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Virgo events organis Thai enjoyed by one all. Madras making competition was a Thiruvizha to celebrate Mom title was won by smashing hit.Mother's Day at Ehiraj Shika Goel. Fathima Babu O n t h e s p o t , p o o Ka lyana Mandapam, crowned the winner. First thoduthal, bindi designing, r e c e n t l y . S a r a n y a runne r -up was R i t a v e g e t a b l e j e w e l l e r y Ponvannan, chief guest, Premavathi and Lakshmi making, creating own lighted the kuthuvilakku. Prasanna came as second ganesha, salt rangoli also Special guests at the event runner-up. a t t r a c t e d a l o t o f were actresses Fathima At the festival, it was the participants.Babu, Shailaja and Jaya traditional games which In the afternoon, it was a Murali attracted huge crowds and trip back to the sixties and More than 500 mothers the games inc luded seventies as the contests p a r t i c i p a t e d i n t h e p a r a m a p t h a m , were in solo dancing and traditional and cultural kalanga, pallankuzhi and s ing ing , re t ro mom, competitions. pandi. kancheevram kattu, and The inmates of Vishranthi In the Arusuvai mom sigai alangaram. In many to whom the event was segment the participants events the influence of dedicated, performed a prepared kollukattai and yesteryear actresses skit, wrote patti vaithiyams also microwave dishes on Saroja devi, Savitri and and said jokes which was the spot. The Murukku Mumtaz were visible.

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Todi is my favourite raga. I a distinct chord in the Endrendrum MS held at required no initiation or hearts of the listeners. Va s a n t h a M e m o r i a l tutelage to identify this Sometimes it has been just Cancer Centre , Ashok raga. The very first time I a small phrase in a big kriti, Nagar. heard it, I knew that the which gets you clean She is the daughter and raga was todi and the bowled. The kriti that I am disciple of the renowned fascination began then. But referring here is the popular musician Rama Ravi. She it took me 15 years to hear it Papansam kriti, karthikeya is also a scholar who is

r dfrom my favourite singer- pursuing a doctorate in K a n g e y a . T h e 3 M.S.Subbulakshmi . This music. That evening she charanam begins as Maal was from a recording of a brought in glimpses of the maruga shanmuga muruga concert held in Mumbai king of ragas , todi as guha, she improvises this somewhere in late 50s or rendered by MS. line and then another line early 1960s . The three- Subbu lakshmi ' s Tod i vadivel maruvum mamala and-a- half hour concert began with the varnam kara kamala is improvised featured a varnam and a Eranapa i wh ich was to a crescendo. Between ragam tanan pallavi in todi. followed by Kamalambike, these two lines she sings a The elaborate alaap from the dhyana kriti among the phrase 'matanga vadana the voice of a relatively Kamalamba navavarna sahodara azhaga” which young MS was able to take kritis of Dikshitar. The next lasts less than 20 seconds the listeners to ecstatic piece Koluva maragda of and traverses just a few heights. I still remember, for Thyagaraja was where the notes in this raga, but is the next three months splendour of todi began to sufficient to take you to an nothing else registered in show and i t peaked unimaginable state of bliss. my ears. in the ragam tanam And todi is hauntingly MS has rendered several pallavi. blissful, whether it is a 20 masterpieces in todi raga. She concluded her recital second phrase, a 20 Be it the tough swarajati of with a Narayana teertha minute alaap or two hours Shyama Shastri, Rave Tarangam. The audience at of exclusive performance. h i m a g i r i k u m a r i o r t h e v e n u e w e r e Nanditha Ravi regaled the Vandinam Muralam solai mesmerised by the beauty audience with her two hour which has a million brigas o f the raga and i ts concert on Subbulakshmi's cascading, she has struck portrayal. To d i o n M a y 1 7 a t

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Bhavana, disciple of Akhila a l a p a n a a n d and gave good support to Siva gave a vocal concert kalpanaswara. It reflected t h e v o c a l i s t . a t Kanch i Kamako t i the guru`s training. Kapali, K . R . N a r a y a n a n , Sankaramatam on Sunday a c o m p o s i t i o n o f mrudangist, disciple of at the 18th week of Music Papanasan Sivan, was G u r u v a y o o r D u r a i Festival, organised by sung with clear diction. r e f l ec ted h i s gu ru ’s Vadapalani Times. Apparam najaanaa mere in expertise during thani and She commenced her k a a p i , G N B ` s gave a smooth support. concert with a jalajakshi paramukham in kanada set Lal i tha Subramanian, varnam in hamsadhwani to adi proved to be good Director of Rasikapriya, ragam. Sarasiruha in nattai choices. Baagumeera in inaugurated the concert, r a g a m s e t t o a d i , sankarabharanam was after detailing the aims and D e e k s h i t h a r ` s sung with alapana and o b j e c t i v e s o f t h e kanchdalayathakshi in swaram. Bhavana is a V adapalani Times Music kamala manohari ragam student of DAV School. Festival. She introduced were good. Mohanam Bhooma, the violinist, a the artistes to the audience ragam was chosen as the student of Lalgudi Alamelu and also distributed the main item of the evening. It proved herself during certificates. was handled with detailed alapana, kalpana swaram -Sharma

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The rock concert held at and was part of a rock band homage to the late RJ, who PSBB, KK Nagar on May ESiON. To celebrate his would have captured our 15was a fitting musical work and his life, his hearts with his music, if he tribute to the multi-faceted f r i e n d s a n d b a n d w e r e a l i v e . D r . musician, Arjun Vasudev, m e m b e r s , H a r i s h M . S . V i s w a n a t h a n , who died in a road accident S w a m i n a t h , A s w i n grandfather and godfather in March. Arjun was an Ramakrishnan, Tej Kiran, of Arjun presided over the actor, film-maker, football Kar th ik Naras imhan, programme.player and guitarist. Arjun’s Sindhuja Shankaran and It’s also to be noted that the fami ly members and Immanuel performed on organisers have decided to friends had put together the occas ion, wh ich commence annual awards the show. included some of the in the name of Arjun for A large number of music compositions of RJ. Arjun’s guitarists from next year. lovers turned out for the brother Vasudev replaced Arjun’s popularity was show wearing specially him in the band by playing such that students and his designed black colour T- the lead guitar. friends took interest in shirts with Arjun’s image The members also played organising every segment and OuRJ’09 on it. some of the compositions of the show. Arjun’s friends The organisers announced of Pink Floyd, Eric Clapton, and alumni of PSBB. that the amount collected Pantera and Metathica, Arjun’s classmates from through the show would go from whom RJ had drawn Loyola presented an to Sathvika, who is in coma a lot of inspiration. audio-visual presentation.stage and is undergoing P l a y b a c k s i n g e r And, when the last song treatment at Ramachandra A.L.Raghavan sang was doing the rounds, the Medical College. “Engirindalum Vazhga”- clouds opened up, giving Arjun Vasudev, who was composed by MSV. The way to thundershowers. popularly known as “RJ” lyrics were modified to suit Perhaps, the clouds too had a passion for music the occasion as it paid were mourning his loss.

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