nallA irukkudaaDi yasOdA - shenjuruTTi- aadi - arangETRam

Megha Ranganathan, student of Smt. Mythili Kumar, Artistic Director of Abhinaya Dance company, is performing nallA iruukkudaaDi during her bharatanATya arangETram on Feb 23, 2008 in San Jose.

A light hearted song, written by Megha's father, on how a Gopi feels about the pranks of Krishna.

rAgam: shenjuruTTi
tAlam: aadi

Lyric: P.Ranganathan (Ravi)
Choreography; Smt. Mythili Kumar
Nattuvaangam: Anu Ranganathan (Megha's sister)
Vocal and Music: Smt. Asha Ramesh
Violin: Smt. Shanti Narayanan
Mridangam; Sri. Narayanan
Flute: Sri Ragavan Manian
Video: Sri. Ramesh

Lyrics:
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(pallavi)
nallaa irukkudaaDi yasOdA nee sollaDi - idu

(charaNam 1)
angum ingum thuLLi ODum siruvar kooTi
veNNai thiruDum kaNNan seivadu (idu nallaa iruk...)

(charaNam 2)
kaRavai pasuvinam maRandu mEyaathu niRkka
kuzhal Udum kaNNan seivathu (idu nallaa iruk...)

(charaNam 3)
mangai palar kooDi kuLikkum tharunam
aaDai thiruDum kaNNan seivathu (nallaa iruk...)

(charaNam 4)
vElai seiyum gOpiyar vittu ODi vara
raasa leelai aaDum kaNNan seivathu (nallaa iruk...)

(charaNam 5)
sonnadu ellAm kuRai kooRum kOpiyar
thiRai maRaivil pEsiya vambu aanAl
ennavO kaNNan seiyum vishamam ellaam
meeNDum meeNDum kaaNa manam thuDikkuthaDi

ivai ellaam nalla irukkuthenDru nangu sollaDi yasOda
ivai ellaam nalla irukkuthenDru sollaDi yasOda
nalla irukkuthenDru sollaDi yasOda
sollaDi yasOda
sollaDi yasOda
sollaDi yasOda

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Meaning:
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Does this looks nice, yasOdA, you please tell?

(Is it nice) by taking the kids who are running around here and there, what butter stealing Kannan is doing?

(Is it nice) what flute playing Kannan is doing, by making the milk yielding cows forget to graze?

(Is it nice) what the dress stealing Kannan is doing, when many ladies get together and take bath?

(Is it nice) what raasa leela dancing Kannan is doing, by making the gopiyar who are working to run away leaving the work for the dance?

What all said is the rumuors gOpis talking behind the scenes. But don't know for some strange reasons, (I) would like to see the knotty things Kannan is doing again and again.

So yasOda please say it well that all these are nice and right things to do.

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Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Megha
• Ranganathan
• Mythili
• Kumar
• shenjurutti
• senjuruti
• chenchurutti
• Anu
• bharatanatyam

[ntmdancer]

Was Megha really only 13 (8th grade I read somewhre?) when she did her arangetram? You should definitely put that in the info! :) she is already good - but if she continues to work hard its obvious that she will be an AMAZING dancer one day. continue to work hard! and perform in madras when you get a chance!

Best wishes!

[fireonsun]

Thanks for yr wishes. She just turned 14 when she did this dance and was in 8th grade.

[pushpanjali]

You look wonderful, lovely performance. I love your costume and the singing is beautiful as well. The lighting could have been better, but congrats on your Arangetram!

[fireonsun]

Thank you for your encouraging words. In theater the lighting looked fine.

[madhandagr8]

@the artiste: Good job!!

@the guru: You could have just wielded the nattuvaangam for the thishram jathi.. Monotonously repeating "tha kita thi kita thom kita nam kita" isnt really appealing!

[clawsandjaws]

your costume is beautiful and you are really great as well. its so nice to see that such good bharathanatyam performers exist so far out of India as well. Really great job and the choreography suits you very well.

[natyacritique]

amazing performance, qudos to the guru

[sdhanyam]

Very nice..

I suggest you upload the same in 'Dynamycdesi'.It is a online talent contest site for people.

[prashantparikh]

hello, excellent performance, could you please tell me how long it exactly takes on average to hold a degree in bharatnatyam?

[heytherewassup]

haha, remember in kindergarden and all through like school up to 5fth grade when anu(ur sis) used to maek us sit in aramandi and our legs would burn...lol...anyway looks like it helped! nice expressions! im doing a krishna piece too...and oh, im coming over today to return something, so c u then! bi!