AmritaTV - RAGARATNAM

[smala]

Broadcasts are on Sat & Sun -8.30 pm.

The uploads on youtube from AmritaTV are split into Varnams and Krithis, by each junior contestant, and judges' comments for that contestant - the no. scheme on the links is not very helpful so the links given below may not be sequential.

Judges : Sri T K Govinda Rao, Smt. Anuradha Krishnamurthy, Sri Chertela K N Ranganatha Sharma

Violin : Sri Edapalli Ajith Kumar Mridangam : Sri Palakkad K.S. Mahesh Kumar

**VARNAM round

-Artist/Amritha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe-PxE2mVHQ

-Artist/Shradha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KuO72QWUcs

-Artist/ Easwar Krishna
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-VOr5bCMAI

-Artsist/Abijna Rao
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGOCRbPEKTA

-Artist/ Amritha Sekar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETwVrcrdFS8

-Artist/Lakshmi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCMzaAgm2h0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSfH9LHBeds

-Artist/Bharath Narayanan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfIj_SMGm1w


**KRITHI Round

-Artist/Viswesh Swaminathan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpaD2zcF ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gchY_uo3Cr8

-Artist/Shradha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of8ZhD2wkjY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z9RZ0f_hm4

-Artist/Nithin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s079zhCDhOg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFCdZc5C1ec

-Artist/Gawri
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KnkcN_7thk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpR5fhWuq0k

-Artist/Amritha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cau3kIilDks

[mahavishnu]

Thanks S-P. I have been looking for these. I had only see the rounds from the year before (with contestant Nandini as the winner). The judges were Sowmya, Kavalam Srikumar and a rotation of people including Shenkottai Hari, Palghat Sriram etc. They had rounds including Navagraha kritis, Navaratri Kritis, Kerala composers, Tillana etc. Very well produced show. The accompanists are top-notch also; occasionally they have Paiyanur Govindaprasad on morsing too.

The judges are much more courteous to the participants; however Shenkottai Hari did not seem very qualified or articulate enough to be a judge. Plus, he spoke no malayalam at all! In general though, I find the malayalam production to be more sincere and professional.

I agree about the uploader's arbitrary numbering scheme. It is not very easy to sort them in any particular order.

[Enna_Solven]

The set is very tasteful. The interactions are very courteous and professional. Compared to this Jaya TV production appears to be less refined. Thanks S-P.

[cmlover]

I appreciate the program being in Malayalam though non malayalees could participate and understand the directions unlike the flashy Jaya TV which ought to be in English instead of murdering Tamil. I guess there are no US trip carrots for the winners of this program