The tune of 'Kodiyile Malliyappoo' from 'Kadalora KavithaigaL '(1986) can melt any heart and make us fall in love. With yekkam (surely no English word can be a substitute!) written all over, Jayachandran and Janaki take us to an utopian world where only two souls exist- a la Bharati’s KaaNi nilam.
Starting directly without a
prelude, the soft Pallavi is indeed in two ragas, with the first two lines in
KiravaNi and the last phrases in the in the lines that follow in
ShaNmukhapriya. The CharaNams are somewhat long and go at a leisurely
pace (doesn’t love too move leisurely?).Alien notes peep in here as well but
these only add to the beauty. The pause after each phrase in the first half of
the CharaNams accentuate that feeling of ‘yekkam’.
The strings, bells, keys, and the bass strings in the first interlude continue the
‘yekkam’ while the emotions evoked by the second interlude can never be
expressed in words. A very different sounding instrument backed by the cello
moves us, the flute that follows pierces us and the keys and strings bring
tears to our eyes.
Yekkam….for?
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