Todi is a perennial favorite, especially
the kriti "taye yashoda" composed by uthukadu
venkatasubbaiyer in Tamil. We were learning this when I had stopped
attending class. That rankled me enough to spend the better part of the weekend
dissecting the kalpanasvarams from this fusion version in the movie Morning Raga.
While I love the ragam-taanam-pallavi style, we dont learn that too
much. The reason being people, or should I say listeners, like short
performances for each song sans kalpanaswarams, long aalaps and niravals. In
the movie, Sudha Raghunathan renders the playback but I have more admiration
for Shabana Azmi who has to lip sync to render the kalpanaswarams
perfectly.
Watch the video of Morning Raga and you will
realise why she is so awesome as an artiste. Not only has Shabana learnt the
swarakalpanas by rote (classical indian music is not as easy as it seems) but
she has rendered the swara jugalbandi perfectly. Even for a music student like
me, its far easier to write down the notations and learn them as I am familiar
with the intricacies. However, it would not have been easy for her. In an
interview, I recall her husband mentioning that before the shooting of the
movie he was subjected to this song 24x7 for six whole months. Observe the
charanam part where she sings the swara jugalbandi like she were to the manor
born. Tres bien!
taayE yashOdaa(lyrics from,
http://www.karnatik.com/ragast.shtml)
ragam:
tODi
8 hanumatodi mela
Aa: S R1 G2 M1 P D1 N2 S
Av: S N2 D1 P M1 G2 R1 S
Talam: Adi
Composer: Uthukadu
VenkaTasubbaiyer
Language: Tamil
pallavi
tAyE yashOdE undan Ayarkulattuditta mAyan
gOpAlakriSNan seyyum jAlattai kELaDI (tAyE)
anupallavi
tayalE kELaDi undan paiyannai pOlavE inda
vayyagattil oru piLLai ammamma nAn kaNDadillai (tAyE)
caraNam 1
kAlinil shilambu konjak-kaivaLai kulunga muttu mAlaigaL asaiyat-teru vAsalil
vandaan
kAlashaiyum kaiyashaiyum tALAmODisaindu vara nIlavaNNak kaNNanivan
narttanamaaDinaan
bAlanenru tAvi aNaittEn aNaitta ennai mAlaiyiTTavan pOl vAyil
muttamiTTaaNDi
bAlanallaDi un maghan jAlam migha seyyum kriSNan nAlu pErgal kETka colla
nANamigha lAgudaDi
(tAyE)
caraNam 2
anroru nAL inda vazhi vanda virundivarum ayarndu paDutturangum
pOdinilE-kaNNan
tinradu pOgak kaiyyil irunda vaNNaiyai anda virundinar vAyil niraittu
maraindananE anda
nindai mighu pazhi ingE pAvamangE enrapaDi cintai migha nondiDavum seyya
taghumO
nanda gOparkkinda vidam anda mighu piLLai pera nalla tavam seidAraDi enna
sheivOmaDi
(tAyE)
caraNam 3
veNNai veNNai tarum enrAn veNNai tandAl tinruviTTu peNNai tArum enru kETTu
kaNNaDikkirAn
vaNamAi niruttam Adi maNNinaip padattAl Etrik kaNNIlE iraittu viTTu
kaLavADinAn
paNNIshaiyum kuzhalUdinAn kETTU ninra paNBilE arugil vandu vambungaL
sheidAn
peNNinattukkenru vanda puNNiyangaL kOTIi kOTi eNNI unakkAghumaDi kaNNImaiyAip
pOgudaDi
(tAyE)
caraNam 4
mundAnAL andi nErattil sondamuDan kittE vandu vindalgaL palavum sheidu
viLaiyADinAn
pandaLavAgilum veNNai tandAl viDuvEnenru mundukilai toTTizhuttup
pOrADinAn
anda vAsudEvan ivan tAn aDi yashOdE maindanenat toTTizhuttu maDimEl vaittEn
vaittAl
sundara mukhattai kaNDu cintai mayangunEram antara vaikuNTHamODu ellAm
kATTinAn
(tAyE)
caraNam 4
ThottililE piLLai kiLLi vittathum avai alaRa
Vitta kaariyam agala veNNai thinRaan!
Kattina kanRai avizhththu ettiyum oLiththu vittu
Mattilaath thumbai kazhuththil maattik koNdaan!
Vittu vittu ammE enRaan kanRinaip pOlE
Attiyillaadha maadum ammaa enRathE!
Kittina kuvaLaiyOdum ettinaal un selva magan!
Pattiyil kaRavaiyidam paalai ootturaan adee! (thaayE)
caraNam 5
ChuRRi chuRRi ennai vanthu aththai veettu vazhi kEttaan
Siththaththukku ettum varaiyil solli ninREn
Aththudan vittaanO paarum aaththankarai vazhi kEttaan
Aththanaiyum sollivittu ninREn
Viththagamaai onRu kEttaan - naaNamaaguthE!
Muththaththukku vazhi kEttu saththam ittaaNdee
Aththanai idam koduththu meththavum vaLarththu vittaai!
Iththanai avanaich chollak kuththam illaiyeyadee! (thaayE)
caraNam 6
VeNNai veNNai thaarum enRaan! VeNNai thanthaal thinRu vittu
PeNNaith thaarum enRu kaNNadikkiraan!
VaNNamai niruththamaadi maNNinaip paathaththaal eRRik
KaNNilE iraiththu vittuk kaLavaadinaan!
PaNN isaiyum kuzhal oothinaan- kEttu ninRa
PaNbilE arugil vanthu vambugaL seithaan!
PeNNinaththukku enRu vantha puNNIyangaL kOdi kOdi
ENNi unakku aagumadi- kaNNIyaamaaip pOguthadee! (thaayE)
caraNam 7
MunthaanaL anthi nEraththil sontham udan kittE vanthu
VinthaigaL anEgam seithu viLaiyaadinaan- oru
PanthaLavaagilum veNNai thanthaal viduvEn enRu
Munthugilaith thottizhuththup pOraadinaan
Antha vaasudhEvan ivan thaan adi yasOdhE!
Mainthan enRu thottu izhuththu madi mEl vaiththEn vaiththaal
Sundara mugaththaik kaNdu sinthai mayangum nEram
Anthara vaigunthamOdu ellaam kaattinaan adee ! (thaayE)