PANTUVARALI|Classical and Film songs by Raaga Sparks

Every song that you hear in any language has a basic element - THE RAGA. Every song is based on a RAGA. We take one Raga in each episode and discuss the nuances of how it has been handled in both the Carnatic and Cinema world.
PANTUVARALI is the 51st Melakarta rāgam in the 72 Melakarta Ragam system of Carnatic music. It is called Kāshirāmakriya in the Muthuswami Dikshitarschool. The Hindustani music equivalent of Pantuvarali is the Poorvi thaat/Puriya Dhanashree.
It is also referred to as the Kamavardhini Ragam.
It is a sampurna rāgam - a rāgam that has all seven swaras (notes).
Raagam: Pantuvarali
Arohana: S R₁ G₃ M₂ P D₁ N₃ Ṡ
Avarohanam: Ṡ N₃ D₁ P M₂ G₃ R₁ S
Songs rendered in order of their appearance:
1. Shambho Mahadeva - Thyagarajar
2. Ramanatham Bhajeham - Muthuswamy DIkshitar
3. Ninnnai Charanadainthen - Bharathi (Music by Ilayaraja, Singer: Bombay Jayashree)
4. Piraye Piraye - Pithamagan (Music by Ilayaraja, Singer: Madhu Balakrishnan)
5. Ramachiluka - Bhadrachala Ramadas
6. Siva Siva Siva yena radha - Thyagarajar
7. Om Sivoham - Nnaan Kadavul (Music by Ilayaraja, Singer: Vijay Prakash)
8. Yezhu Swarangalukkul - Apporva Raagangal (Music by M.S. Viswanathan, Singer: Vani Jeyaram)
9. Vadanadhyuthi - Tyagarajar
10. Rojavai Thaalattum thenndral - Ninaivellam Nithya (Music by Ilayaraja, Singers: S.P Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki)
11. Mere Saason ko jo mehka rahi hai - Badalte Rishtey (Music by Laxmikant - Pyarelal, Singer: Lata Mangeshkar)
12. Ninne near nammi - Thyagarajar
13. Hai Rama yeh kya hua - Rangeela (Music by A.R. Rahman, Singers: Hariharan, Swarnalatha)
14. Raghuvara nannu - Tyagarajar
15. Rut aa gayi re - 1947 Earth (Music by AR. Rahman, Singer: Sukhwinder Singh)
16. Thalaye nee vanangaai - Thirunaavakarasar’s Thevaaram
We hope you enjoy listening to the songs of the Pantuvarali raagam as much as we enjoyed discussing it!
THE TEAM:
SINGERS:
Sweta Balasubramanian
Soumya Ramnarayanan
Preethi Bharath
VIOLIN:
T.V Sukanya
HOST:
R.Sriganesh
Balaji Ganesh

[@shanmukhank6550]

Nice amazing marvelous excited

[@anilachintabathina2245]

చాలా బాగుంది

[@arunnasrinath9017]

Nice program

[@submadkicdar]

Lovely.

[@navaratnamahathichakravart8391]

Thank you

[@sriganeshlalgudi4496]

Thanks a ton all rasikas for your invaluable suggestions and comments. We will definitely do our best to add them in the future episodes.

[@vijayana2510]

Awesome.. tqvm

[@hemagmail7861]

Love the addition of violin in the mix, a superb one in that!

[@priyaramesh2891]

Excellent singing Sowmya

[@Nagaveni988]

Superb explanations about panthuvarali...

[@vjsa2010]

What instantly comes to my mind is the popular violin piece in raaja paarvai

[@n.k.murthy88]

The famous classical song "Amba manan kanindu......." sung by M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar in Panthuvarali in the movie Sivakavi(1943) is missing.

[@lakshmiramanathan8668]

As always , superb !!! Getting better with every episode. Singers sabash ! Violin excellent.!

[@vijivijayaraghavan]

Swethaji amazing voice

[@vijivijayaraghavan]

Oh wow Rojavai is PV !! ❤

[@dhadiswamy5509]

Wonderful

[@vjsa2010]

Fantastic episode

[@radhavenkatanarayanan2150]

Another fantastic episode👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻 Great choice of the ragam Superb Sparkling (intended!) start by Swetha bringing out the subtle difference between MMG and Pantuvarali Both, Carnatic keerthanams and the film songs brought out the nuances of Pantuvarali very well indeed👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻Sukanya is goosebumps good at the violin👍🏻 God bless you all🙏🏻 Keep rocking and holding us in raptures👍🏻

[@lsnarayanan4483]

very much enjoyable

[@63manian]

கலக்குங்கோ, மிகவும் அருமை.

[@vijivijayaraghavan]

Nice to know cohesiveneass between Carnatic and film musicians

[@sasikalaramesh2434]

Excellent 👍🏻👍🏻keep rocking

[@shanthia714]

Lovely

[@tharanathakula3588]

Enna gaanu ramabhajana by Bhadrachala Ramadasu is also in Pantuvarali

[@shanthia714]

Woww2

[@SweetlinSG]

👍

[@vadiveluchinnaiah6718]

Why the keyboard is unused!

[@TheSubrama]

Very nice! One topic if you can discuss . What makes a film song filmy? The same pantuvarali sounds familiar but adapted to the ragam or what happens which makes it filmy??

[@radhavenkatanarayanan2150]

Couldn't hold myself from posting my two-bit on this😀. In a film song, the situation is the hero, the focal point of the scene. The actors emote according to the situation. The song is also cast in such a manner as to enhance the feel of the situation and that's how the audience gets to feel the intended impact. That is how every film song is created. The notes at time may be juggled a bit from their strictly classical positions, to keep in sync with the situation for which it is used. Hope this answers your query

[@meenaprabhakaran8316]

Invite Madurai mr.g.s.mani .whose is an expert in both film, Carnatic songs. And he sing old Tamil film ones.

[@asubra08837]

Excellent programme. Small suggestion. Can you please talk only in Tamil for wider reach.

[@venkatramankannan7157]

Why not you introduce male singers in the coming episodes

[@rao.g.n.1857]

CONGRATS PLEASE GIVE THE LYRICS IN ENGLISH AND OBLIGE

[@63manian]

ஆர்த்தி அவர்கள் பாடிய பிதாமகன் திரைப்பாடல், அருமையான பாடல். திரை அரங்கில் பார்க்கும் பொழுது இப்பாடலின் அனுபவம் வித்தியாசமானது. ஆர்த்தி நன்றாக பாடக்கூடியவராக இருந்தாலும், இந்த பாடலை பாடியது என்னமோ அத்தனை திருப்தியாக இல்லை. இன்னும் கொஞ்சம் நன்றாக பாடியிருக்கலாம் என்று தோன்றுகிறது. இப்போ பாட்டிற்கு வருவோம். இளையராஜா அவர்களை பொருத்தவரை, அவர் கதையையும் கதாபாத்திரங்களையும் மற்றும் ஒவ்வொரு சிட்டுவேஷனையும் தெரிந்து கொண்ட பிறகு தான் மெட்டைமைப்பார். மெட்டிற்கு பின்னர் பாடல் வரிகள் மற்றும் பயன்படுத்தபோகும் பாடகர்கள், பின்னணி இசை மற்றும் இசை கருவிகள். இப்படி ஒன்னொன்னும் பார்த்து பார்த்து ஒரு பாடலை அவர் உருவாக்குகிறார். இதனால் தான் அவர் பாடலில் அத்தனை ஜீவன் இருக்கிறது. இதை நம்ம மதுரசுதா கணேஷ் அவர்கள் இன்னும் நன்றாக விளக்கி இருப்பார்கள். மற்றொரு வேண்டுகோள். இந்நிகழ்வில் தமிழ் திரைப்பட பாடல்கள் பாடும் போது பழைய பாடல்களை எடுத்து பாடினால் நன்றாக இருக்கும் என்று நினைக்கிறேன். ஏனெனில் பழைய திரைப்பட பாடல்கள் பெரும்பாலும் கர்நாடக இசை அடிப்படையிலும் ராகத்தின் அடிப்படையிலும் அமைந்த பாடல்கள். பலபேர்களுக்கு பழைய பாடல்கள் பற்றி அதிகம் தெரியாது. ஆதலால் இந்த தளம் அதை அவர்களுக்கு அமைத்து கொடுக்கும் என்று நம்புகிறேன். நன்றி.

[@ss58104]

Don’t encourage these guys, waste of time. Like you said, follow Tesla Ganesh, he’s true to music and gives detailed study

[@srikanth2427]

A dream team this, power packed stunning melody from u all, violinist blending in beautifully, Kudos Swetha, you range and throw is mesmerising ma 🙏 A question though, some songs sound a little Hamsanandi like ? Is it my lack of knowledge....

[@sivasankaran4028]

Malayalam theriyaathaaa

[@ss58104]

அதுவும் ஸ்ரிகனெஷ் பக்கத்துல இருப்பவர் எப்பொதும் ‘PETER’ English தான். நாஙகள் அமெரிக்கவில் 17 வருஷமா இருக்கோம், நாங்க வேலை இடத்தை தவிர இப்படி English பேசி show off பன்றதில்லை. ஆனா, இந்த people from INdia particularly Mylapore mamas and Mamis try to propagate this false attitude. அந்த டேஸ் எல்லாம் போயாச்சு1980ஒட...பாடரது தெலுகு மற்றும் தமிழ் பாடல்கள், ஆனா பெசறது English.

[@sriganeshlalgudi4496]

Hello Mr. sundar. Be it the presenters or the participants any one can speak any language he or she is comfortable with. And I know Balaji for the last 10 years and his language is natural and not artificial. I have travelled to the US many times and have come across many mamas and Mamis trying American accent which sounds artificial. Hence I just wanted to ventilate you with this fact that Balaji s flow of language is natural and not artificial. Pl do enjoy our future episodes Sundar jee. 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@ss58104]

@@sriganeshlalgudi4496 Thank you for your reply. Natural or artificial doesn’t matter here. Who’re all your audience. That’s the key. Of course he has a good vocabulary but this’s not needed here. When we say Peter means show off. Even if someone does in the US like you said, that should also be condemned. Hope these will go away with older Generations.

[@ss58104]

@@sriganeshlalgudi4496 Same here. We have been following Tesla Ganesh channel because of IRs music analysis and your videos popped up there, which’s unfortunate. All started from there.

[@ajaybasker2915]

Try to speak in Tamil , I'm ashamed that i could not able to type in Tamil But knowing Tamil, why this ?

[@ss58104]

In the Introduction time, this (Sri Ganesh) guy said that they received comments from ‘Pamaran’, who are all paamarans. what do you all think about yourselves? Hypocrites... Why are you guys talking in English when you think ‘Pamaran’ comments are valuable. Do you know what others know. You guys are laymen in many areas that others are knowledgeable. You can’t do many things what others do. Don’t ever project only Carnatic music is superior to all. Finally, for view sake you all fall back with Ilaiyaraja songs, no other go...

[@Aparyapthamruthan]

What is important is whether the audience can understand and appreciate Language is just a medium In one field, a person may be an expert but in many other fields he may be a "pamaran" When he referred pamaran, it refers to people who have little or no knowledge of music and specifically classical music

[@SameerDharmasastha]

Pamara doesn't mean untouchable