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ISSN 0970 - 7816 VOLUME 27 ISSUE 9 SEPTEMBER 2020 ` 85 No. 36, North Usman Road, T.Nagar, Chennai - 600 017. Phone : 044 2814 3093 Chennai I Mumbai Shop Online at www.sundarisilks.com 2 l SRUTI September 2020 3 l SRUTI September 2020 Founder – Editor CONTENTS Vol. 27 Issue 9 September 2020 The late N. Pattabhi Raman Editor-in-Chief S. Janaki É 28128075 Senior Associates R. Vedavalli, Nandini Ramani, T.T. Narendran, Gowri Ramnarayan Critics/ Correspondents in India Bengaluru Sulochana Saralaya É (080) 23513444 Bhubaneswar Ileana Citaristi É (0674) 2433779 Chennai V. Karpagalakshmi, S. Sivaramakrishnan, Anjana Anand, C. Ramakrishnan Kolkata Tapati Chowdhurie É 09831071202 / 9830054247 Meena Banerjee É 09831262127 Nita Vidyarthi <[email protected]> Mumbai Gayathri Sundaresan <[email protected]> New Delhi Leela Venkataraman É (0124) 4058466 / 09810000259 Tiruvananthapuram K.K. 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All rights reserved. © September 2020 - All articles, photographs and materials appearing in this issue whether in whole or in part, in any form are exclusive copyright Front Cover: Gayathri Venkataraghavan of The Sruti Foundation and nothing may be reproduced in any form or stored in Ramya Harishankar (Photo by V.K. Rajamani) any electric or electronic storage retrievable format. The editors and publisher of SRUTI do their best to verify the information published, but do not take responsibility for No. 432 the absolute accuracy of the information. 4 l SRUTI September 2020 READERS WRITE Special tavil S. Sivaramakrishnan was always intrigued by what melam team but are engaged specially a ‘special tavil’ means—the during festival occasions for leading I term prefixed to the names nagasawara vidwans. This involved of tavildars of name and fame in much deliberation by the organisers concert announcements featuring and sponsors. nagaswaram artists of repute. Following the revelation that there During my boyhood days, the tavil was nothing ‘special’ about the tavil fascinated me no end. I waited for the vadyam, our focus entirely shifted to temple festivals, mainly for the arrival the tavildars—our matinee idols! The of the ‘special tavil’ maestros—my the courage to ask one among main concert during the procession heroes! The elders in our family the troupe about the special tavil. was eagerly awaited and we positioned were confident that the youngsters Though amused, he explained that the ourselves around the tavil vidwans to would ultimately learn to appreciate specialty was all about the vidwan and literally savour the beats. We were nagaswaram music through the tavil not the instrument. We were wonder- only too happy to run small errands and hence never prevented us from struck! The special tavil vidwans, he for them like fetching drinking water being around the melam all the time. explained, are not part of a regular and the towels they needed to wipe the We watched the tavildars—their body language, mannerisms, and the high- decibel output while they played. We went in the mornings to their camps in the village to see how they mended the instrument, how they prepared for Murali music the evening concerts, their enviable musicaL physique, and the extraordinarily obedient assistants who also prepared Pvt. ltd. for them the ‘paan box’ fondly called the “vettilai chellam”. The organisers gave top priority to their boarding We deal in all kinds of musical instruments, books and accessories. and lodging too. The tavil masters We also undertake repairs and service. were highly knowledgeable in music and were laya-giants. Many of them VISIT OUR STORE: were left handed—a common feature Shop no. 29/30, BBC Manor, among tavildars! 23, Doraiswamy Road, T. 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Often, a that of having followed the ‘special local vidwan would take over from tavil’ throughout the concert! the ‘jalra time-keeper’ of the team to help him out during the complicated The tani avartanam in tavil would last passages in tani. They took pride in at least an hour in temple festivals exchanging pleasantries with members and none could resist comparing the of the special team—addressing talent of the second tavildar with that them as “Anney, Annachie” or “Ayya” of the special lead percussionist. The depending on their closeness or seniority. junior also had the task of literally facing the music when the special I have listened to old recordings tavildar happened to be his guru! of Nachiarkoil Raghava Pillai and There were instances when both the Needamangalam Meenakshisundaram tavildars were equally mighty and Pillai. Valayapatti Subramaniam, people looked forward to enchanting Valangaiman Shanmugasundaram, spectacles. Subtle competition would Haridwaramangalam Palanivel, and Denganikottai Mani are some set in, quite enjoyable as well as Valayapatti Subramaniam educative. of the titans who were in great demand for special tavil and were our Denganikottai Mani We used to wait for the exciting heroes. n kuraippu segment that led to a tumultuous finale and take-off point Haridwaramangalam Palanivel HEMAMALINI S. by the nagaswaram music. The ‘kole’ prayogam (use of the stick specially on the main side) would produce sounds of various hues—at times resembling fireworks. The final korvai would be as thrilling and exciting as the last over of an ODI cricket match! The tani slot would be used by the pipers to refresh themselves. The melam vidwans from the nearby areas would attend in large numbers, and we learnt a lot by observing how 6 l SRUTI September 2020 NEWS & NOTES A commendable re-creation of Raas aas: Tapestry of Love is a perfect sync both in nritta and in commendable collaboration abhinaya; the application of cross by senior disciples of Shree coordination in some frames with R th Bharatalaya which is in its 50 Krishna at the centre is interesting year. It brings back memories to watch. Towards the end, the of the vibrant and colourful raas visual effect of the gopis dancing choreographed by guru Sudharani around in circles has been well Raghupathy, which was performed achieved technically. The crisp on stage in Chennai, by students raas ends, leaving you wishing for from different dance schools way more. back in the early 1990s in the (Chennai), Aishwarya Ananth S. JANAKI dance production Krishnam Vande Karthik and Gayatri Ramaratnam Jagadgurum. The latest video, The making of Raas (Bengaluru), Mridula Anand premiered on YouTube, is a digital (Hyderabad), Anusha Venkatramani If you were to ask any of the reimagining of the much acclaimed (Houston), and Smruthi Jayasundar twelve senior students of Shree choreographic work to suit the digital (New Jersey City)—each one Bharatalaya who participated in space, weaving in performances performing at home. this lockdown collaboration as to by twelve senior disciples across how the Raas video was made, the distances, as a tribute to their guru There is not a dull moment in unanimous answer would be: “It and their dance school the video too as in the original just came together, seamlessly and in Chennai.
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    INDIAN COUNCIL FOR CULTURAL RELATIONS EMPANELMENT ARTISTS S.No. Name of Artist/Group State Date of Genre Contact Details Year of Current Last Cooling off Social Media Presence Birth Empanelment Category/ Sponsorsred Over Level by ICCR Yes/No 1 Ananda Shankar Jayant Telangana 27-09-1961 Bharatanatyam Tel: +91-40-23548384 2007 Outstanding Yes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwH8YJH4iVY Cell: +91-9848016039 September 2004- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrts4yX0NOQ [email protected] San Jose, Panama, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDwKHb4F4tk [email protected] Tegucigalpa, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIh4lOqFa7o Guatemala City, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiOhl5brqYc Quito & Argentina https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COv7medCkW8 2 Bali Vyjayantimala Tamilnadu 13-08-1936 Bharatanatyam Tel: +91-44-24993433 Outstanding No Yes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbT7vkbpkx4 +91-44-24992667 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKvILzX5mX4 [email protected] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyQAisJKlVs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6S7GLiZtYQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBPKiWdEtHI 3 Sucheta Bhide Maharashtra 06-12-1948 Bharatanatyam Cell: +91-8605953615 Outstanding 24 June – 18 July, Yes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTj_D-q-oGM suchetachapekar@hotmail 2015 Brazil (TG) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOhzx_npilY .com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgXsRIOFIQ0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSepFLNVelI 4 C.V.Chandershekar Tamilnadu 12-05-1935 Bharatanatyam Tel: +91-44- 24522797 1998 Outstanding 13 – 17 July 2017- No https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ec4OrzIwnWQ