "license" to make fun of anybody no matter how much Senior they were.

One of my wishes when I visit Chennai--hopefully in Nov/Dec--would be to visit him and hear/refresh stories(disclosure: my brother learnt under him and played a couple of double Mridangam concerts with him.)

Once in December in the MA outside the concert hall TKM was wandering around leisurely. I saw him and after the usual pranams,congratulated him on getting a Doctorate from some instiitution(I do not remember which one) . He said in Tamil--a rough translation would be:
What can I do!! They were passing the doctorates around like Sundal-I did not want to be left behind so I stuck my neck and hands out and helped myself to a Doctorate..

cacm · Post by **cacm** » 27 Jul 2010, 09:41

M.K.R.,
As you know his imitation of other artists is also legendary! The one person he said he would not subject to his "mimicry" was MMI. He said he had such enormous respect for MMI as a person he just could not bring himself to do it......VKV

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 31 Jul 2010, 13:45

"pAvam, yAro nallavA dhAn, AnA oLarrA pOla irukku!!" said UKS sir, many years ago.

Puzzled, I asked, why sir...!!

"mazha peyyaRadhE, adhAn..."

Remembered this conversation after thursday's class at music academy. Coming to a conclusion that the showers would not stop, I decided to enjoy the bike ride on a rainy night! I saw a bunch of rasikas at the steps of music academy mini hall, waiting for the rain to stop.

"nagaraj... soukhiyamaa... enna ippadi mazhailayE keLambeettEl...

" asked one mama.

"nallAr oruvar uLarEl avar poruttu ellArkkum peyyum mazhai-nnu solleerukkE, yArAnum oru nallavarAvadhu andha gouravaththa receive paNNeeNdA dhAne!"

(hope dear arasi or clm mama will translate btw,

if translated after a day - trans'late'
immediately - transearly
keep thinking about it - 'trans'late
write and erase many times - tran'slate'
busy with celebrations - tran'su'late
best work - tran'salute')

members: :devil: :@

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 31 Jul 2010, 17:32

nallAr oruvar uLarEl avar poruttu ellArkkum peyyum mazhai
(If there is one good man who chatters (uLarEl) then everybody gets the 'abhiShEkam')
Don't ask why it has to be a good man uLaral ! (only Erode can explain as he may have learned the secret from his venerable Guru

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 31 Jul 2010, 17:39

VKV sir
There is a good reason why TKM would not imitate Madhura Mani Iyer.
If he tried folks would have retorted
"pazham nI illai! " (you are not Pazhani

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 31 Jul 2010, 20:41

aravuk karasarE (king of the snakes)!
tamizh is a rich old language. You are a rich young poet. To translate the nuances of both the language and the writer is not easy. Anyway, CML has given the meaning.
The key word is 'uLar' (are there). If there are good people on earth, it would rain (for the purpose of saving a harvest and feeding the people). With such good humans around, the rain can even be commanded. SuddhAnanda Bharati's 'taruNa mA mazhai', timely rain (in his song aruL purivAi karuNaik kaDalE) comes to mind.
uLarEl=if there are; uLaRal=the act of spouting nonsense. A mellinam vallinam difference in the ra, Ra. So, if one is filled with nallavai (goodness), it cancels out one's uLarRal (mindless spouting)

Nagaraj! How I wish I could go on about the multiple meanings in your hilarities! Tough for me, indeed! Still, a timely (taruNa) post from you

mahakavi · Post by **mahakavi** » 01 Aug 2010, 03:03

As mentioned above uLar (à®‰à®³à®°à¯) meaning "exist" is coupled with the suffix "El" to get uLarEl (à®‰à®³à®°à¯‡à®²à¯) to give the meaning "if he is there". But uLaRu (à®‰à®³à®±à¯) "speak nonsense" is the root verb. The noun form is uLaRal (à®‰à®³à®±à®²à¯) meaning "speech or talk without any sense" . While the humor has been going on for ages regarding "uLaREl", (à®‰à®³à®±à¯‡à®²à¯) there is no such Thamizh word ,

SEkkizhAr while describing nandanAr writes, "oppilavar nandanAr ena oruvar uLar AnAr" (there was one peerless person by name nandanAr). It is a great one-liner in the stanza which describes nandanAr (in the trashy slum environs). He could have written "ena oruvar irundArE" but that is what might come to anyone. SekkizhAr was a great poet. He had to choose some extraordinary word in that context,

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 01 Aug 2010, 19:31

MK
With all due respects to your scholarship may I point out that this is a Hilarity Thread where
all sorts of liinguistic violations take place (and are permitted) including serious grammatic
violations! if we stick to strict grammar and literary usages then 'fun' (pun as well!)
goes out the window!

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 01 Aug 2010, 20:44

Dear Mahakavi sir,

I second clm. Six afraid of seven, why? seven ate(eight) nine!! Such funny things are for just fun only. Actually, to enjoy real fun, one should have realised what actually it is...