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Honouring a living legend
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The master of Sanskrit revels in showcasing his multi-faceted art.
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— Photo: P.V. Sivakumar
Troik act Jayaprakash Sarma, T.K. Govind Rao and Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana.
It was a show by some reputed artistes hailing from Tamil Nadu and Kerala. But the cynosure of the event was Kerala-born ‘Poornatrayee’ Jayaprakash Sarma, who rose to be called a vaggeyakara meaning one who composes, se
ts them to music and can also sing. Poornatrayee is the title given to him. Jayaprakash composed more than 350 compositions so far, in different languages and most of them in Sanskrit. He learnt Vedas from his grandfather and is a priest in a temple. Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana recalled all those Vaggeyakaras like Deekshitar who wrote kirtanas in Sanskrit and said that Jayaprakash was the only person who composed in Sanskrit after a long gap suiting the Carnatic idiom. Nookala and other musicians felicitated Jayaprakash. He was also presented with the title of ‘Sangeetha Kala Srivari’.
The whole purpose behind this event was to introduce the young composer to the music lovers of the city, for the first time. T. K. Govinda Rao of Chennai and N. P. Ramaswamy of Kochi spoke of the literary and musical talents of Jayaprakash. P.V. Seshaiah Sastry, former principal of Government College of Music and Dance, presided. On this occasion a CD Pancha Suktam was released by T. K. Govinda Rao.
Forty-year-old Jayaprakash belongs to Tripuneethura in Ernakulam. He revealed his literary genius and musical talent as a teenager. He has also penned compositions in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil and Hindi. His compositions are in various musical forms like padavarnams, Tillanas, Javalis and Padaas. He is also credited with dance ballets - one titled Bible Natya Kacheri and another on Buddha, titled Light of Asia. He is also well versed in classical dance forms like Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi and also in percussion. Top ranking vocalists like Semmangudi, Sesha Gopalan and Yesudas have already rendered these compositions making them part of their repertoire.
The audience too had the taste of some of his compositions rendered by noted musicians. Most of them rendered his Sanskrit compositions. T. K. Govinda Rao rendered some compositions in ragas Kedaram, Nalinakanthi and Bhimplas (Abheri).
N.P. Ramaswamy presented compositions in thodi and in a new raga named Simharavam, created by Jayaprakash, which is Kharaharapriya sans Daivatam in the scale. Another vocalist P. Subramanyam chose compositions in Hindolam and Charukesi.
K. R. Chandramohan of Kochi treated the audience to a fine Hamsanadini piece of Jayaprakash. Violinists Dwaram Satyanarayana Rao and B. S. Narayanan and mridangam player D.S.R. Murthy, Nemani Somayajulu and his son Nemani Pawankumar accompanied these vocalists.
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