Author: Ramkumar R

  • 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…

  • Concert Updates

    A page dedicated to list of concerts happening in Chennai (“Concerts in Chennai“) has been added (see link on the right side or on top of this page). Details of concerts to be organized in November in Bangalore by Nadasurabhi Cultural Association have also been added to the “Concerts in…

  • Face to face with Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman

    This was the name given to the close to one-and-a-half hour session with mridangam maestro Sri Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman organized for rasikas by the Bangalore Gayana Samaja on 15th Aug 2006. Rasikas had an opportunity to interact with the maestro and ask him questions about carnatic music in general and…

  • For your viewing pleasure

    Here is one of the greatest (?) heroes of Indian cinema, putting to shame all the Supermans, Spidermans, James Bonds and Tom Cruises of the world, just for your viewing pleasure ….. believe me … you don’t need to understand the language (I don’t understand it anyway) to appreciate this…

  • Zidane – This year’s devil incarnate?

    NDTV 24×7 has been airing this clip today that shows how a few idol makers in Kolkata are making idols for this year’s puja with Zinedine Zidane as the demon. I am surprised that it isn’t Jagmohan Dalmiya this year for having played with Dada’s career. Wonder where this idea…

  • Vision 2020

    A few weeks back, Pratik, a batchmate of mine from ISB had written about where he thought a few guys from the batch would be 20 years from now. Here is my take on what a few guys would probably end up doing in 2020: Alok: Owner of a video…

  • Way2top reaches 100000

    Way 2 go for Way2top !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Visitor count on our very own Big B Baarney‘s fundu blog has reached 100000 !!! Ramki and I had the fortune of being shown on the blog as visitor no. 100000 (though Ramki was a few seconds ahead of me in seeing the count…

  • TNS – This year’s Sangeetha Kalanidhi

    There was a happy news and a sad one that eclipsed the happy one for Indian Classical Music fans yesterday. The happy news was that the Music Academy, Chennai will be conferring the “Sangeetha Kalanidhi” title, considered one of the greatest awards that a carnatic musician can receive, on maestro…

  • Shruti – The 24hr Carnatic Music Channel from Worldspace

    I bought a Worldspace satellite radio receiver last month here in Bangalore, mainly to hear Worldspace’s 24×7 Carnatic Music Channel called Shruti. I must say I am satisfied with the investment I made (Rs. 1499 for the receiver without speakers and Rs. 500 for a three month subscription), after listening…