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Piloo
Pilu or Peelu is a ''raga'' of Hindustani classical music. It is mostly used in light-classical forms, like ''thumris''. Arohana and Avarohana Arohana P 'N S g m P N SN S G m P N SS g m P D SS R m P N S Avarohana S' N D P m G m P g R S 'N SS' N S' D n D P m G m P G P m g R S 'N S Some performances include shades of ' MA Vadi and Samvadi Ga as ''vadi'' Ni as ''samvadi'' Pakad or Chalan S g R g S R 'N S, G m n P g - S S g R S 'N S 'N - 'P 'd 'P 'N S - g R g 'N S Organization and relationships Related ''ragas'': Kirwani resembles an ancient kind of Pilu. Thaat: Bhatkhande classified Pilu in the Kafi ''thaat).'' ''Samay'' (time) Third part of the day Seasonality Often related to the monsoon season, this raag is popular in the occasion of Hindu festival "Holi" halguna (February - March) monthalso known as Raga of colours for its smpoorna jaati and blissful nature. http://www.tanarang.com/english/pilu_eng.htm-get more information about Raga PiluCAPTCHA ''Rasa'' C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gara (raga)
Gara is a Hindustani classical ''raga'' belonging to the Khamaj Thaat. This raga is similar to raga Jaijaiwanti. Both ragas i.e. raga Jaijaiwanti and raga Gara, have the same svaras. Gara is a rare raga. It is rendered in the late evening. The raga uses all the seven notes, six in the ascent and seven in the descent. Therefore the Jati of the raga is ''Shaadav-Sampurna''. While some say that seven svaras are played in the ascent and seven in the descent. Therefore the Jati then becomes ''Sampurna-Sampurna''. It uses both, the Komal (flat) and Shuddha (full) Nishad, and all other notes are Shuddha (full). The derivative ragas out of this structure are grouped under the broad head of Khamaj Thaat. Gara belongs to a family of melodic entities, which were apparently derived from folk melodies, and entered art-music in association with the thumri genre. This family includes ragas like Kafi, Piloo, Jangula, Barwa, and Zilla, along with several others. This raga expresses the feeling of h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Meets East, Volume 2
''West Meets East, Volume 2'' is an album by American violinist Yehudi Menuhin and Indian sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar, released in 1968. It is the second album in a trilogy of collaborations between the two artists, after the Grammy Award-winning '' West Meets East'' (1967).Reginald Massey"Ravi Shankar obituary" ''The Guardian'', 12 December 2012 (retrieved 3 December 2013). The release followed Menuhin and Shankar's duet on 10 December 1967 at the United Nations in New York, celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.Shankar, ''Raga Mala'', p. 184. As part of his utopian ideal, international human rights was a cause long supported by Menuhin in his work, while for Indian classical music, this Human Rights Day recital marked the first time that a performance had received a worldwide television broadcast. Reflecting the celebrity status afforded the sitarist during this period, particularly as a result of his association with George Harri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ravi Shankar
Ravi Shankar (; born Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury, sometimes spelled as Rabindra Shankar Chowdhury; 7 April 1920 – 11 December 2012) was an Indian sitarist and composer. A sitar virtuoso, he became the world's best-known export of North Indian classical music in the second half of the 20th century, and influenced many musicians in India and throughout the world. Shankar was awarded India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 1999. Shankar was born to a Bengali Brahmin family in India, and spent his youth as a dancer touring India and Europe with the dance group of his brother Uday Shankar. He gave up dancing in 1938 to study sitar playing under court musician Allauddin Khan. After finishing his studies in 1944, Shankar worked as a composer, creating the music for the ''Apu Trilogy'' by Satyajit Ray, and was music director of All India Radio, New Delhi, from 1949 to 1956. In 1956, Shankar began to tour Europe and the Americas playing Indian classical music and incr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kafi (thaat)
Kafi () is one of the ten basic thaats of Hindustani music from the Indian subcontinent. It is also the name of a raga ( Kharaharapriya) within this thaat. Description Kafi thaat makes use of the Komal Gandhara and Komal Nishad. So basically it adds Komal Gandhara to the Khamaj thaat. The Kafi raga is one of the oldest ragas and its intervals are described as the basic scale of the Natyashastra. Thus in ancient and medieval times, Kafi was considered as natural scale. Kafi is a late evening raga and said to convey the mood of springtime. Ragas Ragas in Kafi thaat include: * Abhogi * Bageshri * Bageshri-Ang Chandrakauns * Bahar * Barwa * Bhimpalasi * Brindavani Sarang * Dhani * Hanskinkini * Jog * Kafi * Megh * Malhar * Nayaki Kanada * Patdeep * Pilu * Jaijaiwanti Jaijaivanti or Jaijaiwanti is a Hindustani classical '' raga'' belonging to Khamaj Thaat. According to the Guru Granth Sahib, this ''raga'' is a mixture of two others: Bilaval and Sorath. The ''raga'' app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manamagal
''Manamagal'' () is a 1951 Indian Tamil-language drama film, directed and produced by N. S. Krishnan. The film stars Padmini, Lalitha, S. V. Sahasranamam and T. S. Balaiah in lead roles. The film had musical score by C. R. Subburaman. It is based on the Malayalam play ''Suprabha'' by playwright Munshi Paramu Pillai. The film was dubbed into Telugu as ''Pelli Kuthuru''. Plot Mei Kandar runs an ashram called Thiruvalluvar ashram for poor kids, providing them education and other skills for their future. On one occasion, his students rescue Chandra, a poor widowed pregnant woman abandoned by her remarried husband Bagavathar (Music Teacher). Chandra gives birth to a boy baby who later grows up in the ashram. Meanwhile, abandoning his first wife, Bagavathar moves to teach music to a rich person's daughter Kumari. But she is already engaged to S. V. Sahasranamam, son of her father's family friend. Kumari's father also has an accountant who married a young girl Vijaya. Kumari's fathe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kapi (raga)
Kāpi is a popular rāga in Carnatic music, the classical music of South India. ''Kāpi'' is a janya rāgam of ''Kharaharapriya'' with a meandering vakra scale. Typically performed at slow and medium speeds, it is capable of inducing moods of devotion, pathos and sadness in the listeners. ''Kāpi'' is different from the Hindustani raag and thaat ''Kafi.'' The equivalent raag in Hindustani is Pilu. Structure and Lakshana Kāpi is an audava-vakra sampoorna rāgam with an ascending pentatonic scale and a descending scale with seven notes, but not in a descending order. Use of Kakali Nishadam and Anthara Gandharam make it a Bhashanga Raagam. * : * : The presence of different ''nishāda'' swarās (N2 and N3) lends a distinctive quality to Kāpi, along with the fact that it uses a set of vakra swarās (N2 D2 N2). There is also a mild presence of shuddha daivatham (D1) that renders an invaluable feeling of devotion to the raagam. This, and the presence of Anthara Gandhara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carnatic Music
Carnatic music, known as or in the Dravidian languages, South Indian languages, is a system of music commonly associated with South India, including the modern Indian states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, and Sri Lanka. It is one of two main subgenres of Indian classical music that evolved from ancient Hindu Texts and traditions, particularly the Samaveda. The other subgenre being Hindustani music, which emerged as a distinct form because of Persian or Islamic influences from Northern India. The main emphasis in Carnatic music is on vocal music; most compositions are written to be sung, and even when played on instruments, they are meant to be performed in ''gāyaki'' (singing) style. Although there are stylistic differences, the basic elements of (the relative musical pitch), (the musical sound of a single note), (the mode or melodic formulæ), and (the rhythmic cycles) form the foundation of improvisation and composition in both Carnati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashok Kumar (film)
''Ashok Kumar'' is a 1941 Indian Tamil-language historical drama film directed by Raja Chandrasekhar. Based on a legend involving the Mauryan emperor Ashoka The Great, his son Kunala and Ashoka's second wife Thishyarakshai, it stars M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, Chittoor V. Nagayya and P. Kannamba. The film was released on 17 September 1941. Plot The Mauryan emperor Ashokar's son Kunalan is courted by Ashokar's second wife Tishyarakshai. When he rejects her advances, he is falsely accused by the queen of trying to seduce her, and is thrown into prison and blinded. The story, however, comes to a happy end with his eyesight being restored by Gautama Buddha and the king acquits him of all the charges. Cast ;Male cast * M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar as Kunalan * Chittoor V. Nagayya as Samrat Ashokar * Rangasami Iyengar as Radhaguptar * N. S. Krishnan as Doctor Theraiyan * K. Mahadeva Iyer as Upaguptar * M. G. Ramchandar as Mahendran * K. V. Venkatrama Iyer as Kanjuki * Mura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susarla Dakshinamurthi
Susarla Dakshinamurthi Jr. (Telugu: సుసర్ల దక్షిణామూర్తి; 1921 – 2012) was an Indian music composer, playback singer, record producer, Carnatic musician, multi-instrumentalist,Ilavelpu in Naati 101 Chitralu, S. V. Rama Rao, Kinnera Publications, Hyderabad, 2006, pp: 129-31. and an eminent violinist known for his works in the South Indian film industry, Hindi cinema, Sri Lankan cinema, and Hollywood. Dakshinamurthi is the grandson of Susarla Dakshinamurthi Sr. who belongs to the student clan of saint Tyagaraja. He is known for his compositions in works such as ''Narada Naradi'' (1946) (music director), '' Laila Majnu'' (1949) (playback singer), ''Paramanandayya Sishyula Katha'' (1950) (playback singer and music director), '' Samsaram'' (1950) (music director), ''Sri Lakshmamma Katha'' (1950) (playback singer and music director), ''Sarvadhikari'' (1951) (playback singer and music director), '' Yaar Paiyyan'' (1957) (music director), ''Sant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mangaiyar Thilakam
''Mangaiyar Thilakam'' () is a 1955 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by L. V. Prasad. The film, released on 26 August 1955, was a remake of the 1953 Marathi film ''Vahinicha Bangadya.'' The film was produced by Sripadha Shankar under the banner of Vaidya films. It stars Sivaji Ganesan and Padmini, while M. N. Rajam, S. V. Subbaiah, K. A. Thangavelu and K. Sarangapani play pivotal roles. The film's soundtrack and background score were composed by S. Dakshinamurthi, while the lyrics for the songs were written by Kannadasan, Puratchidasan and Maruthakasi. P. L. Rai and N. M. Shankar handled cinematography and editing respectively. The story was adapted by Sadasiva Brahmam and dialogues were written by Valampuri Somanathan, G. Ramakrishnan and D. Nagalingam. Plot The story starts with the special birthday celebration of a girl. An unusual ceremony is performed, where the child goes to perform '' puja'' at the ''samadhi'' built over a cremation site, and which is usual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manachanallur Giridharan
Manachanallur Giridharan (born 15 April 1964) is a South Indian music director, lyricist, singer, and also an educationist. He is also the founder of '' EdServ Softsystems Limited''. He has founded his own music production house called ''Gaananjali Recordings'' in 2011 and has been producing non-film albums. Giridharan also founded EdServ in the year 2001 as an Education and Training company. His music works are largely in Tamil language. Early life Manachanallur S. Giridharan hails from the town Manachanallur in Tiruchirappalli district. After completing Engineering graduation from ''PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore,'' in 1984 he was part of films assisting in song compositions, orchestrating the background score between 1986 and 1992 including ''Jenma Natchathram'', Witness (1995 film), Puthiya Aatchi and ''Adhisaya Manithan''. He became an assistant musician to the ace director K. Bhagyaraj in his film ''Sundara Kandam'' and even sang the title song 'EDHU PALLIKOODA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annai (1962 Film)
''Annai'' () is a 1962 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Krishnan–Panju. The film stars P. Bhanumathi and Sowcar Janaki, with S. V. Ranga Rao, J. P. Chandrababu and P. Raja playing supporting roles. The plot revolves around the theme that the love of a foster mother can be even stronger than that of a biological mother. The film is a remake of the Bengali film ''Maya Mriga'' (1960), itself based on a play by Nihar Ranjan Gupta. The soundtrack album and background score were composed by R. Sudarshanam while the lyrics were written by Kannadasan and Kothamangalam Subbu. ''Annai'' was released on 15 December 1962 to positive reviews, with praise for the plot, the music and the performances from the lead actors. The film was also a commercial success, and had a theatrical run of 100 days. The film was remade in Hindi in 1966 as '' Laadla''. Plot Cast *P. Bhanumathi as Savithri *Sowcar Janaki as Seetha * T. S. Muthaiah as Gurusamy * S. V. Ranga Rao * P. Raja a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
