30.09.2018
Dr Anupama Kailash
Lecture on Abhinaya – Series 2
Padmam is like sahasraara kamalam
Messengers are shown as – eg: nala-damayanti – hamsa or
peacock; pigeon; chiluka or parrot – highly developed and mistique
Chiluka in literature is “atma”,
Purandara dasu uses it to represent – body (cage) his wife
passed away – refer as chiluka or parrot for defining atma
Tatvam – always uses tummeda or chiluka or atma
Banks of the rivers – two sides of the river /similar, they
don’t meet.
Eyes are compared to lotus – when they meet there is fire,
so it is compared to lotus and not stones as eyes look like eye. Eg:
eemako……………arrow without a string ……..atisayokti – for beauty, the idea
is absurd, exaggerated to create rasa – image is beautiful.
From literature –
Night – despair-darkness
Day – hope – light
Nammalvaar – naayika……………..village is asleep – steeped midnight
– world long long night – all times are as if he doesnot come to save me – red sun
come out of east to chariot dying – little by little
Nature motif – fruits, seasons, day and night etc
Mystique motif – literature – abstract
Dr V Raghavan – spider and web; chariot/charioteer; Krishna in
bhagavata; suthradhara – pulls all strings main puppeteer
God – puppeteer/weaver; Wearing/textile; pot/potter
Netavihaari – textile weaver
Krishnaleela tarangini – potter/clay –
1
matti malli malli cheyavachunu - redo
2
nectar from different flowers – all is one
3
all are same – okate ani chupinchavachunu
Profound -
Lal Ded: lady poet –
Kashmiri – Body’s like mansion – closed all doors and windows, thief (life
breath) like a , inside cells of heart,
with OM wipe living Him, master all vital airs, I cast all forests – six
vices called kama, krodha, madha, maatsaryalu.
Annamayya – aanu mee kadaku ramanulaaraa (indriyaalu) – deep
philosophical connotation. Mystic moon awoke for me – I realized the world of
praruti dries up, then moon – God, I found my Lord.
Kabir song – Bird – you want to always fly away. Understand that you have duty ro your
captor. Fulfill and then go away. Things
are extremely layered….
Bhaktimargam – distinction between male –female doesn’t
exist
Ghazal structure – men-women propenetor/juxtraposition of
male/female
Surdas – yasodha – both there is NO distinction poet takes
nayika role, himself.
Pandurangavithala – vaatsalya – motherhood
Vaishnava – Sri (lakshmi)– nanu brovamani cheppave sitamma
talli……………consort tells God to tell -
Tukaraaam – water became full of sky. The play of opposites. He is receptors sky is Vishnu. Differences are lest in water.
Motif - Ripple subsides in water – sky is already in water –
so who is going to free whom? – the age has gone by
Jayadeva – dasavataara - created a paradox –
Kara kamala – nails like hands like horns – process is not
given directly, only final tableau is described. Final image after the whole activity is done.
Dalita – brungam – tearing apart……………
Kuchipudi – dasavataaram lo – hiranyakasipudu champatam ante
action is shown
Saahitya dharmam – sensitivity and action in abhinaya –choose
a poet
First do – 1) padaartham – any lyrics – word by word
Padya kavita
Pada kavita – pallavi, charanam, format
Samkeertana – devotional – aadhyaatmaka/srungaara
samkeertana
Naayika can be any naayika – enta chakkani vaade naa swaamy
2) vaakyaartha – meaning of the sentence – description way/emotional
way. Sweeya naayika/saamaanya
naayika/parakeeya proudha naayika…
Rasamanjari – Bhanudatta – vaasavasajjika naayika –
Sweeya naayika – waiting – betel leaf madichi istaanu, bed,
chamber is all made up, decorated..
Saamaanya naayika – waiting – jewels, sarees, etc……….
Guudaartha…
Vipariitaartha – challanuleelaraa leeeaa muvva gopaala – sarcastic
– vyangyaartha –
Enda veeda vaade - I am very calm – andarini chuusaakaa memu
chaala calm ayyaanu………..
Annamayya – kondalalo nelakonna – tirumala lo venkateswara
swaamy (guudaartham) – philosophical
Nanu luudinche ninnu – abhisaarika – parakeeya (gopikalu-naayikalu)
– saranaagati – guudaartham..
Parakeeya vaada – she leaves everything and goes to him
Shat chakras – surrenderin solar flexes, softness,
sensitivity, final lotus to you, knowledgeable – kundalini – rolling all the
snakes – master of all snake – symbol of philosophy
Literal images
Mystic images
Metaphysical images
Medium – expression – drama/tradition/dance/vilasini
dance/show character, engage in a character
1.
maga vaarike inta mogamaatamaite nenemi setu?
2.
Sita danda veeyataaniki vaste raamudu vaddante
elaa? Ani audience ni adugutundi.
3.
Flower – bee daggaraku vedutundi… - “kurchuni
chesevaaru”
4.
Draupadi ki cheeralu ichina krishnaa –
methodology is different
Topography :
purandhara vithala – tirumala tirupati
Manodharmam – like grammer
“Raajyalakshmi” Devadaasi – kuravanji – tanjavur – pada varnam
(matrix)
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