Amusing Chaste Hindustani Music on Hyderabad

[kssr]

Check out this clipping. Music for a social cause??!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tak17cAryRI&sns=fb

[smala]

that was fun and very pleasant singing as well.

[vasanthakokilam]

I have seen this before. May be there is a thread on this already. But it is quite entertaining to watch it again. A classical dancer shows up in the background for the last few seconds When there are quite a few english words in the sahitya, they chose MD style madyamakala passages, without karvai prayogas. Quite clever. I usually find it odd and jarring when English words are stretched on vowels when sung to ragas. Here there are no such issues!

kssr, the singing style and accompaniments are Carnatic but we can still call it Hindustani since the music and the problems they talk about are (pan) Indian

[arasi]

Yes, a good production with a fine reduction in the tone of complaints--actually, very good singing and emoting in an artistic presentation!

We old-timers remember and have written about such a sweet complaints number, composed in two lovely songs by Kothamangalam Subbu for Vasan's film Miss Malini in the late forties. A grand rAga mAlikai about the comforts of modern life glorified by the city woman (Pushpavalli). The village damsel (Sundari Bai) is awed by it all in at first, and then when the power goes (not much has changed, has it?!), the telephone is dead, she sings her own song about the woes of city living. balE jOr balE jOr paTTaNa vAsam (this grand city living!) parodied by her with the same line but continuing with--nAn pAthuppuTTEn pAthuppuTTEn paNathukku nASam!

[Ponbhairavi]

kutrAlathil idi idithAl coimbatore vilakku anayum
thenkAsiyil thEL kottinAl thirupathiyil neri kattumAm
is one of the lines I remember from the song cited by Arasi.

[rshankar]

I hope PB will work his magic and come up with a link for this song as well, like he did for the other songs from Miss Malini!

[Pratyaksham Bala]

rshankar:
Will try my best!
In the mean time, six other songs from Miss Malini!
http://www.inbaminge.com/t/m/Miss%20Malini/

[arasi]

Ravi,
It's here! Thanks Bala!

pADUm rEDio is the song--buTTunaith thiruppi viTTAl pADum rEDiO! Listen to it as you are messaging Can't wait to hear it...

Kothamangalam Subbu (mama) swings!
And the docile looking gent in the middle (his debut role) is kAdal mannan gaNESan!.......
........................
No, can't locate the song. Is it labeled incorrectly? ;(

[Pratyaksham Bala]

Click 'select a song', and you will get a drop-down list of six songs.
Select and enjoy!

[Pratyaksham Bala]

HYDERABAD COMPLAINTS - 4 PARTS:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9Ls3CF_ ... sults_main

[kssr]

kssr, the singing style and accompaniments are Carnatic but we can still call it Hindustani since the music and the problems they talk about are (pan) Indian

Surprisingly I never for a moment thought it was CM and all the while as HM!! Hindi sahitya and perfect sruti may be the reasons. Never heard of the main singer Anusuya in CM circles. Must be a very good performer. Any info?