May be - but there are rumblings to that effect that even in Carnatic Idol 2010 - Abhilash was corrected for mis-pronouncing the svara ni as Ni - by the judge NSG. We see so many people raving about the diction of certain artistes - where I think the music has reduced! Pronunciation ( in their version of clarity - wherever they got that sense from) was cited as an issue by many people as an issue with musicians of golden era! I myself have heard from ordinary folks!vasanthakokilam wrote: ↑07 Apr 2017, 23:44Right. I do not think the prevalent practice is go so far out on lyrics that melody is given a lower status, so we do not need to fear that. It is typically the opposite.shankarank wrote: ↑07 Apr 2017, 21:42 We need a balance between the two (nAdam and words) and we don't want a recitation music!
Now don't bring in Bhajans - many people have not heard old fashioned Sampradaya Bhajans - and now even the Bhajan doyens of today have started splitting words too much!
Nevertheless I liked what she did there with banTu rIti : https://youtu.be/PbwOxQPcEq8?t=3012, that creates a musical moment with elongation of rIti! Requires thought and control (of course prevalent skill with quite a good number of today's artistes - but really not that trivial - as many will not think and stick to the thing called my pATAntaram)!