Madurai Sundar: Sans Creativity

Naata (Maha Ganapathim manasa) was a nice start. It was followed up with Varali (Seshachala Nayakam) that lacked manodharmam with nereval at regular phrase. Saranga (Mari vere kavalenu) was neatly rendered.

RTP in Surati was next on cards. The drag phrases in the thanam were missing. He skated around the arohanam/avarohanam making it absolutely a useless exercise. Neyveli Radhakrishnan's violin version of Surati was crisp. The pallavi was set to Chatusra jathi Triputa Thalam -vilamba (16 counts - eduppu one aksharam after samam) with the lyrics Raghuvaram Raghavam ramam sadha smaramyaham.

Sundar has great knowledge and a good voice to support his imagination. Its time he stops trailing Seshagopalan(style) and concerntrate on manodharma (creative) sangeetham. After all thats what carnatic music is all about !


Raagam: 4/10
Nereval: 4/10
Kalpanaswaram: 5/10
Sowkyam: 4/10
Pataantharam: 6/10
Gimmicks: 2/10
Seshtai: 5/10
Acting: 3/10
Commercial Approach: 2/10
Thani Avarthanam: o.k
Voice Culture: 5/10
Overall: Good.