Ranjani Gayatri Margazhi Maha Utsavam

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Did anyone attend the concert by Ranjani and Gayatri for Jaya TV's Margazhi Utsavam? I just watched it on TV today. As usual, they were very impressive, but it looked like the kutcheri was tremendously edited down. I was surprised that there was no aalapanai or swara vistaaram at all. I just want to know what all they sung at the kutcheri which was edited out, and also discuss the kutcheri as a whole.

Thanks.

[Sundara Rajan]

Thus far today's Ranjani & Gayatri's concert excerpts are the best this season. Edited versions are the norm for Jaya TV bradcasts, but today's editing was much better than any other the last few days. No song was cut halfway for commercials. The sisters' performance, as expected, was quite good and sedate presentation with no gimmicks. PoorvikalyANI, Rithigowla, DwijaAwathi, Virutham in rAgamAlka alternated by the sisters, followed by manathiRkisanthathu in Sindu bhairavi were all presented in a leisurely manner. The penultimate Abhang is not my cup of tea though! The broadcast concluded with pasupathipriya. Including elaborate AlApanAs will leave no room for other items in one hour program with commercial interruptions. Iam sure AlApanAs and kalpanA swaras were presented in the live concert, but were edited in the broadcast version.