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I finally listened to the songs of Rockstar today! After listening to all the songs once, I can’t stop listening to ‘The Dichotomy of Fame’ now. It starts as a kind of joyous tune and then goes on to evoke a whole gamut of emotions! Blissfully melancholic and bittersweet with a haunting aura to it, it is surely a sheer beauty! Am totally moved by the musical magic created by the guitar and Shehnai! Am moved by it so much that I couldn’t stop myself from coming out of the hibernation and writing about it here. It has been more than half an hour since I started listening to it on repeat mode and I still can’t get myself to move onto the next song!

I recently had to take up some certification. Which meant there was quite a bit of studying to do and that meant what else but having Rahman’s songs for company! The best part about studying for exams for the last several years has been experiencing not just the beauty, but also the motivating power of Rahman’s music! As I listened to song after song uninterrupted, as always, I was transported to that blissful, magical state which only Rahman’s music does and which you can only experience & not describe ever!
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On 26th December at Rani Seethai Hall (Kalarasana)

Accompanists:
S.Varadarajan - Violin
Neyveli Venkatesh – Mridangam
K.V. Gopalakrishnan - Khanjira

Concert Duration: 3 hrs 20 min

List of Songs:
1. evvarE (varNam) - sahAnA - aTa
2. marivErE - Anandabhairavi - swarams at marivErE
3. tyAgaraja pAlayASumAm – gowLai - AlApana
4. vENugAna – kEdAragowLai – AlApana; neraval and swarams at vikasita
5. vA vElavA - tAnarUpi – khanDa cApu
6. dhArini - suddha saveri - adi - swarams at dhAriNi
tani Avartanam
7. tAyE EzhaipAl – bhairavi - Adi – rAgA outline
8. rAgam tAnam pallavi - pantuvarALi
kANAmal vITTilE kAlam kazhippOmE sEnADar pORRum tillaiyai - khaNDa jAti tripuTa 2 kaLai
swarams in mALavi, suddha danyAsi, priyadarshiNi, nAgavalli, jOg
9. kANa vENDum - suruTTi – misra cApu
10. kanduga (viruttam - verses of Thaiyumanavar) - kAmbhOji, kAnaDA, mOhanam, senchuruTTi angai koDumalar – rAgamAlikA (senchuruTTi, nAdanAmakriyA) – misra jampai
11. tillAnA - sindhu bhairavi - Adi – MDR - rAgA outline
12. nI nAma rUpamulaku – sowrASTram
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On 25th December, 2010 at Sri Krishna Gana Sabha

Accompanists:
S.Varadarajan - Violin
Patri Satish Kumar – Mridangam
Bangalore Rajasekar - Morsing

Concert Duration: 2.5 hrs

List of Songs:
1. varNam – hamsadhwani - Adi
2. karikaLAbha mukham – sAvEri - rAgA outline
3. sarasa sAmadana - kApinArAyaNi - Adi – AlApana; neraval and swarams at hitamu mATalentO
4. ennEramum (with extra caraNams pancAkSara, sIla maruvum) - dEvagAndhAri - brief AlApana
5. kaligiyuNTE - kIravANi - Adi – AlApana; swarams at bAguga
tani Avartanam
6. telisi rAma - pUrNacandrikA - swarams at rAma ani
7. RTP - hamsadhwani
pallavi: bagavan mudaRRe ulagu Adi - Adi
8. karpUram - khamAs – khanDa cApu
9. nI nAma rUpamulaku – sowrASTram
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On 23rd December at The Music Academy

Accompanists:
S.Varadarajan - Violin
Guruvayur Dorai – Mridangam
Trichy K. Murali – Ghatam

Concert Duration: 2.5 hrs

List of Songs:
1. sariyO nI seyyum (varNam) - bEgAdA - adi – rAgA outline
2. vinAyakA vigna nASakA - vegavAhini - rUpakam - swarams at vinAyakA
3. ninnu sEvincina – yadukula kAmbhOji – misra cApu - AlApana
4. appA nAn – pUrvi kalyANi - khaNDa cApu – AlApana; neraval at tappEdu nAn seiyinum nI poruttal vENDum
5. mahA tripurasundari - bhairavi - rUpakam – AlApana; neraval at amba kamanIya maku bangAruvamma kApADuTakipudu samayamamma; swarams at kApADuTakipudu
6. Emani - vIravasantam - Adi
7. rAgam tAnam pallavi - suruTTi
Pallavi: jAlamE seivadazhagAgumA vadivelA en mEl - Adi (2 kaLai)
pallavi in hamIr kalyANi, sahAnA, shaNmukhapriyA
tani Avartanam
8. Srtva guNAt (Slokam) followed by bansi wAlE - mOhanam – Adi
9. nI nAma rUpamulaku – sowrASTram
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On 22nd December, 2010 at Balamandir German Hall (The Indian Fine Arts Society)

Accompanists:
V.Sanjeev - Violin
Neyveli Venkatesh - Mridangam

Concert Duration: 2 hrs 15 min

List of Songs:
1. siva lOka - mAyAmaLavagowLai - rUpakam – rAgA outline; swarams at siva lOka
2. evarikai - dEvamanOhari – misra cApu
3. kAru bAru – mukhAri - Adi – AlApana
4. tiruvaDi saraNam - kAmbhOji - Adi - neraval at aDuttu vanda ennai
5. nAgagAndhAri - nAgagAndhAri - Adi – brief AlApana
6. RTP - bhahudhAri
Pallavi: kandanaDi avar enakku sondamaDi vaLLi manALanaDi - Adi 2 kaLai
swarams in varALi, yAgapriyA, hamsAnandi
tani Avartanam
7. pAyum oLi (viruttam followed by the song) - miSra khamAj - Eka
8. nI nAma rUpamulaku – sowrASTram
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On 20th December, 2010 at Narada Gana Sabha

Accompanists:
S.Varadarajan - Violin
Neyveli Venkatesh - Mridangam
S.Karthick – Ghatam

Concert Duration: 2.5 hrs

List of Songs:
1. maguva (varNam) – nArayaNagowLai - aTa
2. sAmagIta - gowLai - Adi - swarams at sAmagIta
3. rAga ratna - rItigowLai - rUpakam – AlApana; neraval and swarams at pADe kIrtanamu
4. ennaDu - kalAvati - Adi
5. buddhi rAdu - SankarAbharaNam – misra cApu – AlApana; swarams at bhaktula, amrita, vAgamrita
6. RTP – hindOLam
pallavi: Ananda naTana prakASam citsabhESam AshrayAmi - Adi 2 kaLai
pallavi in Anandabhairavi, hamsAnandi, kEdAram
swarams in hindOLam alone
tani Avartanam
7. pAril uyarnda (viruttam) - kAmbhOji, danyAsi, sahAnA, paTdIp
en tAi vAzhenum – paTdIp - Adi
8. kANi nilam – rAgamAlikA (hamsadhwani, bhAgESri, sindhubhairavi) - Adi
9. nI nAma rUpamulaku – sowrASTram
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