On the second day of the music festival (1st April) at Sri Rama Mandali, Jayanagar East end, Srividya Ramanath performed to a reasonably packed audience. ( seen in photo with accompanists)
Her vocal and music maturity was definitely beyond praise. She started the concert with a varna, “Veeriboni” (Bhairavi). She sang with ease in the second speed and the samasti charana were beautifully carved out.
She then chose to sing “Gam Ganapathe” (Hamsadhwani) and “Smarane Sukhamu” (Janaranjani). She picked a beautiful Tamil composition, “Ramanukku mannan mudi” in raga Hindola. One could easily recall P Bhanumathi singing this in a 1974 movie. “Nee vaadane gana” in Saranga carried with it clear sangathis.
Srividya chose “Pakkala Nilabadi” for her main rendition. The Kharaharapriya alapana was elaborate and she brought out the intricate prayogas of the raga. She spent a good amount of visthirna on the kalpana swaras.
H N Smitha on the violin was a good choice for the accompaniment. She highlighted the right sangathis with ease and she seemed to enjoy the music as she played. The main attraction at the concert was Shivu (Anoor Ananthakrishna Sharma) on the mridangam.
We did not see rasikas move out during the tani avarthanam. In fact we witnessed a lot of rasikas moving back just to listen to Shivu. Along with his nephew Sunaad Anoor he enthralled the audience with his evergreen tala prayogas.
Srividya concluded her concert with Purandaradasa’s composition Rama Rama Enniro.
- Reported by Prashanth Kumar
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