Hilarity in kutcheris

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 21 Oct 2011, 02:59

No No! I just meant 'na garage'

In fact you posess the blessings of a wonderful Car ( some car Ascharya (Sankaracharya)) !

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 15 Jan 2012, 01:40

reviving this thread...

There is a handyman chain called 'Andy on call'.. For fun we refer to it as 'AnDy On cAll'. Then one day we came up with the appropriate CM song for it: 'kUvi azhaiththal kural koduppar kumaran' !

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 15 Jan 2012, 07:35

kUvAmal kUvum kokilamE
(nI) kUvAmal azhaittAlum kural koDuppAy

Sivaramakrishnan · Post by **Sivaramakrishnan** » 15 Jan 2012, 08:50

An old joke:

A Malayali singer once rendered Thaaye yasoda thus:

Thaaye yasoda undan NAIR kulatthudittha!

sridhar_ranga · Post by **sridhar_ranga** » 15 Jan 2012, 11:47

vasanthakokilam wrote:
There is a handyman chain called 'Andy on call'.. For fun we refer to it as 'AnDy On cAll'. Then one day we came up with the appropriate CM song for it: 'kUvi azhaiththal kural koduppar kumaran' !

VK,

I can offer you this jingle, to be sung by the upcoming Sulamangalam Sisters of your area - hopefully in time for the next big North America Tamil Sangam event:

varuvAnDi SeyvAnDi call-Andy
Andy on Call Andy
Just call Andy
Don't you worry aunty

azhagAga avan Ani aDippAnDi
SuvaTRil aDippAnDi
adhil Angelo painting onnu mATTuvAnDi - Michael
Angelo painting onnu mATTuvAnDi

(Those not familiar with the original tune, check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CrSopiZxuQ)

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 15 Jan 2012, 13:04

sridhar_rang,

Funny. Good idea to include the original. There is a drama group here and you have now seeded some material for a skit!! The Sisters' tour is brought to you by 'Andy On Call'!

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 15 Jan 2012, 21:35

Of course make sure that they do not advertise as:
For the call girls singing concert call Andy

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 15 Jan 2012, 21:39

Where is our GBL, the founder of this thread?
We need him back to reignite and Erode to pour oil...

shripathi_g · Post by **shripathi_g** » 16 Jan 2012, 02:53

Sivaramakrishnan wrote:An old joke:

A Malayali singer once rendered Thaaye yasoda thus:

Thaaye yasoda undan NAIR kulatthudittha!

I have heard this narrated differently. After a musician sang this, a nearby tea shop owner went and thanked him for singing Thaye Yashodha. When the musician asked why, he said "Till today, I had assumed that Krishna belonged to Aayar kulam but after you sang this song, I came to know he is from Nair kulam like me".

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 16 Jan 2012, 12:02

CM LOVER SIR, i am very much here, though very far from you. Erode has already started eroding now that the music season has come to an end.i have spread my ware in fb(samakkulam krishamoorthy Balasubramanian)

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 16 Jan 2012, 17:18

Apart from the 'thAyE yasOdaA' joke another one which my father'veeyens' used to tell us is about the song 'rAdE unakku kOpam AgA daDi-rAdE unakku kOpam'.
He used to say "how will rAdai not get angry if she is called 'daDi rAdE' "?

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 16 Jan 2012, 18:44

A good one, Punarvasu, a quip bearing your father's stamp

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 16 Jan 2012, 21:06

GBL
nice to hear from you> Do bring back some of those precious pearls collected from the memory lanes...
Punarvasu
Nice to see veeyens spirit kept alive!
of course he would follow these with a scintillating anecdote.
Certainly it is unpardonable for the Gopalakrishnan Nair to openly insult the obese RAdha; worth reporting to his mother YaSOdA in a separate episode

He even had the audacity to call SatyabAmA a communist when she shut the door wheen he was in an inebriate state while pleading:
Kommy satyabAmA kathavai thiRavAi

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 16 Jan 2012, 21:29

No husband (even the one who is sober)is willing to say, vAi tiRa, VAi to his wife. Note: it was just the female of the species, ANDAL who sang (said) vAi tiRavAi to KaNNan. Okay, the door (vAyil)

ganeshkant · Post by **ganeshkant** » 18 Jan 2012, 12:01

This happened in BSU 2011.When SS started an AlAp of 'manirangu' an elder sitting next to me whispered 'madhyamAvati' to another elder sitting next to him.I in turn whispered 'manirangu' to him.He promptly showed his watch and told me 'It is 7.40'.I didn't notice his hearing aid and he my wrist watch

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 20 Jan 2012, 11:33

A student returned from thiruvaiyARu and said in some of the printouts he saw, it was reading endharO mahAnu bAbulu!!

me: were they from AndhrA?

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 20 Jan 2012, 12:45

How would one know--in the tower of Babel?

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 20 Jan 2012, 17:03

This discussion of bAbul/Babel deserves this!

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 20 Jan 2012, 18:59

In Sanskrit, there is a saying 'vabayOrabhEdaha', meaning 'va' and 'ba' can be interchanged.

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 21 Jan 2012, 01:07

Thanks Punarbasu for the clarification

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 21 Jan 2012, 01:47

We saw earlier the two signature CM song for the 'Andy On Call' business.

In that series, another one.. This kaDi will induce kola veri

What is the CM song for this publication?

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Showbillu sapthaswara..

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 21 Jan 2012, 02:32

Mary atthagAru rA..
(Mary is your aunt

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 21 Jan 2012, 06:13

cml,

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 21 Jan 2012, 10:26

Spring Cuckoo,

shripathi_g · Post by **shripathi_g** » 22 Jan 2012, 09:20

Which is the most expensive newspaper in India?

Dhina thandhi - telegrams are very costly

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 22 Jan 2012, 22:21

How about Dina Money? (you pay every day

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 23 Jan 2012, 16:52

:@ A vidwan while performing in a sabha got a request from one of the audience.The song was 'kolaveridi' with a note 'you are only fit for it :@

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 23 Jan 2012, 17:36

was it kolaveri Di or kolaveri Da?

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 24 Jan 2012, 08:07

It is DA , Correction accepted

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 24 Jan 2012, 08:12

it should be da

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 30 Jan 2012, 22:23

1940. Ramanuja Iyengar and Chowdiah were chatting after completing a
recital. The conversation turned to what artists could get from their admirers.
The Mysore maestro said: “Usually artists easily get what they want and you are an
expert in getting what you want.”
Ariyakudi replied: “Oh yes. I’ve never had a problem.”
Chowdiah again: “But even an elephant slips and falls sometimes.”
And Iyengar responded: “Failure is not in my dictionary.”
Whereupon Chowdiah challenged Iyengarval to secure, as a gift, a diamond ring
which he had seen on a lady sitting up front in the recital hall. Ariyakudi accepted
the challenge.
Three days later the artists met again. As the recital began, Iyengar started
to keep time with his right hand and called out: “Chowdiah!” The violinist quickly
saw that Iyengar was wearing the ring. When he later inquired how he had
managed to acquire it, Ariyakudi replied that it was a secret. “The secret,” he
explained upon being pressed to reveal it, “is I found out that the lady is a
musician. After the last recital, she asked me to teach her the padam I had sung. I
asked for the ring as guru dakshina...and got it!”
(from Shruti Ariyakkudi issue 42)

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 07 Jun 2012, 21:09

A man approached Vedharanyam Krishnamurthy Bagavathar to learn violin. He said he had learnt something already from two people and elaborated, 'I went to ................... vidhvAn. He passed away. The I went to ........................ Bagavathar. He died. So I have come to you. Shall I play something for you to evaluate and decide about the level?'

"No need. You just bring your jAthagam. That is what needed now"

[UKS Sir shared this two days ago

]

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 07 Jun 2012, 23:00

Nice to hear from you Erode!
This however is no joke. In olden times Gurus used to look at the jAtakam/(kulam, gOtram) of canditates before taking them in as shiShyas!

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 07 Jun 2012, 23:21

CML,
Erode has also posted in KavidaigaL thread!

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 08 Jun 2012, 00:42

The road is clear for Erode

semmu86 · Post by **semmu86** » 08 Jun 2012, 19:47

erode14 wrote:"No need. You just bring your jAthagam. That is what needed now"
[UKS Sir shared this two days ago ]

he has told this once @ MA class.....

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 08 Jun 2012, 20:12

During my recent tour in dhakshiNa karanAtaka (with Prarthana Rao & Poorna Vaidhyanathan. photos can be seen https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... b4394b240d, in facebook):

someone was telling: "aamaam, neenga karkala vandhu manipal varaNum"

me: yes yes. vara vazhila we did see. kaRKaLaa irundhadhu.

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 08 Jun 2012, 21:40

கற்கள் மேல் போனால் சடை (தோல்) உரியும்
( You will shed the skins travelling through the stones)
I mean for the instrument you carry

Very nice collection of pictures!

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 09 Jun 2012, 01:43

maruthOnRik kaiyilE mOdakam--
magizhvu kATTum mugaNgaL
nam nAgarAj agathilum mugathilum
vazhakkam pOl malarnda punnagai--

karnATaka pictures bahu jOr!

venkatakailasam · Post by **venkatakailasam** » 10 Jun 2012, 07:09

courtesy: A popular music forum.....

Overheard at the Narada Gana Sabha canteen:
Mama: Did you hear the waiter sing Swami Haridasgiri's bhajanai along with the tape as he served us keerai vadai? The waiter at the next table was humming a good Kalyani.
Mami: (sniffing) So, now you want me to sing in the kitchen?
Mama: Ennamma, you have been doing it every morning for thirty years now! Namavali for the milkman, alapanai for the maid, tanam for daughters-in-law, swaraprastara for sons, tukkadas for grandchildren... I get the best, tani avartanam crackling into Tadhinginatom! Tadhinginatom!! TADHINGINATOM......

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 11 Jun 2012, 22:09

Mama: let alone the magudi for me...

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 25 Jul 2012, 22:47

sir, pushpa pAduveengaLaa?

sorry sir.. poomAlaiyE theriyum, malarE kurinji malarE ellAm theriyum, but, pushpa theriyAdhu..

paattu illaa sir, summA konjam aalaapanai paNNaa pOdhum!

yEn?

jOsiyar pushpa raagam pOttukkachonnaar, romba velaiyaaRadhu, neenga konjam paadina kaadhula pOttuppEn

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 25 Jul 2012, 22:55

Nall kAlam. gOmEdakam pOTTukkacconnA gOmayatthai kaadhula pOTTukkap pOrAr

anandasangeetham · Post by **anandasangeetham** » 26 Jul 2012, 13:18

gomaedha thukkum ragam irukku...gomedhakapriya popularised by Madurai Somu.

kittappa · Post by **kittappa** » 26 Jul 2012, 19:05

At a function organised in memory of Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer many years ago, Lalgudi said this: "avar (meaning MVI) kuralila oru kammal irukkum, adu kAdukku romba inimaiyAna kammal"

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 26 Jul 2012, 19:57

Athu vairak kammal.
Athai avar santhaanatthukku koDutthaar!

Sivaramakrishnan · Post by **Sivaramakrishnan** » 28 Jul 2012, 18:34

Perhaps Santhanam wore the Kammal during his younger days! Nor have I seen it in the ears of his sons or grandson! 'Oruvelai kammi kammi kaanamal poyuduttho?!'

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 28 Jul 2012, 20:24

viLayADa ithu nEramA

venkatakailasam · Post by **venkatakailasam** » 28 Jul 2012, 21:09

When Shri Maharajapuram Viswaantha Iyer was residing at Nungambakkam and Mahaperiyaval was camping at a place adjacent to his house and was on mounavratha. One evening when Shri MVIyer was singing at his house "vinayakuni" and singing neraval at "anadharakshaki sri kamakshi". Suddenly Mahaperiyaval got up from his seat walked and reached shri mviyer's house and entered. An agitated Sri MViyer then performed namaskaram and periyaval said "your singing made me come out of the house" - of course out of the mounavratha also. That time Sri mviyer had a desire in his mind. He wanted mahaperiyaval to gift the rudraksha combined spatika mala that periyaval used to wear. But he did not get this in his life time.

Shri santhanam visited Sri periyaval at Satara one evening, periyaval asked him to sing Mohanam in detail. After this, Shrri Santhanam asked if he could leave, the saint asked him to stay that night. Early in the morning when Santhanam heard some sound in the adjacent room. when he opened the window, he was surprised to see periyaval cleaning his staying place on his own. periyaval on seeing him thro’ the window asked him to come and sing mohanam ragam "evaruru ninuvina" again which he did. Periyava gave prasadam and permitted him to leave. Santhanam left with heavy heart as he was expecting that gift that his father wanted to receive.
He would have waked some 100 feet.
Suddenly the mutt staff told him periyaval wanted him back…Santhanam rushed back to the saint.
A smiling saint removed the rudraksha cum spatika mala and presented it to Santhanam
Shri Santhanam was in tears. May be this was the beginning of the honours that he received which even his father did not.

(As told by Dr Ganesh Radhakrishnan some time back to Shri. Panchanathan Suresh..)
courtesy..Sage of kanchi..

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 31 Jul 2012, 00:25

One mama asked me about the new violin (electric violin) he sees in concerts.

me: olliyaa irukkum...

mama: aamaa...

me: it is called the Diet violin.

mama: ohO...!!

me: adhOda ordinary violin-la eNNei, ghee ellAm vechchuppaa illiyA, fingers freeya move aaRathukku, idhula adhu kooda kedaiyAdhu... STRICT diet...

mama konjam seconds nambittAr!

then someone asked: innum olliyaa paNNa mudiyaadhA?

me: yEn mudiyAdhu? aanaa, appuRam bow-vaala violin vAsikkaRaaLaa, violinaala bow vAsikkaRaaLaannu ongkaLukku theriyAdhE!

#yENdaa ippidi