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All the 3 DVDs of Madura Thillanas in Bharata Natyam in a
single pack. ** The bud that was the alarippu blossomed into a beautiful
flower in the varnam and the fragrance remained in the padham-s and the
javali-s. To retain the beautiful memories of music, movement,rhythm, and
colour is the thillana - a dance item of joy. It is short and crisp and is
one of the loveliest of musical forms which is very popular in the dance
forms as well. Thillana seems to have existed as early as the 16th century.
The very word has the rhythmic syllables thi-la-na which are in fact used in
the composition itself. According to another interesting idea the word
thillana could have been derived from dhil (heart) and lahlana (to make
happy, in Urudu); therefore dhillana or thillana. In Hindustani music,
another name for the thillana is tharana. As a musical composition, the
thillana has a pallavi, anupallavi and charanam. Sometimes it has only a
pallavi and a charanam or only a pallavi and a anupallavi. The thillana-s in
the dance forms use drum syllables. In the charanam, there is a short verse
of sahitya addressing a deity which concludes with the signature or mudra of
the composer. ** Vol-1: Mayamalava Gowlai - Adi (In praise of Lord Muruga),
Bilahari - Adi (In praise of Meenakshi), Bagesri - Misrachappu (In praise of
Ganesha), Hamirkalyani - Roopakam (In praise of Varadarajan), Kapi - Adi (In
praise of Anjaneya), Sankharabaranam - Adi (In praise of Shiva), Sivaranjani
- Kanta Ekam (In praise of Mookambikai), Hamsanandhi - Adi (In praise of
Narasimha), Kanada - Adi (In praise of Karpagamba) and Desh - Roopakam (In
praise of Nataraja). Choreography: Prof. Sudharani Raghupathy. Composed by:
Vidwan Madurai.N.Krishnan. Rendered by: Sudha Ragunathan. ** Vol-2: Prayer
Slokam, Brindavana Saranga - Adi (In praise of Lord Krishna), Sindhu
Bhairavi - Adi (In praise of Narayana), Valaji - Misrachapu (In praise of
Venkatachalapathy), Chandrakauns - Adi (In praise of Rama), Revathi - Adi
(In praise of Bhuvaneshwari), Mohanam - Rupakam [Instrumental] and
Saraswathi Manohari - Adi [Instrumental]. Compositions of Vidwan Madurai N.
Krishnan. Direction: Sudha Raghupathy. ** Vol-3: Prayer - Slokam,
Hamsanadham - Adi - In praise of Krishna, Kannada - Kandaekam - In praise of
Ganesha, Amritavarshini - Adi - In praise of Saraswathi, Karnataka
Devagandhari - Adi - In praise of Adiparasakthi, Hindolam - Adi - In praise
of Raja Rajeswari and Brindavana Saranga - Adi [Instrumental]. Compositions
of Vidwan Madurai N. Krishnan. Direction: Sudha Raghupathy. |