Hilarity in kutcheris

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 24 Apr 2009, 01:29

Missiamma!
'mAppiLLai DOy, maNiyAna madarAsu mAppiLLai DOY' .

I like 'mugam minukkuRAr' bit.

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 24 Apr 2009, 06:15

No! it is not Missiamma!

The lines are sung by the college girls. The boys respond as:

'soapaale moo~nji thOykkiRaa sundari Doy
chuNNaambai kuzhaicchu pooshuRaa sundari Doy'

I will add:
' sofaale ERi kuthikkiRaa naaTTiyam Doy
chutthiyale eDutthu thaTTuRaa nattuvaa^Ngam Doy"

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 24 Apr 2009, 06:23

During an argument the vocalist finally triumphantly concluded:
'after all, neenga pakka vaadhyam thaanE'
(you are only accompanists)
The accompanists replied:
' aamaam, naanga pakkuva vaadhyam thaan, aanaal neengaLO...'
(yes we are 'mature' accompanists; but you !!! )

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 24 Apr 2009, 08:38

CML/Arasi:

The movie is manampOl mAngalyam, and IIRC, there is an awesome segment in sAranga with lovely svarams by P. Leela in this song -'mAppiLLai Doi' (it also has the rather famous phrase - 'sonnAllum puriyAdu svyamAvum teriyAdu mannAdi mannan enru manasukuLLe ninaippAru' in it as well)

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 24 Apr 2009, 18:38

Thanks Shankar I think you are right! Was it Gemini ganesh in the man's role? The song I know was sung by AM Raja.. Some nice songs....

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 24 Apr 2009, 20:40

Is Sakunthala in it too?
Give it to Ravi. He is hundred years old when it comes to lyrics. kizhavarilum kizhavar, tonRuk kizhavar

Anyway, you make us all feel young, Ravi...

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 24 Apr 2009, 21:00

Listen to it
http://www.thiraipaadal.com/albums/ALBOLD000581.html
The saranga is really good!

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 24 Apr 2009, 23:06

Arasi - LOL!

CML, yes it is Gemini Ganesan in a double role in this movie, with Savitri as one of the heroines - no clue who played the other lead role. Thanks for the link, BTW.

vganesh · Post by **vganesh** » 25 Apr 2009, 07:56

once Sri Kunnakudi was playing violin in one of the southern districts of Tamilnadu during the annual festival of Lord subramanya. Usually the concerts start at around 8.00 PM and go up to 11.00 PM. It was an open air program where in no chairs and no preference. The place would be filled with sea sand. People generally sit little back leaving the front portion with some space. Around 10 / 10.30 children after playing, come and sit in the front. Naturally they sleep on the sand..... And ofcourse you know what Sri Kunnakudi would have done in the middle of a song ..... He played one liner
ThoonGadhe Thambi ThoonGadhe ( do not sleep brother do not sleep)..... and ofcouse the audience gave a round of applause..

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 26 Apr 2009, 07:05

...The children of course would have loved:
'thookkam un kaNkaLai thazhuvaTTumE...'

mridhangam · Post by **mridhangam** » 26 Apr 2009, 12:05

Recently i attended a family function since i had just returned from an outstation concert i didnt have time to shave. My relatives told me y hvnt u shaven those Grey hairs dont look nice on ur face.

I said "Mandaikkulla Nirayya irukku adan veliya naraya teriyaradu"

If you want in english i said "I am graceful (can also be read as greysful)"

J.Balaji

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 26 Apr 2009, 12:07

Balaji: That is a good one. It is called grey matter for a good reason then

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 26 Apr 2009, 18:42

Very nice way of explaining the grey hairs using the grey matter

But some of us have nothing inside and hence nothing outside

I once say a beggar singing and using his bald-pate for a ghaTaM. It was wonderful!
But folks don't you ever try it since you can seriously injure your brains!

poornashadjam · Post by **poornashadjam** » 26 Apr 2009, 19:05

Some time back after a concert of Hyderabad sisters in Hyderabad , I went to congratulate the singers. As the Mrudangam artist also was there. I turned towards him to say that his tani avardhanam was "PRAMAADHAM ". In Tamil Pramaadham means excellent. The Mridangist, a Telugu person who also knows Tamil asked me if the Pramaaadham was a Tamil PRAMAADHAM or a Telugu PRAMAADHAM. In Telugu PRAMAADHAM would mean dangerous.

N S

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 26 Apr 2009, 19:40

A good one! Imagine what the mrudangam player's reaction would have been, had he not been familiar with tamizh!

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 26 Apr 2009, 19:50

Interesting!
In sanskrit 'pramAdaM' means carelessness/oversight/intoxication/blunder/mishap/calamiity/...
In other words all negative connotations. But in Tamil it is highly complimentary! Hence one has to be careful using the word outside of TN !

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 27 Apr 2009, 09:59

that is because of the tradition "mangala vazhakku"

[calling tueday as mangaLa vAram]

the concert was "first class" (a famous say in chennai about any below average concert)

some drummers in US say, your performance was "bad" to express "great"

i say "orE comedy Ayiduththu", meaning, i faced some troubles

mridhangam · Post by **mridhangam** » 27 Apr 2009, 16:46

This was a very old joke i used to tell earlier :

Vaal Payyan : Dei cheenu unakku teriyuma enga thathavukku Naalu Kai da ...

Chennu : Eppadi da ?

Vaal Payyan : Valak-KAI, idak-KAI, vazhuk-KAI, bok-KAI !!!

Chennu : !!!!!

J.Balaji

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 27 Apr 2009, 20:30

pramaadam

(of course in Tamizh)

srkris · Post by **srkris** » 28 Apr 2009, 03:13

cmlover wrote:Interesting!
In sanskrit 'pramAdaM' means carelessness/oversight/intoxication/blunder/mishap/calamiity/...
In other words all negative connotations. But in Tamil it is highly complimentary! Hence one has to be careful using the word outside of TN !

http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philol ... 4.tamillex

As the lexicon says, it's a word borrowed from Sanskrit pra-mÃƒâ€žÃ‚Â

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 28 Apr 2009, 04:48

Those multiple meanings are carry over from Sanskrit into Tamil since the word is of sanskrit origin ; never used in practice in modern Tamil. When you compliment a vidvaan
nee^Nga pramaadamaa paaDaREL!
(your singing is fantastic) He will smile and acknowledge. But never take it as (your singing is all a mistake)

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 28 Apr 2009, 06:50

in post 516, pramadam is said to mean intoxication also. may be apt in some cases. gobilalitha

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 28 Apr 2009, 08:38

Here is a one line Tragic Story

pramadA pracodita pramattak^Rta pramAdAt pramAdikA pramAdita pram^RitAt pramuktA

pramadA = young damsel
pracodita = incited/urged
pramattak^Rta = done by one who got intoxicated
pramAdAt = from the careless act
pramAdikA = woman who lost her viginity
pramAdita = one who was ridiculed
pram^RitAt = from dying
pramuktA = got liberated

(The lovely damsel whose beauty intoxicated the man to commit a careless act which
made her lose her virginity and got her ridiculed and she got liberated by
killing herself.)

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 28 Apr 2009, 08:53

CML, see if you can recast the meaning so that liberation is 'liberated by a superpower who took pity on her'. That will make it better.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 28 Apr 2009, 09:17

Should I praise the kavi kOkilam or the other cuckoo who insists upon summoning a savior and turn to it all into a happy ending, ending the ending? Very funny, VK!

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 28 Apr 2009, 09:19

done!
pramadA pracodita pramattak^Rta pramAdAt pramAdikA pramAdita pram^RitEna prabhunA prak^RpayA pramuktA
(pram^RitEna = by getting killed
prabhunA = By the Lord
prak^RpayA = with overflowing pity)

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 28 Apr 2009, 09:30

That in a nutshell is the story of Brinda (the wife of the demon Jalandara) who was cheated by ViShNu who killed herself and became the Tulasi so sacred to the Lord.
(only read 'chastity' inplace of 'virginity')

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 28 Apr 2009, 09:40

Alleluia!

poornashadjam · Post by **poornashadjam** » 28 Apr 2009, 15:58

Dear CMlover ,

A small joke has taken such a turn . Romba Pramaadham (In Tamiz).

Here is one more .

We once had been to a decent Restaurant in Vijayawada . The waiter appeared no sooner we took our chairs . So we told him " Two Minutes " . The guy turned after some time with Two Meals . We were surprised and asked him what that was as we had not still decided on the menu . The waiter silently took away the meals back to the kitchen . Later on when we thought about this , we learnt that the waiter would had heard the Two Minutes as two meals.

Sridhar N

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 28 Apr 2009, 20:25

This incident is about our reverred member , one of the most respected vidwans, vidhyarti(NEIVELI,SIR)
During one of his kutcheris , the violinist while playing was troubled by small insects flying here and there near his neck. He could not take his hand to drive them away. Neiveli sir took his angavastram and waved it hereand there near his face. to drive away the insects . The next day ,a reviewer(I think, it is our reverred(SUBBUDU) wrote mockinglyabout the consideration of Neiveli sir for his accompaying artists even to the extent of causing some breeze to the sweating violinist,WAVING HIS ANGAVASTRAM
gobilalitha

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 28 Apr 2009, 20:39

The neyveli (ney = ghee) angavastram would have attracted more insects

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 28 Apr 2009, 21:18

nahin, nahin, CML.
hAn, voh tO ek Admi
dUsrOn ke hAl
samajhne vAle...

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 28 Apr 2009, 21:26

jI nahin!
vE tO banAvaTi AdmI..
sac mE kOi nahin...
hAl mAnnE vAlA tO giridhar lAl ..

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 28 Apr 2009, 21:35

giridhar lAl!
mIrA kE prabhu kA nAm
soChnE lagE, sangIt kA pyArA

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 28 Apr 2009, 22:49

ab tO haM giridhar ko choD kar Shankar ki madad lEngE

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 29 Apr 2009, 02:26

je suis ravi:)

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 29 Apr 2009, 06:29

Hey - I am totally out of my depth here - composing is your cuppa! My expertise is in 'sitting back and enjoying' your offerings!

mridhangam · Post by **mridhangam** » 29 Apr 2009, 10:37

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erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 02 May 2009, 00:33

many reasons why I like concerts happening in small temples... interesting mArgA of bakthi

I played a temple concert recently. After getting settled on jamakkALam, for ten minutes there was no sign of any sound system. All of a sudden, appeared a nice man who kept three mikes. We were wondering why he was doing so, because, there were no speakers! Later, ram found the one looking like this.... --<- near the roof, kept as a hidden camera"¦

The priest was in a hurry to do some "good"

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 02 May 2009, 02:33

Provided as a public service for anyone wishing to turn you down, or worse, change the channel?

Suji Ram · Post by **Suji Ram** » 02 May 2009, 02:50

I believe it is for turning the volume up or down..whatever
and mute feature

sramaswamy · Post by **sramaswamy** » 02 May 2009, 03:12

erode14 wrote: But, the thing we were unable to unfold and find at least one reason for its existance is... why a remote was there in front of us throughout the concert!

"Cash, check or charge?" the cashier asked after folding items the woman wished to purchase. As the woman fumbled for her wallet, the cashier noticed a remote control for a television set in her purse.
"Do you always carry your TV remote?" the cashier asked.
"No," she replied. "But my husband refused to come shopping with me, so I figured this was the most evil thing I could do to him."

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 02 May 2009, 04:00

Funny!
So, which is better of the two evils?!

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 02 May 2009, 04:41

ha ha! It is the work of 'ratacrobat'
http://rasikas.org/forums/post117980.html#p117980
trying to steal your laya clips

mazhai · Post by **mazhai** » 12 May 2009, 14:46

A hilarious moment at the Poona Sangeetha Sabha:
this happened during a concert of an amateur artist. She started singing Mohana ragam (alapanai) and, at the same time, an old man sitting in the fourth row got up and left the hall with his cell phone. When the artist finished with the alapanai, she started with 'Kapaali' in Mohanam....within the first two sangathis, the old man came back to his seat, RUNNING. A person among the audience was heard saying in a carrying whisper,' anda mama peru kapaali pola irukku...kapaali nu paada aramicha odane ododi varaare!!!'

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 12 May 2009, 20:28

The joke will be more appropriate for a person named 'kandaswamy' with a varaaLi aalaapana followed by
' vA vA vA kandA vA vA..'

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 12 May 2009, 23:59

Recently, I played a concert at the EkAmrEsvara temple in amaindhakarai near aNNA nagar.

Krishna Prasadh, my sishya said "this song and the "shrI venkatESam manasA smarAmi" are never ending songs sir...", on hearing S.P.Balasubramaniam's "hara hara sivanE... aNNAmalaiyE... hara Om namSivAya..."

Krishna, have you ever heard "hEy.. hEy.. Orayiram..." a song from kamal hasan's film meeNdum kOkilA?"

no sir..

"we used to announce that we would present a never ending song and sing (in school) like this:

hEy.. hEy.. Orayiram
hEy.. hEy.. reNdAyiram
hEy.. hEy.. moovAyiram..."

sir...

We had enough time to chat as we reached the place well in advance owing to the election campaign of Jayalalitha in the nearby road. The vocalist seemed worrying about the noises that may occur.

I said, "this is what mAnikkavAsagar has predicted in Siva purANam, "meetingu vandhu vinaip piRavi sArAmE! but, never mind... people who listen to our concert from outside will think all the applause given by the party crowd is for us!

"aNNA... please don't be kidding"

"no no... actually I am not kidding... let it be like this... at least once in their life time, they applauded for a good thing"

mazhai · Post by **mazhai** » 19 May 2009, 19:07

mridhangam wrote:Recently i attended a family function since i had just returned from an outstation concert i didnt have time to shave. My relatives told me y hvnt u shaven those Grey hairs dont look nice on ur face.

I said "Mandaikkulla Nirayya irukku adan veliya naraya teriyaradu"

If you want in english i said "I am graceful (can also be read as greysful)"

J.Balaji

semma kadi!!! u alone are capable of saying such things mama!!! lol!!!

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 20 May 2009, 09:47

This is a joke from a leading tamil magazine. Two elderly people were seated next to each other in a music performance by a budding yoingster. While one of them was a chatterbox,critisizing the young vidwan for every song, the other one was silently enjoying the songs.When the musician began mohanam, the chatterbox started saying ' evanallam en paada varan, idai maharajapuram paadanum, innikki poora kettundu irukkal;am. then when he began to sing sarasasamadhana, he again opened his mouth'idai Madurai mani iyer padanum. innikku poora kettundu irukkalm.. This time the silent gentleman lost his cooland said 'sir avaallam poi serndhu rombanalachu, namum anga ponal than avaal pattai innikku poora ketkalaam
For those not knowing tamil, THECONVERSATION IS AS FOLLOWS. When he started singing mohanam, the chatterbox started saying, ' why these fellows come to sing, you must hear maharajapuram sing it, you can listen thro'out the day. similarly when he began 'saras saama dana , he made a similar remark about Madurai Mani Iyer.then the silent man really lost his cooland said ' sir they have gone to the mel logam long back, if we want to hear them we must also go there. gobilalitha

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 20 May 2009, 09:56

Just change that 'namum' to 'nIrum' to make this a sparkling joke

(instead of 'we' change it to 'you')