Year: 2006

  • Maharajapuram Srinivasan @ Sarada Madam, Chennai

    Venue: Sringeri Jagadguru Sankara (Sarada) Madam, Krupashankari Street, West Mambalam, Chennai Date: 23rd Sep 2006 Vocal: Sri Maharajapuram S. Srinivasan Vocal Support: Sri Maharajapuram Ganesh Viswanathan Violin: Sri M.A. Sundareswaran Mridangam: Sri Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman Morsing: Sri Srirangam Kannan List of songs: 1) varnam (evari) – AbhOgi – Adi –…

  • Captain is back

    The wait is over for captain fans. Captain is back with his latest movie “Perarasu”. Was reading about the movie in The Hindu’s Friday review ….. here are some very important points made by the person who wrote the article: About Captain and his sibling in the movie: “One believes…

  • OS Thyagarajan @ Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Chennai

    Venue: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mylapore, Chennai Date: 21st Sep 2006 Organizer: Alapana Trust Theme: Sri Thyagaraja’s compositions Vocal: Sri O.S.Thyagarajan Violin: Sri M.R.Gopinath Mridangam: Sri Srimushnam Raja Rao Ghatam: Sri S. Karthick List of songs: 1) gurulEka – gOwrimanOhari – kanda chApu – thyAgarAja (aNS) 2) entarANI – harikAmbOji –…

  • Sabari Girish @ Narada Gana Sabha Mini Hall. Chennai

    Venue: Narada Gana Sabha Mini Hall Date: 17th Sep 2006 Organizer: Saraswati Vaggeyakara Trust Theme: Compositions of post trinity composers Vocal: Sri Sabari Girish Violin: Sri Neela Mridangam: Sri Jayakumar List of songs: 1) varnam – asAvEri – Adi – pattanam subramaniya iyer 2) nirguNudO – malayamArutam – rUpakam –…

  • Sumathi Krishnan @ Narada Gana Sabha Mini Hall, Chennai

    Venue: Narada Gana Sabha Mini Hall Date: 17th Sep 2006 Organizer: Saraswati Vaggeyakara Trust Theme: Compositions of post trinity composers Vocal: Smt Sumathi Krishnan Violin: Smt Neela Mridangam: Sri Jayakumar List of songs: 1) varnam – shanmugapriya – tisra dhruvam – mudikondAn venkatrAma iyer 2) chenta dIrchi – hamsadhwani –…

  • TM Krishna @ Nadopasana, PS High School, Chennai

    Venue: PS High School, Mylapore Organizer: Nadopasana, Chennai Date: 16th Sep 2006 Vocal: Sri T.M.Krishna Violin: Sri S. Varadarajan Mridangam: Sri K. Arun Prakash Khanjira: Sri Anirudh Athreya List of songs: 1) jananI ninnuvinA – rItigOwla – misra chApu – subbarAya sAstri (S) 2) nenaruncharA – simhavAhini – Adi –…

  • Unnikrishnan @ Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, Chennai

    Venue: Dr. Nalli Gana Vihar, Sri Krishna Gana Sabha Date: 15th Sep 2006 Vocal: Sri P. Unnikrishnan Violin: Sri M.R.Gopinath Mridangam: Sri Guruvayoor Dorai Khanjira: Sri B.S.Purushottam List of songs: 1) sAminI tOdi (varnam) – pantuvarALi – Adi – vInA kuppaiyer (?) 2) ninnu jUchi – sOwrAshtram – Adi –…

  • Remembering Hosur Road

    This one, sourced from one of the mails (read forwards) I received, is for all those admirers and daily users of Hosur Road in Bangalore: and this one steals the show …….

  • Chitravina Ravikiran @ Krishna Gana Sabha, Chennai

    Date of concert: 10th Sep 2006 Venue: Sri Krishna Gana Sabha Auditorium, Chennai Chitravina: N. Ravikiran Violin: Akkarai Subhalakshmi Mridangam: Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman Ghatam: T.V. Vasan Khanjira: B. Shree Sundar Kumar The concert started with a varnam which I missed as I landed late after shifting in from Bangalore to…

  • Change in co-ordinates

    Moved over the weekend on a transfer to the city Ford probably hates the most – Chennai. The very first extended interaction I had was with the group of people who again probably are hated the most by Ford ….. yes … autowallas of Chennai ….. did maatha pachi for a…

  • Jillunu Oru Kadhal – Movie

    Calling the movie pathetic would be glorifying it. Saw the 9:50PM show on the first day of release of the movie in Bangalore and to just sit through it was an ordeal very difficult to manage. It is a total waste of time, money and all the other good things…

  • Munnabhai Madness

    Lage Raho Munnabhai seems to be doing an awesome business at the box office. People have been raving about it and Munnabhai madness is gripping many. Here is what one of my colleagues did …. he types the SMS “Coming to watch Munnabhai at 10 (pm)” and guess who he…

  • Remembering teachers

    Teachers day went by a couple of days back. Though there are many teachers who have played a part in shaping my life, there are four individuals who have influenced me the most by their teachings and/or thoughts. I would like to mention a bit about them and thank them…

  • Vettaiyadu Vilayadu

    Saw the movie a few hours back and I must say its worth a watch at least once even if you have seen Gautham Menon’s earlier movie “Kaakka Kaakka”. In fact if you have not seen “Kaakka Kaakka”, you might end up rating this movie much higher than you would…

  • Balayya – The God of Cinema

    I had posted 2 links of one of the greatest heroes of all times “Balayya” a few days back. Ever since getting introduced to his clips available on the net, one of my colleagues at office has become so enchanted with them that he has almost gone through every clip…