Suruti Tillana- how many, composed by whom?

[Rsachi]

Folks,
I remember that fine tillana sung by MLV :"Naadira Thaiya Taka tom ta dhirana" - I understand it is composed by OVK.
I just heard another one Dhim ta Dhim ta Dhim - by Sudha and Charumati in S'priya - seems to have been composed by Madurai Srinivasan.
I also heard one sung by Yesudas - seems to have been a Thiruppugazh set as a tillana.
There could be others....

Anybody care to enlighten me and give a list? Where DO I find an exhaustive compendium of tillanas? Another problem, people spell Thillana, ThillAna, tillana, tillAna, etc, apart from Suruti, Surati, Surutti, Suratti and so on.

We are such a great culture that we can spell Shiva in many ways:

• SIVA
  SHIVA
  SHIB
  SHIV
  SIBO
  SIVO
  SEEB
  SEEV
  SHEEB
  SHEEV
  SHIBO
  SHIVO
  SIVAM
  SHIVAM

[Lakshman]

suraTI tillAnAs in my list:
dhittayya tanOmta. rAgA: suraTi. Adi tALA. Composer: Uttukadu Venkatasubbier.
nA dhira tayya. rAgA: suraTi. rUpaka tALA. Composer: Uttukadu Venkatasubbier.
tadara tAnitOm. rAgA: suraTi. Adi tALA. Composer: Mysore Vasudevachar.
tajhaNu dhIm. rAgA: SuraTi. Adi tALA. Composer: Vinai Shesha Iyer.
takadhIm tadhIm. rAgA: suraTi. t/Adi tALA. Composer: Madurai N.Srinivasan.

[Rsachi]

Thanks, sir!

[rshankar]

nA dhira tOm ta tana dhiranA (with the caraNa sAhitya that goes - mAmayilayil mAtavam seida mAmayil tAyE, umA mahESan manam magizhndavaLE, mAdhavanin sOdariyE, gAnam iSaittA kayilai nAthan karuttil ninra karpagamE) - is not a composition of Sri OVK. It is a composition of Papanasam Sri Sivan (AFAIK) - a composition on his beloved karpagAmbAL of mayilApUr. Incidentally, Smt. MLV has recorded this with Smt. Krishnaveni Lakshmanan's orchetsra from Kalakshetra (I think it was at the time she taught at the Rishi Valley school).

[kmrasika]

This album has a piece with the starting line, "dhittlāṁ dhiranā tanatōṁ dhiranā, nadhṛdhittillānā dhṛṇā tōmdru..."

As well, S. kṛṣṇasvāmayya has composed a daru tillānā, "nādiritāni tōmdiritāni ..."

[Lakshman]

rshankar: The tillAnA composition with the caraNa passage that you credit P.Shivan with is by Madurai T.Srinivasan. Also it is not in suraTi but in kApi. Here are the lyrics:
dhIm tadhIm tadhIm. rAgA: kApi. t/Adi tALA. Composer: Madurai T.Shrinivasan.

P: dhIm tadhIm tadhIm tana dhiranA dhiranA dhiranA taka
dhIm takiTa takajham dhitlAm tadingiNatOm dhitlAm tadingiNatOm dhitlAm tadingiNatOm
A: dhIm dhIm takadhIm takajhaNu dhIm tajhaNu dhIm jhaNudhIm
dhitlAm tadingiNatOm taka dhitlAm tadingiNatOm takatiku dhitlam tadingiNatOm
C: mAmayilaiyil mA tavam sheida mA maNi tAyE (tiru)
umA mahEshar manam magizhndavalE mAdhavanin sOdariyE
gAnam isaitta kayilai nAthar karuttil ninra karpakamE
kANbavar manam kaLittiDumE un tirumalar porpadamE
dhIm ma pa ni sA takiTajham ni dha pa mA tajhaNU dhIm ma ni dhA takadhIm
ni dha pa mA ma pa ni sA pa ni ma dha pa taka taddhittAm tadingiNatOm ni dhA pA
ma ni dha pA tAm tadingiNatOm ri ma ri sa ri takadhIm ri ni dha pa takadhIm

I also found tillAnAs in suraTi by B.K.Padmanabha Rao, Kamala Krishnamurti, R.Vishveshvaran, Madurai N.Krishnan, Chennakeshaviah, Rukmini Ramani, besides Krishnasvami Ayya. But I don't have the lyrics for some of these.

[rshankar]

Lji - I do not remember the tillAnA to be in kApi for sure. I can't find Smt. MLV's tape now. Long ago, I remember Sri DKJ singing it as well. And now that you mention it, I was mistaken - the composer was not Sri Sivan. It may be a composition Madurai Sri N. Krishnan though...Smt. Sudharani Raghupati may be able to clarify if it was Sri Krishnan's.

[KTBR]

▶Madurai T Srinivasan :: suruTTi tillAnA by MLV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0qgMUvlMp8