Thalaivar mania
There is a kind of Rasika that goes to concerts whenever they find time and there are others who would not want to miss a concert of their favourite musician – this is what the article in Times about Sanjay starts with.
I wouldn’t want to be tagged to either of the categories, but I enjoy listening to Sanjay. And I avoided his concerts for 2 years due to his stardom and the maniacs that go with it. What better way to get back to a Sanjay concert than at the 74th year Isai Vizha at the Tamizh isai mandram!
The concert I am writing about happened on 30th Dec, and the accompanying artists were the usual Varadharajan and Neyveli Venkatesh.
What had changed
For a fan listening to him for the first time after he attained the “Thalaivar” status , nothing much had changed.
- He still is not that clear on diction
- His style of singing and voice was just the same
- Stuck to the concert template
- His ever best long standing kaarvais
- His choice of ragams at the end of RTP (we even managed to guess 2 right, beforehand)
One thing was new though – the popular song request for the one on demonetisation? Looks like it is a song about money that made waves in this season, thanks to you know who.
What was sung
I have sweet memories of having listened to an hour long Hindolam at Vani Mahal, an illuminating Rasali at Krishna Gana Sabha. What I will remember from this concert are 2 main pieces, Simmendra madhyamam (pasuram on thirukurugur followed by a song, maya vamanane) and RTP in Valaji.
The RTP lines that were Bharathi’s, brought a smile in the so-called feminist in me 🙂
“Aanum pennum nigarena kolvadhal – arivil oongi vaiyam thazhaikkum”
Even though the conception of this RTP can be attributed to the brilliance of Sanjay, Varadharajan beat him by narrow margin in the execution with his violin. What a Valaji it was!!
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– Until next,
Vid 🙂
Vid Dev 