'Nam Virundinar'--Chat show with Carnatic musicians

nivedita · Post by **nivedita** » 01 Jul 2011, 19:53

Starting tomorrow (2nd July), Doordarshan Podhigai's daily morning chat show 'Nam Virundinar' will feature Carnatic musicians on Saturdays. It is a half-hour show, and begins at 7.30 am.

The first episode will feature the Carnatica Brothers K.N. Shashikiran and P. Ganesh. The chat with the Brothers will be telecast as two episodes, tomorrow and next Saturday.

The series will be hosted by yours truly. If you have any suggestions, please let me know. I will do my best to incorporate them.

mahavishnu · Post by **mahavishnu** » 01 Jul 2011, 20:10

Nivedita, All the best with this show! It sounds like a great concept.
Is it possible to have the videos available online, either through youtube or the show's website?

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 01 Jul 2011, 20:49

Nivedita,
Welcome back!
Good to know you are hosting another show. CM is getting more exposure in the media and from what we saw of your earlier show, Podhigai has chosen an able young presenter who does not play the interviewer to the hilt but elicits good responses from her guests.
What better than to start with your guru (s?)--such good communicators themselves?
I add to Mahavishnu's request--please let us have snippets from the show.
Happy that you will be working to bring CM more into focus for the TV viewer.
Good luck!

nivedita · Post by **nivedita** » 01 Jul 2011, 22:32

mahavishnu and arasi-ji, I will try to get a recording from DD and put it up on YouTube.

arasi-ji, Thank you! Yes, I wanted to have my guru Shri K.N. Shashikiran on the first episode of the show, and I'm very happy it happened, considering how busy he is!

thanjavooran · Post by **thanjavooran** » 02 Jul 2011, 11:16

Nivedita,
Welcome back. After Isaiyodu Nan, this programme sounds good. Excellent show.
with wishes,
Thanjavooran 02 07 2011

ganeshkant · Post by **ganeshkant** » 02 Jul 2011, 11:34

Nivedita,

U could have posted this information bit earlier.Any way I saw this from 7.40 a.m onwards.Ganesh talked less.Sasikiran came out lucidly about his gurus and experiences.Their singing in between the chat is nice.

I look forward to next Saturday.Pl.inform about any repeat telecast of this programme.Because I am likely to be sitting in a vedantic lecture that time next week.

nivedita · Post by **nivedita** » 04 Jul 2011, 21:50

thanjavooran, thank you!

ganeshkant, sorry for the late posting about the show, didn't get the time earlier--the consequence of juggling too many things.

Will try to upload the video of the first episode in a couple of days.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 05 Jul 2011, 00:55

Nivedita - best wishes...I am sure youtube will come to the help of the overseas rasikas like us!

Musicranga · Post by **Musicranga** » 05 Jul 2011, 02:05

Nivedita : Nice to note that new direction to Interview of elders (singers) complementing to your interview of youth talents in puduppunal. Good and keep it up.

Everywhere normally (lord) Ganesh Comes first and since he (Chitraveena Ganesh) is with him (Shashi) always Guru comes first (as you normally believe) so as your first interview with your guru.

Please see the link-

http://youtu.be/8g97cNivwhc

you were at the back for the same song Mr.Shashi & Ganesh sang that day and now you are at face to face interviewing both - Change within 1 and half years

Keep up the good work & God bless you.

S.Ranganathan, Dammam

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 05 Jul 2011, 07:31

Nivedita, though we are in Bangalore our cable operator does not telecast 'podhigai'.Infact Jayatv and podigai are only 2 channels doing some service to carnatic music,expecting 'you tube updates

nivedita · Post by **nivedita** » 07 Jul 2011, 08:15

Hi all, Episode 1 is now available here:

http://nivedita.wordpress.com/

mahavishnu · Post by **mahavishnu** » 07 Jul 2011, 08:19

thank you, Nivedita.

tkb · Post by **tkb** » 07 Jul 2011, 10:03

Congrats! thanks for the link.

nivedita · Post by **nivedita** » 13 Jul 2011, 14:27

The next episode (Saturday, 16th July, 7.30 am) will feature mridanga vidwan Shri J. Vaidhyanathan.

nivedita · Post by **nivedita** » 22 Jul 2011, 22:15

Tomorrow's episode features Dr Sunder, disciple of Sangita Kalanidhi Shri D.K. Jayaraman.

thanjavooran · Post by **thanjavooran** » 23 Jul 2011, 08:10

Nivedita,
Excellent. You made him sing two songs too. Dr. Sundar's devotion to his profession and music was well narrated by him. His regards towards Vaggeyakara Thanjavoor Sankara Iyer was well expressed . 30 mts are not sufficient. Good luck to you.
Thanjavooran 23 07 2011

sappri · Post by **sappri** » 25 Jul 2011, 10:34

Nivedita - you absolutely rock!!! pretty, charming, very knowledgeable, verrry pleasant, amazing proficiency with thamizh - I could go on and on ....enjoyed the chat with Dr.Sunder as well - it was truly *lovely* listening to 'karunai deivame' - it was like DKJ coming down to sing again....

nivedita · Post by **nivedita** » 25 Jul 2011, 23:45

Thank you, thanjavooran and sappri. Your encouragement means a lot!

mahavishnu · Post by **mahavishnu** » 26 Jul 2011, 06:35

Nivedita, is it possible to post the more recent interviews on youtube?
I really enjoyed the first one.

makham · Post by **makham** » 01 Aug 2011, 11:53

It is a great idea not to limit the guests only to performing artists but include members of the greater ecosystem such as music writers. The session with Ms. Lakshmi Devnath was very informative and pleasing. Hope future editions of this program will present music critics, sabha secretaries, instrument manufacturers / maintenance artists, recording professionals, sound engineering professionals, sponsors and so on.

I too missed the episode featuring Dr Sunder and am keen to watch it.

nivedita · Post by **nivedita** » 01 Aug 2011, 22:31

Thank you, all!

makham--Yes, I've already recorded an episode with a very popular organizer and hope to interview critics, instrument makers, etc. in the future.

I'm likely to get the videos of a couple of episodes sometime next week. Will upload once I get them.

Doordarshan does not give me the videos, so I depend on someone else to record the episodes. This source, however, is not very reliable. So I'll only be able to upload videos once in a while.

makham · Post by **makham** » 02 Aug 2011, 14:38

Nivedita:

Thanks. There is no hurry. You can upload whenever convenient.

Incidentally, to the list of stakeholders who make up the ecosystem, I forgot to mention rasikas. It will not be a bad idea to feature a rasika to know his/her expectations !

nivedita · Post by **nivedita** » 05 Aug 2011, 20:11

Tomorrow's episode features nadaswara vidwan Kalaimamami Seshampatti Sivalingam.

kssr · Post by **kssr** » 11 Aug 2011, 19:26

An ideal candidate for this programme is V.Sriram. I heard him speak recently in Bangalore. He is a store house of C Music knowledge; speaks well as well. If you necessarily want him to sing, I guess he will give it a shot, too!

nivedita · Post by **nivedita** » 18 Aug 2011, 20:11

Thanks, kssr! Yes, I will definitely try and have V. Sriram on the show.

This week's episode will feature Cleveland Shri V.V. Sundaram.

nivedita · Post by **nivedita** » 26 Aug 2011, 20:20

Tomorrow's episode features Srimushnam Raja Rao sir.

thanjavooran · Post by **thanjavooran** » 27 Aug 2011, 08:18

Nivedita,
Excellent! Good luck to you. Your questions were all very apt. Srimushnam's explanations to the two schools and the kuchi, kappi difference were all quite interesting. His soft punch to the musicians in showing interest to know about the type of mirudhangam was very nice. His view for accompanying concert straight appears to be true. This was once mentioned by Thiruvaiyaru Annasamy Bhagavathar when PMI accompanied him at the Aradhanai some half a century back. If the mirudhanga vidwan is not alert at the eduppu then whole thing is out. Very good adivice by Srimushnam. His own thillana was excellent.
Who is our next virundhinar?
Thanjavooran 27 08 2011

nivedita · Post by **nivedita** » 30 Aug 2011, 23:29

Thank you very much, Thanjavooran!

The next virundinar will be Dr Narmadha, I think.

thanjavooran · Post by **thanjavooran** » 03 Sep 2011, 08:38

Nivedita,
A very good programme. This time though your questions were less Dr. Narmadha covered her entire journey. Her proficiency in CM, HM and Western is tremendous and 30 mts are not enough for such progms. Expected She would refer her Grand father's visit to Kabul as a first C Musician. In total an excellent virundhinar.
with wishes
Thanjavooran 03 09 2011

S.Balaji · Post by **S.Balaji** » 03 Sep 2011, 16:10

Nivedita ji,

Do you have the link for the J.Vaidyanathan interview - 16th July .

Rgds

S.Balaji

advaitin · Post by **advaitin** » 03 Sep 2011, 20:07

Hi

Is the program with Srimushnam available online for viewing ? Or is there any re broadcast coming up?

nivedita · Post by **nivedita** » 11 Sep 2011, 10:19

Thanjavooran,

Thank you very much! It was a delight interviewing Dr Narmadha. In spite of the fact that it was only a half-hour shoot, she put a lot of effort into the program, both pre- and post-shoot!

Balaji sir,

As I've said in my mail to you, I will try to get a copy of the recording at the earliest and upload it for you.

advaitin,

I don't think anyone has uploaded it, and I don't think a re-broadcast has been scheduled for now. I missed it myself, as I was travelling. Will try to get a recording and upload.

advaitin · Post by **advaitin** » 11 Sep 2011, 20:25

Thanks Nivedita. Very nice of you, thanks once again

nivedita · Post by **nivedita** » 12 Sep 2011, 23:02

I noticed that fellow forumite TVG sir has uploaded the episode with Shri Cleveland Sundaram. Here are the links:

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0ephgNNxTM

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiHEpY8RnmM

thanjavooran · Post by **thanjavooran** » 24 Sep 2011, 08:07

Nivedita ,
Excellent! Dr. SAK Durga's explanation as regards to Functional Nishadam and Organic Nishadam was educative. Folk songs do not have stringent rules is a point for detailed discussion. What our Pushpavanam Kuppusamy is going to say on this? Voice culture is a very good subject. Let us wait for a week more to listen further on this.

Thnajavooran 24 09 2011

thanjavooran · Post by **thanjavooran** » 01 Oct 2011, 08:04

Again Dr.SAK Durga's vol II today was excellent. Her explanation regarding voice culture was good. Taking cold items will never affect the voice. ARI preferred cold water only. This time the interview telecast was for 2 days. Very educative.
Thanjavooran 01 10 2011

thanjavooran · Post by **thanjavooran** » 08 Oct 2011, 08:25

Today's virundhinar was Laksmi Mohan, a music teacher. Subject: Autism in children. The subject was quite touching. Music therapy is the best solution for this type of syndrome. As usual 30 mts was not sufficient. Today's program was excellent.
Thanjavooran 08 10 2011

thanjavooran · Post by **thanjavooran** » 29 Oct 2011, 08:04

Nivedita,
Once again congrats! Today's progm "interview with Mudhra Bhaskar" was excellent.
Why prior informations are not given nowadays? Explantion given by Bhaskar in selecting the name for his son was really excellent.

Thanjavooran 29 10 2011

nivedita · Post by **nivedita** » 04 Nov 2011, 20:10

thanjavooran, thank you very much! My updates are likely to be irregular for the next few weeks; will post regular updates after that.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 05 Nov 2011, 07:28

Nivedita,
You are going to be 'season'ally busy!
Where all are you singing?

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 06 Nov 2011, 10:55

Nivedita
I saw last week episode of yours when you interviewed Akshay padmanabhan. As i said long time back when you interviewed SM Vilasini , you have the right choice of words and most importantly you give that space for your guest of honour to speak clearly without interruption . Also liked akshay's candid talk(he wants to be a rasika first and then a musician

) Akshay sang kadambari in mohanam and ramA nee semanavaru in kharaharapriya, did he sing anything before mohanam as I tuned half way thru

kunthalavarali · Post by **kunthalavarali** » 06 Nov 2011, 20:55

Was the programme on Akshay in "Pudu punal" or Chat show?

thanjavooran · Post by **thanjavooran** » 12 Nov 2011, 08:18

Nivedita,
congrats ! Today's progm was excellent. Mirudanga vidwan J.V patiently answered all your querries. He is a pucca vocalist too which he proved at the end. His views regarding disappearing of audience during thani was quite interesting. His remarks about the Sabha secretaries too was well noted. Kartik fines arts was the first to honour a purcussion artiste and his regards to the good soul was very touching. His affection towards KVN was quite evident when he mentioned about his niravel singing.

Thanjavooran 12 11 2011

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 13 Nov 2011, 09:46

thanjavooran,
You have been watching Nivedita's nam virundinar regularly--which means it's worth watching. When I come to india, I'll catch some episodes.
You said congratulations...From what I hear, you may have to congratulate her again! Hope Nivedita posts...

nivedita · Post by **nivedita** » 28 Nov 2011, 22:25

rajeshnat...Thank you very much! I checked with Akshay, since I didn't remember his song list. Kadambari priyayai was his first song.

thanjavooran...Thanks, I had a great time interviewing JV sir!

arasi-ji...Didnt have the chance to check the forum in some time, hence the late post... I got married on the 20th of this month.

nivedita · Post by **nivedita** » 28 Nov 2011, 22:28

kunthalavarali...The interview with Akshay was on Pudhuppunal.

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 28 Nov 2011, 23:20

Dpuble Congratulations Nivedita. One for your wedding and the other for your programme. Though I do not get to watch regularly, I manage to watch puduppunal sometimes. The recent one featuring the young mandolin player was very good. I like the way you conduct the same. Best wishes.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 29 Nov 2011, 02:30

Nivedita...congratulations, and best wishes!

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 29 Nov 2011, 02:58

Srimathi Nivedita!
Wishing you and the lucky man in your life a lifetime of anurAgam!

thanjavooran · Post by **thanjavooran** » 29 Nov 2011, 05:53

Thirumathi Nivedita Avl,
My blessings to you both.
Thanjavooran 29 11 2011