thanjavooran wrote:Shri Ponbhairavi avl,
I totally agree with your observation and suggestion. IMHO when judges offer their comments in English [of course it is quite comfortable for expression from their point of view ] no harm in a contestant coming in a non traditional dress [ comfortable to him ]
Thanjavooran 4 02 2011
The views of the judges are fundamentalist views. I agree that the participants should be decently attired. I mean I do not want the participant girl to come in two piece swimming dress. But any other decent dress must be OK. We have changed so much what is wrong in pant and shirt or even pyjama and kurti for girls
These judges should watch how Singer Hariharan conducts himself on the Hari Udan Naan show and learn from him. My respect for Shri Hariharan's music was always there, but the way he handles the participants and encourages them shows what a great human being he is as well. Faults are pointed out gently - even when participants are rejected from the show he gives them guidance on what they need to do to progress in their musical journey. He has taken the singers literally under his wings and has brought them along so well.Vijay Adhiraj is a much better MC/compere than vala vala Valaji.
In terms of Carnatic Music Idol it appears to me the judges are competing amongst themselves to see who can ask the tougher question or how inconsiderate one can be. The legend Dr Balamuralikrishna alluded to this in his speech after the finals last year saying that he was happy that he was not a contestant on this show.
..."I too was expecting Sowmya to bail out Vishnu in chaste malayalam. Pity it didn't happen. She would have had a good chance to show her prowess in Malayalam to the mylapore crowd. They could have switched to English at least!...
"It didn't happen"...precisely because the no.1 slot is a foregone conclusion. Getting the best out of Vishnu or any of the others is not Sowmya's or any judges concern, it seems clear!
As a respectful judge she should have translated in Malayalam to make the contestant feel comfortable and to be helpful in furthering their aspirations.
NOT because "..She would have had a good chance to show her prowess in Malayalam to the mylapore crowd".... That would have been trite - and even more of a show-off as judge -- the "prowess" is already seen with the over-the-top questions directed to select contestants, barring THE one !
The purpose of a competitive program in something as serious as CM would be to gently guide the contestants, accentuating their strengths while suggesting improvements in weak areas. Chennai/Pettai/Patnam/Tamil is notorious for its upstart culture. Not surprising to see the pseudo-nouveau-acquired arrogance has penetrated into this show as well.
I have a desire that may sound little strange. Why not for a change the present judges be quizzed by a panel comprising of Prof SRJ, TRS, Chengleput Renganathan and SK Vedavalli with decent approach without usual funs and puns and aired as an annexure to the present episode? The individual score I leave it to the viewers. As per the present standard min of 35% is required for a pass.
I confess to feeling very sorry for Vishnu. I am a non South Indian, non Tamilian living in London who learns and loves Carnatic music.I love the sound of Tamil and have nothing but respect and admiration for the language, but there are times one tends to feel very excluded in situations when all proceedings are carried out in Tamil and rasikas from other parts of India and the world understand nothing. I too was hoping Sowmya would use Malayalam to communicate with Vishnu. So far I have been watching the uploads on youtube with a great deal of interest trying to guess what is going on -hope one day they can think of English subtitles.
Yes, Kartik. Sowmya is fluent in Malayalam. I think she grew up in Thiruvananthapuram.
She is quite often a judge on carnatic talent shows in malayalam. There are tons of videos of "Ragaratnam yuva" on youtube.
Keep in mind this is a 'Tamil' TV station with all Tamil audience. Which means they speak mostly in English except to show off their Tamil occsionally. This is not a universal CM contest. Accomplished CM youths from karnataka or Telengana will not even enroll in this contest. In particular this is a chennai subculture based contest. Even bright CM youth from rest of TN won't partcipate. All the assembled crowd are from Chennai (Mylaporean )as are all the judges. This show is sponsored by Pothys just for advertisement. It does not mean that the winner is the 'best' young performer of CM. Of course there is entertainment value; and that is all..
Just out of curiosity - Does the malayalam / kannada channel judges talk in respective language or in Tamil / Telugu? Is there any instance of the judges translating when the participant is of different language? Come on guys, this is a Tamil TV Channel and one would expect everyone to talk in this language only, Why such a hue and cry?
Non Tamils nor non south Indians makes no difference so far as likes and dislikes, prejudices are concerned in our part of the country .
It is prevalent in every sphere . You will come across every where including our forum.
So kindly do not single out the judges as though we are above such things. A duty has been assigned and they carried out to their best.
Let us leave it at that .It is easier to criticizes than to applaud.
Congratulations to one and all and especially to our Forumites who patiently waited and contributed to the discussions.
Many thanks to vkailasam for enabling everyone to view the telecast promptly...
except to show off their Tamil occsionally. This is not a universal CM contest. Accomplished CM youths from karnataka or Telengana will not even enroll in this contest. In particular this is a chennai subculture based contest. Even bright CM youth from rest of TN won't partcipate. All the assembled crowd are from Chennai (Mylaporean 