Arunk posts a parody trial to mock those purists who criticize variations in carnatic music.
So concluded the trial. Bhagavatar, having admitted to the crime in court was convicted and told not to sing kODu rEDu ever again. His punishment included taking basic Telugu lessons from the rasikas themselves. Needless to say he couldn’t take the ignominy and went into depression, and later became very famous as a cinema playback singer. However, there were many mourned the loss of a giant to the carnatic music world.
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this is amusing. both the words ‘kodu’ and ‘redu’ are considered archaic now. ‘redu’ is sometimes used in poetry, songs etc., ‘kodu’ is extinct i think. i guess, in madras these things are hotly debated in some circles (is the note at the end meant for them?) but as a non-rasika, i’m always pleased to hear these kirtans/kritis sung by tamils or malayalees or kannadigas. and i can usually understand what they’re trying to sing (the words i mean)- it’s only the words that i understand, actually.(and most telugus would discuss poetry more than music, i read somewhere).. so generally, in my view, no great harm is done, in my view- but in the circles i mentioned earlier, this might be considered a great crime. isn’t the whole tradition about maintaining purity?
The purists of carnatic music are very rigid about how it should be sung. I suppose the blog author is trying to make a parody of them.