Sri Devarajan Commemoration

Madhurima was singularly fortunate to have had Devarajan master as its patron since its inception. Sri.Paravoor Devarajan or simply G.Devarajan is a name held with pride in the hearts of all music lovers of Kerala. For three decades his music based on classical ragas as well as folk tunes dominated Malyalam film and theatre. In particular, he created immortal and inspiring music to the profoundly meaningful lyrics of  Sri. Vayalar Rama Varma.

Madhurima, as an organization of music lovers organized an evening of music to commomerate the second death anniversary of G.Devarajan on 16.03.08. at Prof. Krishna Pillai Hall, Palayam.  

The commomeration meeting was graced by Prof. Sri. O.N.V. Kurup, poet, lyricist  and Dr. Pushpa Krishnan, HOD (music), Government Women's College, Thiruvanathapuram. The members of Madhurima rendered songs set to music by Devarajan master. The meeting was a symbolic effort by the members of Madhurima to remember Devarajan master, his music and to reaffirm their commitment to music.

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Our young singer Ms. Uttara rendered the prayer song to mark the beginging of the function. Afterwards, the programme was inaugurated by the Vice-president Sri. Vivekanandan Nair. In his simple, erudite delivery, while welcoming the honoured guests both on the dais and in the hall, Vivekanandan took the listeners through a rainbow of the melodious era of Malayalam music.

Sri. Vivekandan welcomes the guests of the evening. Sri. ONV is seated to the right of the President Sri. Perumpuzha Goplakrishnan and to his left is Dr. Pushpa Krishnan.

Sri. Perumpuzha Gopalakrishnan, the president of Madhurima, address the gathering. He was a close associate of both ONV and Devarajan and during his speech he recalled the loving and powerful presence of the master who was our patron since inception. 

ONV, in his address extolled the virtues of the master, wherein he always strived for excellence and perfection rather than for fame and money. He also expressed great happiness at the way Madhurima had grown in a decade.

Dr.Pushpa Krishnan explained in a simple way how Devarajan master had woven all his songs with the most beautiful ragas both from the Carnatic and Hindustani styles. She said  some ragas like Mohanam, Begada, Poorvi kalyaani, Shyama, to name a few , were dexterously used by the master in his compositions, which are enjoyed and sung to this day. 

Sri.Pradeep , secretary, Madhurima proposed vote of thanks. This was followed by the evening's ganamela. Rana and party conducted the orchestra.

The concert began with most famous composition of Devarajan master-  'Balikuteerangale'. The photo above shows our members rendering this world famous song.

 

 

All the members actively participated in the rendering solo or duet songs of Sri. Devarajan Master. A cross section of the audience is shown above.

Smt. Anita and Sri. Srikanth sings a duet song.

 

Smt. Asha Rajkumar sings a solo song.

Smt. Bindu Jayan renders a solo song.

 

She combines with Sri. Santhosh to present a duet song.

Our young singer Ms. Charu Suresh renders an old creation of the master.

Sri. Deepak Kumar presents a solo song.

Master Gautam renders a Devarajan creation.

The above photo shows Ms. Gopika rendering another song composed my the master composer.

 

Smt. Mini  sings an old composition of the master.

Smt. Padmaja Pillai renders a fast number of Sri. Devarajan.

 

Our President Sri. Perumpuzha joins with Smt. Jayalakshmi to present another sweet composition of his friend Devarajan.

Smt. Radhika Viswanathan renders another creation of the master.

Smt. Radha Uday is renders another composition of the master for the audience.

Smt. Shobha Kannan, who had come all the way from Delhi to participate in this function, renders a sweet number of the master.

Sri. Sudir Chandran sings a melodious song of Sri Devarajan.

Our talender young singer Ms. Uttara presents a sweet number.

Mr. Vinod is seen above rendering another creation of the master composer.

Our Vice-president Sri. Vivekanandan joins with Smt. Asha Rajkumar to render a duet song. Many more songs of the master were aslo presented at this function by other members. Finally, the evening's programme ended with a good dinner.

Madhurima, commomerated the third death anniversary of G.Devarajan on 16.03.09. at Prof. Krishna Pillai Hall, Palayam.  

Sri. K.Jayakumar IAS our guest gave a brilliant exposition about Devarajan - the man, the musician and the trailblazer in his guest lecture. Members of Sakthi-Gaadha a choir group formed by Devarajan Master rendered some group and individual numbers. Madhurima members also actively participated with their beautiful songs. 

Madhurima, commomerated the fourth death anniversary of G.Devarajan on 21.03.10. at Prof. Krishna Pillai Hall, Palayam.  

We had two distinguished guests Smt. Lalithambika IAS and Sri. M.Jayachandran, the renowned music director. 

Both the speakers spoke at length about the master's, attention to musical nuances, combining music, nature moods and even other subjects such as physics. 

All the Madhurima members rendered beautiful compositions of Devarajan master to the accompaniment of Rana's Orchestra. 

The great master's 5th death anniversary was observed by Madhurima Family Music Club on the 12th of March 2011 at Prof. N. Krishnapillai Foundation Hall. Renowned lyricist Shri.Poovachal Khader and famous playback singer Shri.Sreekanth  graced the occasion. 

A lighter moment during the presidential address. Dr. K.A. Kumar, president, Madhurima Family Music Club addressing the gathering.

Shri Poovachal Khader, renowned lyricist during the keynote address. He shared his experiences while working with the late musical genius G. Devarajan.

Playabck singer reminiscing  his associatoin with G. Devarajan and how  was ushered in the field of playback singing by the great master.

Madhurima's patron Shri. Perumpuzha Gopalakrishnan who gave a very brief sketch of  Devarajan Master's musical vision.

A view of the audience.

Dr. Veeramony  singing "anuragini itha enn karalil virinja pookkal' penned by Shri Poovachal Khader.

Playback singer Shri.Sreekanth rendering the song "ithihasangal Janikkum munpe" which is one of his most famous numbers.

 

Shri. Perumpuzha literally mesmerised the listeners with his song" Ponnarival ambiliyile kanneriyunnole"

 

Madhurima has been lucky to have got G.Devarajan as its founder patron. We still cherish those rare moments which we spent in the company of that great musical genius on a few occasions.