Versatility of ragas to the fore at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s anniversary concert

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Chrulatha Mani giving a performance  astatine  the day  celebrations of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Tiruchi Kendra connected  Saturday.

Chrulatha Mani giving a performance astatine the day celebrations of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Tiruchi Kendra connected Saturday. | Photo Credit: M. MOORTHY

Music lovers enjoyed an evening of airy and classical compositions astatine the 14th day celebrations of the Tiruchi Kendra of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (BVB) connected Saturday arsenic playback vocalist and Carnatic vocalist Charulatha Mani enthralled the gathering with Isai Payanam, a enactment of songs that explored the galore iterations of ragas successful Tamil movie compositions.

Ms. Charulatha, whose rendition of Anju Vanna Poove from the movie Thug Life made waves recently, started the evening with Raga Hamsadhwani, arsenic utilized successful the opus Sriranga Ranganathanin (from the 1994 movie Mahanadi), and the raga’s classical versions. She went connected to showcase the versatility of different ragas specified arsenic Shanmughapriya, by explaining and singing their antithetic nuances successful movie and classical compositions.

Ms. Charulatha was accompanied by Usha Rajagopalan connected the violin, Thillaisthanam Suryanarayanan connected mridangam, S. Venkataraman connected keyboard and G.L. Ramkumar connected Rhythms.

Justice S. Srimathy of Madras High Court advised parents to marque a greater effort to support generational and marital relationships by giving everyone abstraction to grow. She appreciated BVB’s efforts to beforehand Indian civilization and past done its programmes.

BVB honorary caput T.V. Murali and treasurer M. Somasundaram spoke. The yearly study of the body’s activities was presented during the programme.

Published - October 04, 2025 08:55 p.m. IST

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