Hilarity in kutcheris

anandasangeetham · Post by **anandasangeetham** » 09 Dec 2010, 11:30

A bit long one

Me and my maternal uncles used to sing couple of phrases of the reethig gowlai song of MMI - tatwamariya tharama..particularly the phrase madhi sekaran magane madhavarana mugane....ala MMI style..breaking the phrases like madhi se karan magane madha vaa rana mugane....this has been a habit for some time and mostly during taking bath..my uncle would shout madhi se karan magane and pour one mug of water on his head and then shout madha vaa rana mugane..similar with me....after listening to this for some days my another maternal uncle (quite a humourous person) stated thus...Lord Shiva and Lord Ganesha have quarelled and said..(in tamil am not able to translate) naan unaku appa illa ..nee inime enaku pillayum illa...because of the way we sang kadichifying the lyrics...

He also remarked every time he visited the temple he would feel that the Pillayars face is fool of blood (madha va RANA mugane)....

Infact after that we stopped such singing that phrase altogether....

He also rephrased another song...bandureethi as under

Panruti pakathile palapazham da rama
Neyvely yil irundhu 25 mayilu...

Sung in the same tempo.....

More to come

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 09 Dec 2010, 14:15

' MORE TO COME' . coffee will be better in this season than buttermilk
A NICE ONE , Erode, be careful. you are facing stiff competition in playing with words
gobilalitha

semmu86 · Post by **semmu86** » 15 Dec 2010, 22:03

As told to me by one of my friends (Disciple of T.K.Murthy mama) :-

TKM was just arriving from an out station concert and came out of central station to catch an auto to mylapore.

TKM : "Auto, mylapore pogaNam"
Auto driver : Mylapore varAdhu sir.
TKM : appo enga varuvAi ?
Auto driver : Anna nagar varuvEn sir...
TKM : "Hey anga naa varalai"......

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 15 Dec 2010, 23:59

You have to enact the scene in your mind to fully get the humor!
A twist on this:
Mylapore varAdu sir!
adu vara vENDAmE? nAntAnE ange pOgaNum?

Ramasubramanian M.K · Post by **Ramasubramanian M.K** » 16 Dec 2010, 10:54

Another TKM joke:
Once he had to go to Adyar from Mylapre from the Tank. It was raining- he hails a stationary Auto driver asks how much would it be to take him to Adyar--he quotes Rs. 60--TKM says it is only rs.40--why are you demanding Rs. 60. Driver says it is raining and so I have to charge you more. TKM gets into the Autorickshaw--the driver is about to start --TKM tells him to stop . Driver asks WHY? TKM says let the rain stop --I wil save Rs.20 .

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 16 Dec 2010, 21:10

I thought the Auto driver was asking the extra twenty for that extra litttle fellow TKM was hiding in the bag and hugging along

welcome MKR to the Hilarity thread!
We should hear more from you on r the 'real life' Hilarity of our CM idols!

anandasangeetham · Post by **anandasangeetham** » 20 Dec 2010, 15:40

some three four years back in Jaya TV Neyveli was being interviewed and there was some talk about diabetes and necessity to avoid sugar....and he remarked....true to his style...."appo inime kesari sappida mudiyathu kekka mattum than seyyalam" meaning...then we cannot eat Kesari ( a south indian sweet dish) but can only listen (a raga - also known as Sindhu Kannada - song - Nannu Kanna Talli)

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 21 Dec 2010, 08:17

anandasangeetham wrote: "appo inime kesari sappida mudiyathu kekka mattum than seyyalam" meaning...then we cannot eat Kesari ( a south indian sweet dish) but can only listen (a raga - also known as Sindhu Kannada - song - Nannu Kanna Talli)

ha ha...

we can also see kEsari - simham (in concerts there are laya simhams)...

avA avA paNRA kAryangaL avA avALukku right-aa thONum...

what i do - enakkE-sari!
... you do - umakkE-sari
(not intentional but, it came to mind while writing this: you can kid anyone by saying this, as the word makku is inbuilt!)
... they do - avargaLukkE-sari...

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 21 Dec 2010, 08:21

gobilalitha wrote:' MORE TO COME' . coffee will be better in this season than buttermilk
A NICE ONE , Erode, be careful. you are facing stiff competition in playing with words
gobilalitha

ha ha... well said mAmA, but, most of us prefer "more to come" as it sounds "more-thookkam" in winter...

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 14 Feb 2011, 13:10

"sir.. indha dhina thadhi mithi thaka romba confuse paNNudhu..."

"adhuvA.. adhu dhinathadhi-mythy-thaka, appadi thAn irukkum..."

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 14 Feb 2011, 13:10

"sarod maestro veetla, niRaya singam ellAm, irundhudhAm... why?"

hamsadhwani · Post by **hamsadhwani** » 14 Feb 2011, 21:20

This won't qualify as hilarity in kutchery, but something that happened during my lessons with Suguna Purushothaman maami.

mAmi is well known for her little quips while teaching us. One day, after being told off for not practicing in spite of repeatedly being told to,we were all in a sombre mood and began singing the Gowla pancharatnam. When we came to the charnam "teliyani nadavida sudrulu vanitalu", maami stops us at the line "santha silli swaralayambu lerunga kanu " and says "idhayavadhu ozhunga practice pannungo dee. Swaram ellam silly-aa irukku nnu padama vittudadheengo". Not to mention, we were all in a better mood after that

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 14 Feb 2011, 21:28

Erode!
Nice to see you back..
Missing the joke... perhaps brain is slowing down!

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 14 Feb 2011, 21:41

erode14 wrote:"sarod maestro veetla, niRaya singam ellAm, irundhudhAm... why?"

because, adhu kAnagam!! (khan-aham)

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 14 Feb 2011, 21:51

ha! ha!
(I was thinking 'singh'

Erodu sArODu vaaSippile oru singamum ( a singam) irukkAthu

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 14 Feb 2011, 22:01

achachchO!! yArAvadhu ennikkAvadhu, laya simmam-nu title kuduthuttA?!!

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 14 Feb 2011, 22:47

No worry
aVaaLe koNDu titlai 'bahulaya simman' (versatile laya Lion) enRu maattha SollaNam.
Then you will be 'pala simmam' (balasimmam) !

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 15 Feb 2011, 11:03

ERODE,Hearty welcome to you.continue rocking . best wishes

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 17 Feb 2011, 06:43

This is an anecdote about the great singer Madurai Somu whose voice was so majestic and his knowledge of less known raagas which he used to sing in kutcheris was enormous. This anecdote is reported by the famous poet and writer nicknamed Vali in an article in Ananda Vikatan.Vali is a a great friend of Somu.Once Somu asked him to strum the tamboora for his kutcheri. Vali very gladly agreed. In the middle of the kutcheri vali who had spent some sleepless nights earlier dozed off into a blissful sleep.when Somu saw that the sruti is going astray turned back and found Vali sleeping. Somu who had earlier training as a boxer gave him a severe blow' DEY ENNADA THOOKKAM , IDUKKU THANVANDAYA ' ( WHAT A SLEEP, DID YOU COME FOR THIS ' GOBILALITHA

hamsadhwani · Post by **hamsadhwani** » 17 Feb 2011, 07:06

Overheard in the canteen at MFA. This mama who was sharing a table with me was complaining to his companion about 2 mamis who were apparently talking throughout an RTP "rendu perum serious-aa paattai pathi dhaan pesindu irukka nu paatha avaa avaa padara paatta pathi pesindu irukka"

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 25 Feb 2011, 17:55

"sir.. why they sing that song in some other thALam?"

" the other day you heard it in rUpaka chApu and this is Adhi, thisra gathi. both are 48 and thisram based"

"mm.. evLvO irukku sir..."

"nAlAvadhu irukkum, minimum... small 'o', big 'O', what you 'owe' and what is said in appreciation - 'vO....' ippadi ellAm"

venkatakailasam · Post by **venkatakailasam** » 25 Feb 2011, 21:06

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cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 25 Feb 2011, 21:37

Erode
ungaLukkum oru 'O' pODukirEn

vkailasam!
That is a superb selection...

gargas · Post by **gargas** » 26 Feb 2011, 07:23

Sabha Secretary Pattabhiraman mama wanted to make an announcement after the kutchery got over. What is the ideal song to be sung as the mangalam?

Mama, vaa, Pattabhirama!

Sabaash · Post by **Sabaash** » 01 Mar 2011, 10:56

This incident happened during the December season 2009 at a leading sabha in chennai.

Hyderabad Bros were rendering the concert, with Mysore Srikant, Srimushnam Rajarao and a very senior/old ghanjira artist (name unknown.. later learned that he used to accompany most of the 5PM to 7PM slot concerts held at that sabha).

Sri Seshachari was very annoyed with the ghanjira right from the beginning of the concert. After an elaborate saveri, followed by avarathanam, the secretary of the Sabha ( who has this reputation of making irritatingly long speeches after the main piece in every concert) spoiled the mood (as usual).
(By this time, atleast some of you might have guessed the sabha...)

He ended his 5 min long speech in this way -
" Hyderabad brothersa pathi sollave venddam.. avalavu jora paadinaa... ippo.. avalode master piece..
Enna thavam seythanei.. yashodaaaa.. ( he began to sing the composition )"

Sri Seshachari, who was visibly annoyed started singing -

" Naan Oru Vilayaattu Bommaya..."

leaving the audience in laughter!!!

In the anupallavi of this composition - it comes like..

" .... pala piravi eduthu THIDAADINATHU POTHAATHAA...":-P

Sri Seshachari delivered this 'punch' line with a naughty smile.. directing at the ghanjira artist.

Sabaash · Post by **Sabaash** » 01 Mar 2011, 11:04

May be considered as a prequel to the previous post from me..

Same sabha, same secretary, same venue, same year, just 2 days before the earlier incident
at Sri O S Thyagarajan's concert..

After the usual speech, the secretery -

" Ippo.. namakkaka Sri OST avaroda Master piece paadaporaar...
Saagara shayana vibho.... ( started singing..)

OST interrupted - "Sir Sir.. atha neegale fulla padiyudaathengo... Enakkum ethvathu micham mithi irukkattum.."

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 01 Mar 2011, 12:23

Appuram OST psttai yaar keppa? ELLARUM POIDUVALE (Who will be there to hear OST afterthe secretary finishes?

gobilalitha

thathwamasi · Post by **thathwamasi** » 01 Mar 2011, 16:58

Hello All

After a long long time, I got the time to catch up with Rasikas.org and found this thread. Very interesting and one of my favourite topics too. So I thought I will make my first of many (hopefully) contributions. If the anecdotes I share is a repeat (since I havent read all 48 pages) please do let me know.

Once Palghat Raghu Mama returned from a concert and got down at the Central Station. As he came out, a lot of Auto drivers gathered around him and shouted "enga sir poreenga" "enga sir poreenga" (meaning where are you going?). Raghu Mama ignored and moved on. The guys didnt leave him. They did it again. Raghu mama ignored again. The third time, Raghu Mama lost his patience. He stopped and looked at an auto driver into his eye and said "Chethu poren. Variya kooda?" (I am going to die. Care to accompany me?) ...hahaha.... The auto guys would have been shocked I am sure. Raghu mama and his spontanity.

Regards
T

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 01 Mar 2011, 20:13

..if only he had said (in a non-brahmin accent) 'Chethu puTTu pOrEn, vaRiyA' then he would have been mobbed

thathwamasi · Post by **thathwamasi** » 02 Mar 2011, 13:04

Again, another one which I am not sure if I am repeating.

MDR said this in a lec dem. His Guru Tiger Varadhachariyar had a rich Jamindar come home with his son. The jamindar asked his son to sing and the son sang horribly. And then Jamindar, beaming with pride, without realising that his son is sub standard, asked Tiger for his opinion. Tiger said " Umma pullaiku ennaya, thennai marathula maangai'ya kaaikum?" (what should I say about your son man, will a cocunut tree beget a mango?) meaning that his son is smart like his dad. The jamindar was very happy and left.

Then MDR asked Tiger why did he praise the son despite him singing so badly. Tiger calmly responded. "Naan enna da thappa sonnen. Thennai marathula maangaiya kaaikum'nu sonnen. Appan Sumban. Pullai ebdi iruppan?" (meaning, what did I say wrong. I said will a cocunut tree beget a mango? This Jamindar is an idiot. So naturally the son would be an idiot too.

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 23 Mar 2011, 09:52

A mail from my friend Sri Muktha Ravi:

Sarswathi Stores kannan: My relative . Brother of Gemini lab, & Vijaya lab Ranganathan. He was woking with saraswathi stores (AVM) Dealers of HMV
Odean Gramaphone records. We still get royalties for the songs. (before 80s) In 70s HMV introduced Short play Records. Time limt is 3min
19sec For that.( Avanunga panra looti)!

If some one Remind these to MSV Or Shankar Ganesh Or Illaya raja abt this.... just listen and watch their reaction!

MGR to saraswathi kannan: ennoda pesathey!
SHivaji to Kannan: paata eppadi kedukannumnnu oru school thaniya
nadathireenga polirukku
Yesudas to Saraswathi: Endha yen kurala!!! santhosham!
MSV to saraswathi: vanakkam Kannan Vanga ( manathukkula vanthutaan kedukka)
M.S.Amma: Culd not control the laugh after listenning to her song!

These are all saraswathi stores kannan (comments) use to tell abt the reaction for his visits !

The Reasons:
They used to edit the song as bad as possible!
They will shorten the bgm, so lot of music( instruments) will be chopped!
Pallavi only once permissable. if it is repeated ......cut
charanam too one time ...No repetition

Climax:
They will speed the whole song to a point near to "Mickey Voice'. Total Voice will be in new dimension!( ex If u have heard "adhisaya ragam" in those day, u willknow abt this) Above All: last piece will be completed by fading out process! They will finally make it 3min 19sec song.

M.S. subbulakshmi: " Vadavarai mathaaki "paata thayiraaki Vennaiyaaki koduppaar Saraswathi Stores.

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 31 Mar 2011, 12:57

Erode sir, Sirichu sirichu vayirellam valikkiradhu. romba nalachu
my joke . In a kutcheri, bhagavathar was trying to exhibit his skill in sruthibedham . A gentleman in the audience told his friend' gavanichela, sruthibrdham panraar' .the friend replied' avar kutcheri arambathilirunde sruthi bedham thane pannindrukkar .
Non Tamizh knowing friends may pl excuse

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 31 Mar 2011, 19:19

Good one GBL

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 26 Apr 2011, 18:25

This is from a kutcheri of Ganesh,Kumaresh .The brothers were in the midst of a splendid performance . The audience was spellbound, As soon as the tani avarthanam began, as usual some rasikas. stood up to move. Ganesh said 'wait ,Iam going to make an announcement. those who stood up sat in their seats. After the avarthanam, a rasika asked'sir what is the announcement'?.Ganesh coolly replied' you can go now'

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 26 Apr 2011, 19:32

The best joke is when the main vocalist going out to relieve himself when the Tani starts

(... followed by the violinist

MaheshS · Post by **MaheshS** » 26 Apr 2011, 19:49

1) For the Ganesh-Kumaresh concert in Liverpool [Nov 2010] the announcer *did* think the concert was over and walked over to give her vote of thanks when Patri was about to start his thani!

2) Ramani Mama - Nagai Murali[??] - UKS - IIT Madras [199?], I cannot remember the exact year or the violinist. Ramani Mama had a upset stomach, and when he finished with Bhairavi, he spoke with UKS and walked out to the loo

Just after the concert he did explain to the audience what happened. Weirdly, not one member of the audience even got up when UKS started his thani with a couple of his trade mark chapus!

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 28 Apr 2011, 00:44

..won't it be equally hilarious if the mridangist goes for a nature's call when the vocalist and violinist are involved in the elaborate alaapana of the RTP

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 28 Apr 2011, 12:25

Many of the musicians are diabetes patients because of no exercise, untimely food, overweight etc. Myself being a diabetic patient,, I dread to think how they manage such embarrassing situations.

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 28 Apr 2011, 15:30

Frankly, it is a wonder to me to that they so rarely need to take a break.

There are dozens of small things that go to making a professional musician. This is just one of them.

VRV · Post by **VRV** » 29 Apr 2011, 06:50

Question: What is the difference between Lalgudi G Jayaraman and Mahatma Gandhi

Answer: One is a violinist, the other is a non violinist

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 29 Apr 2011, 13:31

Looks like I can't be a Gandhi follower, then, because I believe in violins!

anandasangeetham · Post by **anandasangeetham** » 30 Apr 2011, 10:59

on the health of the musicians it is a wonder to me as to how they manage to sit cross legged for sucha long time. Most vocalists also sit erect. sitting in sucha position for such long time (at least 1 hour) is very difficult. Probably this in itselft a type of yoga and this helps them to compensate the lack of any physical exercise. Further the sadagam they do could also help in burning some calories...For I have seen musicians sweating profusely while doing the sadagam.

Once I had seen shri MS Anantharaman taking a break to attend natures call during Music season at Academy. His sons chipped in with an alapana and he continued on his return.

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 01 May 2011, 06:41

once during a performance by Pandit RaviShankar which began at 6 pm (an unusual time for him to start as they begin late in the evening) Samta Prasad a leading tabla player after half an hour left the stage to the dressing room to perform sandhyavandanam being a staunch brahmin from VARANASI observing the anushtanams of the day.Meanwhile Panditji mesmerised the audience with an unforgettable alaap .
Though I have posted it under hilarity no disrespect but admiration instead

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 01 May 2011, 21:04

I have also heard of our oldtime stalvarts (in olden days) interrupting their concerts to perform sandhya...

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 03 May 2011, 22:28

My sishya Jon Singer's status update in FB: Do you play XYLOPHONE or GLOCKENSPIEL or SOMETHING LIKE THIS...I'm wanting to put together a LARGE XYLOPHONE ensemble - June 21st - in front of Cornelia St. Cafe for MAKE MUSIC NEW YORK DAY - please respond if this sounds of interest!

Me: Hi Jon, I play mobile phone(harmony) cordless phone(melody), cacaphony(fusion) and practice-o'f-own'!! Do I have a chance?

Hearing about this, one of my friend said: you are atrocious.. i am angry..

Me: G is not a vowel. don't prefix 'an' to it! (ada.. ihdu nallA irukkE!! shall put as status msg)

Friend:

Me: and, i strongly believe, when you don't do pun-fun in english it becomes hindhi

Friend: ????

Me: un-crazy

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 03 May 2011, 22:41

Recently, I happened to lend my ear to a conversation of mAmAs near ayOdhyA maNdapam. One was telling to the other, "adhE dhAn. takkunu pudichuNduttEl.. generala-aa romba amaithiyA iruppEL.."

Suddenly I thought If a vidhvAn tells a rasika, "AhA.. udanukkudan purinjukkaREL.. amaithiyE uruvAna rasikar neengaL" it might contain hidden terms!

Got it? Answers welcome!

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 04 May 2011, 03:46

amaithi = calm/unperturbed
amithi = extremism
What is the context of the usage of these different terms? Typo?

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 04 May 2011, 10:51

thank you dear cm, edited.

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 05 May 2011, 02:08

"AhA.. udanukkudan purinjukkaREL.. amaithiyE uruvAna rasikar neengaL"

["AhA.. wooden-ku-wooden purinjukkaREL.. amaithiyE uru"vAna ra"sikar neengaL"]

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 05 May 2011, 07:20

Takkunu pudichuNduttEl <-- -> "vAna ra" (ra)sika
Just beautiful connection