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Natakurinji is a rakti raga. It can be sung at all times; the raga can be elaborated in both slow and medium tempos. It is a popular choice for ragam, tanam and pallavi, and is especially well suited for elaboration by tanam. Natakurinji is an example of a raga whose scope has been defined by kalpana rather than kalpita, viz., kritis.
The raga uses the following notes - r2 (ri) g3 (gu) m1 p d2 (di) n2 (ni). Since there is no ambiguity, we shall use lower case letters for all swaras in this article. An underscore indicates lower octave and double quotes indicate higher octave.
Natakurinji illustrates the inadequacies of "defining" a raga by an arohanam-avarohanam and/or its parent melakartha or scale. For instance, Govinda's Sangraha Coodamani lists Natakurinji as a janya of the 28th mela Harikambodi and offers the following arohana/avarohana: s r g m d n s" s" n d m g s. However, in practice, one seldom hears this straight arohana. The lakshana of this raga can be seen in the famous varnam calamela composed by Moolavattam Rangasami Nattuvanar. In the following clip, we hear the veteran flautist K. S. Gopalakrishnan play this varnam. T. N. Krishnan plays the violin and T. K. Murthy, the mridangam. The recording is from a live concert at Shanmukhananda Hall (Bombay, 1974).
Here's another exquisite melody - Ennavale from Kadhalan. Beautifully sung by Unnikrishnan! This was his debut song in film music and he also went on to win a National Award for it.
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You know Arun when I was in UK I missed the opportunity of meeting both Kartik Raja and Unnikrishnan in London, despite having fixed appointment I couldn't go due to compelling personal reason. BTW How is Kartik doing now a days. This song by Unni is too good. I love the prelude and interludes, it touches nearly every chord on Earth in that octave. excellent use of Sarangi, flute, vocal choir. You would agree Arun those days ARR was a fireball. DO you feel he is not in his best form?
ID ji: Also that humming at the start. Rahman always manages some brilliant hummings in his songs. Absolutely love Chitra ji's in Anjali Anjali. Also Sujatha's in Kadhal Rojave - that was goosebumpish.
Karthik Raja, sadly, isn't working much these days. His brother, Yuvan is doing very well though. He is most sought after MD in Tamil Industry today.
On Rahman, I liked Delhi-6 very much. Yuvvraaj again had Tu Muskura and Mannmohini, both exquisite songs.
I've heard that, ID ji. Good melody by KR. Like the flute interludes. I like 'Dil Mera Ek Tara' from 16 December a lot.
Back to ARR and I have a relatively lesser known song of his. It's called 'Uyirum Neeye', from Pavithra, sung by Unni and beautifully written by Vairamuthu. It talks about a mother and the greatness of motherhood. Beautiful tune by ARR (set to Raag Khamaj), minimal orchestration - primarily just the guitar and the mridangam and evocatively sung by Unni.
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