Ellame Sangeethamdaan- Sriram Parasuram & Anuradha

[Rsachi]

Have you been watching this interesting programme with the enormously talented couple? The decor is of a Thai spa, all white, pink petals and rose fountains. The violin is placed by the side on a delicate swing. The two sit uneasily on high stools and sing sometimes holding a cordless mike. There are electric synth, rhythm pad, flute, tabla and KV Prasad on mridangam.
Yesterday they began a series heralding the monsoon. After a fine intro by Anu, Sriram played seven sketches of the various Malhar family ragas - Megh-, Miyan ki-, Adana-, Gaud-, Desh-, Ramdassi-,Sur-, all in a masterly way. He also spoke and sang them later to explain the point. Anu urged viewers to take notes on paper!
Then Anu sang a Tamil film song- a duet between Yesudas and Chitra where he keeps asking her to fetch the umbrella as it is going to rain.

Then Sriram sang a Thyagaraja song in Amritha varshini, addressed to Mother : Sarasiruhanayane (misattributed?) it has a googly chitteswara and raga name in a predominantly Sanskrit lyric, which smacks of a HMB type of composition style.

I look forward to the remaining episodes as much as I look forward to rains.

Sriram and Anuradha are absolutely excellent at what they do and communicate very well. Sriram is multidimensional - Violin, vocal, HM and CM.


Kudos to DD Podhigai!

[Rsachi]

Listen to Malhar melodies:
http://raa.ag/aHI01041

[munirao2001]

RSachi
I had watched few episodes of this program and is eminently watchable. In the last episode I had watched, they had taken up reetigowla and concluded episodes on this raga. I too agree with you that arrangement for Sriram and Anuradha to perform needs change for their physical comfort. I am able to enjoy only few compositions of film music taken up by Anuradha.

munirao2001

[Ranganayaki]

I watched a webcast of their performance together last December, somewhere in Chennai. They did not seem to do too well together. I don't remember details, but I remember wanting Sriram to sing much more.

[HarishankarK]

Mazhai Varudhu Mazhai Varudhu song is in the lines of Bageshri raga. Wonder why it was included in this Malhar discussion.
There are so many tamil songs in Madhyamavati (aka Megh).

[Thalaivarda]

Hariji... But does it have mazhai in the saahityam ?