Vocal : Nedumballi Ram Mohan & Vengeri Narayanan
Chenda : Sadanam Ramakrishnan
Maddalam : Kalamandalam Venu
List
01 harihara vidhinuta – saurAStram , laLita – thODayam
02 mangaLamUrtiyAyuLLA mahEshanE – mOhanam – Dakshayagam
03 entoru citramidam – aThANa – Kuchela Vrttam
04 sAnandam naDannu mandam – punnAga varALi – Kamsa Vadham
05 tAril tEnmozhimArmaNE – kalyANi – Uttara Swayamvaram
06 karnA pArtha sadrshanAriha – brindAvana sArang – Uttara Swayamvaram
07 shLOkam ( kadAcil EkAnta vinOdalOlA) – bhairavi
ramaNIya guNAkara – bhairavi – Devayani Charitam
08 varaguNa rAmA – kApi – Guru Dakshina
09 shLOkam ( atHa yudHiSTira mukhya nrpAtmaja )
puNDarIka nayana jaya jaya – kAmOdari(kAmbOji) – Kirmmeera Vadham
10 shLOkam ( sAkEtAdhipanODangine sapadi )
sumashara subhaga sharIra, mama – Anandabhairavi – Rugmangada Charitam
11 bhIma nandana ghaTOtkacha – hindOLam – Karna Parvam
12 sukhamO dEvi – nATakurinji – Lavanasura Vadham
13 shLOkam ( prItEyam priyadarshanathinuzhari)
engAnumuNDO kaNDu – thODi – Nalacharitam Day4
14 jaya jaya rAmachandra – madhyamAvati – Seetha Swayamvaram
15 shLOkam ( krtAshIrvAdEtHA tripurabhidi ) – puranIra – Dakshayagam
shLOkam ( agEndra bhUshitam dEvam) -indaLam – Dakshyagam
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* Private function, on the occasion of a 60th birthday celebration.
*Fantastic concert. Very refreshing list, instead of the often heard ‘padams’ in a Kathakalipada Kacheri, this had a lot more variety and clear shift from the regular pattern.
*Few padams from the ‘new compositions/ stories ( Attakkatha). Near perfect copy of the more familiar old tunes. The kApi padam was a direct lift from ‘vasa vasa sUtA’. So, was the case of Punnaga varali padam.
*Absolute cracker of a kAmboji. Each artist bettering the other one. Pundareeka Nayana, gave us a aural representation of Dhrmaputra and Krishna on stage. Some breath taking sangatis.
* Bhairavi, thODi and Anandabhairavi padams too, stood out.