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Sound of Silence

Rajkumar Bharathi’s Musical Quest

By: Asha Krishnakumar

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Sound of Silence

Rajkumar Bharathi’s Musical Quest

By: Asha Krishnakumar

Everything is set for the first day of the Rama Navami celebrations at Karnataka’s Bidaram Krishnappa Rama Mandira, with Rajkumar Bharathi’s concert getting the top billing. Rajkumar begins with the traditional Hamsadwani. Soon, rasikas are immersed in the melody of the enchanting voice, the perfect combination of swaras, ragas and the bhakti of the lyrics. But on the dais, Rajkumar is uneasy. His voice is getting ‘chopped’ on and off, and he is unable to raise the pitch. He even feels like stopping the concert midway. But braves on and contains the damage quickly, without the audience or accompanying artists getting an inkling of his trouble. Or, so he thinks! He steps down from the dais to a standing ovation. All seems well until a middle-aged man asks him, “Sir, why did your voice change?” Rajkumar feels utterly exposed. Then begins a long, arduous struggle for one of the most revered singers of the times. How did Rajkumar brave the difficult times? How did the music world react to it? How did he retune himself to become a maker of music? Asha Krishnakumar addresses these questions in Sound of Silence, after interviewing nearly hundred close associates of the legend.

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Notion Press

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1643245686

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9781643245683

Vignettes Relating to Kathakali and Shakespeare

The Thirasheela versus the Curtain

By: Mohan Gopinath,Vellinezhi Achuthan Kutty,Nagesh Bharadwaj,Asha Prabhakaran,Sabina Zacharias

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The Thirasheela versus the Curtain

By: Mohan Gopinath,Vellinezhi Achuthan Kutty,Nagesh Bharadwaj,Asha Prabhakaran,Sabina Zacharias

This book is written for all lovers of the performing arts, especially those who love Kathakali, the dance drama of Kerala, the southern state in India. While other texts have been written about the history of the dance drama in English, this book uniquely brings in Shakespearean plays and characters, comparing them to the stories and characters in Kathakali to give it a completely new perspective.

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255

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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1527579018

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9781527579019

Pop Culture India!

Media, Arts, and Lifestyle

By: Asha Kasbekar Ph.D.

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Pop Culture India!

Media, Arts, and Lifestyle

By: Asha Kasbekar Ph.D.

The over-the-top musicals of Bollywood may be the most familiar aspect of Indian popular culture, but there are many more, all explored in this fascinating volume. Pop Culture India! Media, Arts, and Lifestyle follows the rise of modern India's pop culture world, especially since the 1980s, when relaxed censorship and economic liberalization led to an explosion in movies, music, mass media, consumerism, spiritual practices, and more. It is a captivating introduction to a diverse nation whose appetite for entertainment has led to some surprising twists and turns in recent history. How did a popular Indian television series spark a change in government and the rise of Hindu nationalism? Are some Bollywood film companies laundering money for organized crime, or even al Qaeda? What accounts for the overwhelming popularity of that quaint vestige of colonialism, cricket? The answers, and many more intriguing insights, await the reader in Pop Culture India!

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1851096418

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9781851096411

Sound of Silence

Rajkumar Bharathi’s Musical Quest

By: Asha Krishnakumar

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