A collection of Kshetrayya Padams
Concept & Presentation by Priyadarsini Govind
Concept & Presentation by
Priyadarsini Govind
‘Ayyayo vegatayana’
- (‘Payyada pai’) - Nadha nama kriya-Trupuda
A Virahotkhandita nayika pines and longs to be
with her lover
‘Vadarake povey’ (‘Athi yuka yukamu’)
- Kambhoji-Trupuda
Enfeebled and exasperated by the long separation from her lover, the heroine sends word through her friend asking him not to come!
‘Nan etikku pomanerey’
-Panthuvarali-Trupuda
A Mugdha nayika winces in horror over her escapades with her lover
‘Valappu dasa neraney’
-Varali—Misrachapu
The heroine’s abundant love for her man explodes with awesome intensity
‘Yela vachitivey’
-Navroj-Trupuda
“How did your feet carry you away from your beloved? Don’t you know how much he suffers on account of this separation?”- is the sakhi’s poser to the heroine.
Some powerful, pithy and passionate verses of Kshetrayya, the 17th century Telugu poet find articulation through a full-blown demonstration by ‘Padmabhushan’ Smt. Kalanidhi Narayanan, the legendary abhinaya exponent. With ease and elegance, ‘maami’- as she is affectionately called- unrolls layers and layers of the multiple dimensions of shrungara rasa in a unique language called ‘abhinaya’ using her eyes, head, neck and also the hands that fold and unfold in various styles and shapes. Her furrowed face explodes into a kaleidoscope of emotions as she depicts the desires and dilemmas of lovelorn heroines.
It is a scintillating synergy involving verses animated by music and articulated by an ageless dance form.
