BMK Imitates Rasikas

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 03 Nov 2008, 19:06

I think Rama Varma shared it with us.

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 03 Nov 2008, 19:32

it will be interesting to see an imitation of BMK mannerisms. I think varmaji can do it quite well. Just listen to his one-liner 'It is a monument' in BMK accent in the Sanjay podcast

shadjam · Post by **shadjam** » 04 Nov 2008, 00:13

CML sir,

Here is a video of Ghatam Karthik imitating BMK (towards the end of the video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r69dYKjzHM

sramaswamy · Post by **sramaswamy** » 04 Nov 2008, 01:20

For real life imitation, you can look at S.R.Veeraraghavan.

In fact Ram identified him to be a BMK student just by watching him!

http://ramsabode.wordpress.com/2006/12/ ... l-chennai/

Sri S.R. Veeraraghavan is Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna personified in everything (including attire). His song renditions, raga alapanas, kalpana swarams are all heavily influenced by Dr. BMK. I think he must be BMKÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s student for sure.

I happened to see a video of him and he was completely a junior BMK.

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 04 Nov 2008, 01:25

Thank you shadjam
I fell off my seat when he concluded with the typical BMK guesture and flourish

I wish he had done a longer sequence on BMK...

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 04 Nov 2008, 01:28

...would love to hear a clip of Sri S.R. Veeraraghavan

shadjam · Post by **shadjam** » 04 Nov 2008, 01:36

Here is another one from one of BMK's disciples, music director Sharath (IDEA Star Singer). His voice resembles BMK's too.

http://www.raaga.com/getclip.asp?id=999999019743

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 04 Nov 2008, 01:55

Agreed! You could have fooled me if you did not tell me! Remarkable voice-print...