Bhavadhaarini is a versatile singer with a marvellous voice. Sufficient depth characterised from the Varnam to the tail pieces. The mike arrangements (as usual) in Sastry Hall was disturbing in the beginning but settled after the 3rd piece when the mike man returned from his lunch break!
The GambIravAni piece was rendered well with a nice set of swaras completely portraying the intricacies of the
rAgam.
The rAga essays of Bhairavi was improvised with sufficient skill. The essence of Bhairavi could be felt in every newer phrase. Improvisations and sangathis are really gifts for this singer.
The thaanam portions were aptly rendered by her with precise kAlams.The Pallavi was rendered with precision in 3 kAlams and
thisram. Swarams in ananda bairavi, vasantha bhairavi, suddha bhairavi and sindhu bhairavi followed by the magnificient rAgamalika swara covering all the Bhairavis must be specially mentioned.
The tani avarthanam was not rendered in perfect unison and there seemed to be a lack of interest in the
mridangist.
The short and sweet Saramathi AlApanA preceded the seldom-popular tyAgarAja kriti. The sangatis at the pallavi and the words were aptly meaningfully sung and were beautifully delineated and the song as a whole was rendered with passion.
The pUrvikalyANi AlApana was very differently structured from what one gets to hear in a normal concert. The neraval and swaras at 'sAkethAdhipa nI mukha sarasIruhamunu' were good.
Thillana of Dr BAlamuralI krishna in gurupriyA, rasikapriyA, gayakapriyA, karaharapriyA and sunAdapriyA in five nadAis was excellently rendered with required potential and soaked the listeners in enthusiasm. The mridangist did fail in his attempts to follow the
thillana.
Many rasikAs stated their choices and the thukkdas followed in that fashion. The first choice was the rAgamAlikA viruttam announced as Pambhan Swamigal's lyrics which was followed by 'karunA sAgaarane', amazingly rendered.
The words in the charanam 'kari azhaikka nee varavillayo un garudanukku udambhu seri illayo' was sung with apt stress and bhaava. After the song, one of the listeners commented: 'May be Garuda has Chikungunya', and everyone had a smile.
The next choice was the misra bEhAg Abhang which potrayed a different approach totally and showcased the voice fluency of Bhavadhaarini to sing with modulations.
Hemamalini marked her presence in every scene but sadly a couple of times din't match the ragas in the RagamalikAs. There were totally four ragamAlikAs - once in RTP, in BMK Thillana, in the viruttam and ending
bhajan.
Overall, the concert did leave an impact on one's mind that Bhavadhaarini is really promising in her singing and she equally responds to requests immediately.
Srinivasa Gopalan
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