Year: 2007

  • Rama Ravi @ PSP Gurupuja Day, Chennai

    Venue: Narada Gana Sabha Mini Hall, TTK Road, Chennai Date: 08 June 2007 Occasion: Sri Palani Subramaniam Pillai Gurupuja Day Vocal: Vid Rama Ravi Vocal Support: Vid Nandita Ravi Violin: Vid M.R. Gopinath Mrudangam: Vid Thanjavur Subramaniam List of songs: 1) graha balam Emi – rEvagupti – Adi – tyAgarAja…

  • Omnipresent

    He is everywhere ….. on TV screens, on billboards … even on MTC buses. No, I am not referring to Prakashraj, who seems to be having a monopoly in endorsements these days. The fact that he doesn’t fit into small billboards makes us feel his presence even more. For the…

  • Neyveli Santhanagopalan @ Asthika Samajam, Chennai

    Venue: Amarabharati, 12, West Tank St., Tiruvanmiyur, Chennai Date: 01 June 2007 Organizer: Asthika Samajam, Tiruvanmiyur Vocal: Vid Neyveli Santhanagopalan Violin: Vid M.A. Sundaresan Mrudangam: Vid Tiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam Ghatam: Vid V. Suresh List of songs: 1) rAmA nI pai – kEdAram – Adi – thyAgarAja (S) 2) teliyalEru – dhEnukA…

  • June Concert Schedule for Chennai

    The June concert schedule, with whatever details I have managed to collect till now, is available at https://ramsabode.wordpress.com/concerts-in-chennai/ The number of concerts looks to be on the rise, now that the dry month of May is over.

  • A solution to infrastructure problems

    Here is a solution to the infrastructure problems of this country from who else but our very own Superstar (Rajnikanth). See how he lays roads wherever he goes in this trailer of his eagerly awaited movie “Sivaji”. I must thank my friend ‘Captain’ (no .. no … not that one)…

  • Cheeni Kum: Review

      Its been ages since I saw last a good Bollywood movie. I went to “Cheeni Kum” with very low expectations as the movie had a bold story line and as it came after Nishabd which was such a @#@$#$ ….. … well …. lets move on to better things…

  • S. Malavika @ HCL Concert Series, Chennai

    Venue: Kasturi Srinivasan Hall, Music Academy, TTK Road, Chennai Date: 26 May 2007 Organizer: HCL & Music Academy (HCL Concert Series) Vocal: Vid S. Malavika Violin: Vid Akkarai Swarnalatha Mrudangam: Vid Trivandrum Hariharan List of songs: 1) vanajAkshi (varnam) – kalyANi – kanDa aTa – pallavi gOpAla iyer (O) 2)…

  • Captain Mania Returns – 2

    Captain mania continues: … does heart (?) surgery using mobile phones !! … the statistician !! Importance of Captain’s “soo” highlighted !! … bullet takes U-turn upon hitting Captain !!

  • Captain Mania Returns – 1

    Captain, one of the greatest stars of World Cinema, for your viewing pleasure: Lights cigarette with his blood; sends villains flying by touching his moustache Gives some work to his arms and legs too Gives shock to electricity itself Types in Windows Media Player !!! Eats, drinks and breathes teamwork…

  • Indian Superheroes

    Indian superheroes for your viewing pleasure: Superman & Spiderwoman together. Spiderwoman even flies by herself: Superman in action: A Superman-like superhero performing cosmic dance (comes with English subtitles so that one can understand the technicalities 😉 ):

  • Chennai 600028

    Picture this …. you are watching a movie from DVD on your color TV (1989 make) at home with your family and friends, with the digital sound trying to come out from the TV’s speakers. You are sitting on the floor, having sugary, watery lemonade to beat the summer heat…

  • Prarthana Rao @ TTD Information Center, Chennai

    Venue: TTD Information Center, Venkatanarayana Road, T. Nagar, Chennai Date: 21 May 2007 Organizer: TTD Information Center Vocal: Vid Prarthana Rao Violin: Vid Karaikkal Venkatasubramaniam Mrudangam: Vid Erode Nagaraj Tambura: Vid Keerthana Rao List of songs: 1) inta mODi (varnam) – sArangA – Adi – tiruvOtriyUr tyAgayya (O) 2) vandE…

  • Gayathri Venkataraghavan @ Sringeri Mutt, Chennai

    Venue: Sringeri Jagadguru Pravachana Mandiram, Sringeri Mutt Road, R.A.Puram , Chennai Date: 19 May 2007 Organizer: Raja Annamalaipuram Bhakta Jana Sabha Vocal: Vid Gayathri Venkataraghavan Violin: Vid Akkarai Subhalakshmi Mrudangam: Vid B. Ganapatiraman Ghatam: Vid N. Guruprasad List of songs (incomplete): 1) Om namaha praNavArthAya ? (shlOkam) – hamsadhwani    …

  • SRJ Lec-Dem on Shyama Sastri @ NGS, Chennai

    Lecture Demonstration on Sri Shyama Sastri Venue: Narada Gana Sabha Mini Hall, TTK Road, Chennai Date: 18 May 2007 Organizer: Narada Gana Sabha (Golden Jubilee Year Music Series) Vocal: Vid. S.R. Janakiraman (SRJ) Vocal Support: Vid. Mangala Ravi Violin: Vid. Akkarai Subbulakshmi Mrudangam: Vid. K.R. Ganesh List of songs: 1)…

  • Chalo utro aur dhakka lagaao !!!!

    Have you ever come across a situation while traveling in a train where the train stopped at a signal for a long time and you saw children trying to push it from inside to make it move? Did you or someone else try to reason it out with them as…