A young team transcribes a vintage Swathi Thirunal padam into a short film which dispels the notion that classical music is elitist
A two-century-old Carnatic composition has found portrayal in a musical album, with a team of youngsters featuring the Swathi Thirunal padam in a short musical film. The six-minute Anandavalli lends an insightful visual representation to an eponymous composition by the 19th-century Maharaja. Besides in music circuits, Swathi Thirunal’s compositions are usually staged as dance items.
Set in the soothing Neelambari raga, the love poem in the Sanskrit language seeks happiness by pleading to the goddess to dispel one’s darkness of grief with a smile that is like the rays of nectar.
Read more about Anandavalli in Indiaartreview : Anandavalli: A Visual Swathi Thirunal Padam