The humility that each of them has is so real and believable! Not said for camera, but felt within. Even someone as big as Aruna ma'am or Sudha ma'am! So humbling for the rest of us!

I wish these artists perform Pancharathna Krithis in Ayodhya Rama temple

Wow, such a nice conversation between this blessed people... I am a bolivian living in Germany, I can only listen to what I can find on the net. My dream is to attend a concert of Ranjani and Gayatri personally .... May the Devī keep on showering Her grace over all this grate musicians 🙏🏽🙇🏽‍♂️ Thank you Abby for making this meeting possible and share it with the public 🙏🏽

@RK-nq3fj

6 ай бұрын

Beautiful background of yours craving for Carnatic music.

Abby, on the topic of audience lethargy, please ask the revered artistes to look into how the academy makes it inconvenient for the audience to attend concerts .. to listen to Ranjani- Gayathri concert this year we had to and elderly people as well , had to wait from 3 am to 5 30 am to collect a token come back to buy tickets later on .. this was proudly broadcast by the academy and everyone else , but was an annoying experience .. the concert was great but If you want crowds to sustain they need to make it convenient to attend and not complain of audience lethargy .. audience is not lethargic , they have challenges and turn up despite those challenges , for the love of the art form and the artist

@goutham244

7 ай бұрын

Same experience for in 2019 while trying to get tickets for Bombay Jayshree amma’s …. !!! I wish they collab with new platforms ❤

@nss6610

7 ай бұрын

Insane, archaic models need modernisation. Artistes need to embrace new platforms. RAGA especially

@vhariharan1988

7 ай бұрын

It’s just that people aka artists must come out of Metro city and start performing at multiple places …. Say People and artists must grow out of the mindset that chennai is tamil nadu and rest of Tamil Nadu is just abandoned place … Similarly Bangalore is not just Karnataka.. there’s more to the state …. Also senior artists must makeup their mind to reduce the payment and comfort when they are outside metro because.. Im their own words music is universal….

@vidhya1773

7 ай бұрын

Rightly said.. now in days of online ticketing which is extremely convenient MA is still in olden era giving all the inconvenience to the Rasikas!

@suvarchalak3639

7 ай бұрын

Humble pranaams to all. Very good experiences.All are telling about their gurus proudly. But now a days no one are ready to teach us directly. What about next generations ?

Pure Heaven - modern days Gandharvas together ❤ Thank you so much Abby keep making more such Roundtables and interviews of these modern greats 🎉

Just watched Ranjani-Gayatri concert at Music Academy a few days ago. It was spectacular. Several whistle worthy moments.

I like gayat gayatri akkas opinion for singing for self and praise of inner God...Bravo and long live the duo sisters music❤

Such a wonderful and beautiful interaction. Raga by raja was beautiful by ranjani Gayathri. We were lucky to attend the concert in USA Dallas. Like that sudhaji i always attend your concert and i admire Aruna Sairam and her way of singing. I cannot explain the feelings. May sai give them a long and healthy life to give more and more consort.

The 4 greats of this era. @Abby you will rise to their level and above in the coming era.

Loved when Gayatri adds about thinking out of the box at 19:40 when she says that things cannot happen with an agenda, it should always be a part of the process.

All Carnatic Gems together. So nice and enjoy the discussion. But unfortunately we miss one more gem Madam Bombay Jayasri because of her health issues. Thank you Abby Sir for arranging this wonderful meeting. 🙏🙏

Your questions & everybody's answers came from the bottom of their hears .that's why it's different and musical A beautiful Roundtable talk .

Abby, you are blessed to be around these great artists. They are truly queens of Carnatic music. - music lover

What Aruna sairam ji said is very very true. In the olden days, people used to be able to sit for hours together and listen to a 4 to 5 hour long katcheri. Such is not the case today. People are busy in their own lives and though they might have the interest to listen to a full fledged carnatic katcheri, they may not have the time to do so, because of various commitments in their lives. So, the katcheri format would need to be tailored in such a way that the katcheri doesn't drag on for so long. Some artists adhere to this and some artists don't. Artists need to understand the audience also. I have been to many many carnatic kutcheris in the US and this is definitely an issue because usually katcheris are held in the temple auditorium and temple part where the idols are all kept usually in the US will close by 9pm and so will the temple canteen. And by the time a kutcheri ends it is like 10pm night. Friday night, Saturday night or Sunday night. If it is Sunday night, then next day is working day in most foreign countries. So, we would get back home very very late at night. This is why many people leave during "Tani avartanam" because it is already getting late by the time the "Tani avartanam" is played and they need to get home and it takes them at least 45 minutes to get home.

Wow what a beautiful round table musical discussions with musical legends . God bless! Abby you are fantastic 👌👌

So amazing to see the camaraderie... All of them are so honest, candid and appreciate the other from their heart withiut holding back.

Loveliest thing to end 2023. All my favourite voices and personalities in one frame

Abby, a refreshing interview. Despite all their achievements, they are all so grounded. So much to learn from these stalwarts. Thank you, Abby and Sundari Silks.

Immense sincere appreciation and thanks for beaming this type of conversation and program for the benefit of lovers of classical music. All saraswatis have come together at a place for sharing their views, history, experience in itself is a great treat to watch. This is a novel innovative program and request for arranging such experience sharing endeavours. Honestly an outstanding exercise and god bless you all for your unique contributions to the field of performing arts. Its each one of you and scores of all vidwans and vidushis who have put India's rich culture and tradition on the world map. Once again pranama to all of you.

Fantastic conversation sharing each other’s experience. All four have good communication skill apart from being music legends.

Wow! Wow! What a great treat! Unforgettable for years to come. God bless all of you.

Wow! what a pleasure to see and hear the legends of our times talk!! the questions were also so interesting and they all are excellent speakers too! Loved it thoroughly! Thanks😍

Amazing Round table, we always see them singing on stages it's a very different stage to hear from the great legends. Thanks and wish to see more like this.

Nice interview Abby. Been attending their concerts for decades now. They are a part of our lives and living.

Great indeed, Thank you Abby for this necter🙏💐💐💐And pranam to all the artist and their gurus🙏🙏🪷🪷🪷

I am big fan of All in rountable. Abby its a good to bring them all together.

From one question to another one goes from one brilliance to another... *ALL* four artistes are simply *BRILLIANT*

Kudos abby ❤ getting these stalwarts together is a blessing in itself. So wonderful to listen to each one of them talk

🤩🎉🎉 what a lovely talk. I could recall one beautiful moment with Sudha aunty. When she had visited her uncle at Krishnagiri. I was very small we all went to Lord Krishna temple in an auto. I was hold her tambura. She was guiding me to hold it very safe. ❤❤

Abby, I appreciate your conceptualization of this program. Hoping to see many more musicians at this table. Thanks. Raja by RAGA was very enjoyable. Thanks

it is such an amazing dialogue. Rich in content and so inspiringly thought provoking about music, concerts, audience participation, and just being excellent and communing with each other. The stars and their friendship and dedication just shone throughout the roundtable. As a journalist myself, i salute Aby and the entire flow that touch the hearts and brains of all, including myself being a total ignoramus to carnatic world. Thank you so much. THUMBS UP!

Smt. Sudha Raghunathan's journey with music and cookery is one i liked . This is how one can contribute to the cause of music 2ith innovations.

Pleasant and lovely interaction...Happy to see our favourites together..Appreciate humbless and inquisitiveness in learning..Assets to carnatic music❤

Gayathriji makes such an important point about just enjoying your art and being so honest about her big success being "an accident"... That shows how secure she is!! And how the two sisters are so aligned, and how Gayathriji gives credit to Ranjaniji... It's so beautiful and so very very wholesome! ❤💕🧿❤💕🧿

An interaction to be cherished forever. Thank you to everyone involved in this 🙏🙏

Very nice round table session,this is how they should mingle with each other out of the “box” …a very good idea.Keep it up and let all the musicians come together like this and not feel that each one is better than the other.Everyone has their own special talent and doing excellent. And please share your ideas like this and your life time experiences.and be a role model, it helps younger generations to be social like this and not so uptight.Hats off to you all great artists and encourage your viewers in a positive way.

Enjoyed the Talk, more such programmes are needed to appreciate Carnatic music better

All the four are not only top - notch musicians, they are excellent communicators, fluent , fashion conscious and fun lving. Gayathri is forthright in saying " don't expect room service" while commenting on people expecting free streaminig and, at the same time , shows her high sense of humour. (from Australia)

Ranjani ma'am is so articulate and calm! And that subtle sense of humour! Wow!

Well done Abby. Inspte of being such star artists of performance all of them sat like a same family members sitting with their own loving younger brother/son. All of them sharing their experience how they have to be on the stage performing to the expectations of audience. When Arunaji told it is like serving to the expectations of Audience yes a real fact indeed. She inspires Audience as remarked by Sudhaji. Sudhaji is a Mercury on the stage with her beautiful smile and melodious music takes audience to a joyful world besides being joyful herself. Ranjani and Gayathri have been very frank in pouring out their feelings. Who is more who is less no question at all. They are stars in Carnatic Music etching their names in the minds of Audience. Dear Abby I have neither heard even one single concert nor I know yor full name. Only from utube I heard you showing the jhalak presentation of 72 melakartha ragas if I am right. Some time last year I heard this from utube. Appreciate the way all 5 of you joined like family members and shared your respective experience. Thank you all I enjoyed as I am the fan of all the 4 star singers. Sorry Abby I have not had the opportunity to listen to your music so far. Thanks to Sundari Silks colorful sarees and the gorgeous matching blue kurtha that you have been wearing.

A very unique programme bringing together all the current day legends of the Carnatic field. Thanks to Abby the most admired musician of today well done 👏

19:45 to 21:10 is a lesson for every professional, no matter the field of work.

Concert seasons should be not only during marghazi but also during Apr/May or some other months convenient to singers, so many of us can enjoy. It is up to the current genertaion of these greats to take the kegacy forward; so please help nuture this in India and create a big space for carnatic music bigger and better.

So very fantastically organized. Literally all with great vision. Thank you all

Lovely video. Love sudhamma so much..1990s hve seen her energetic concerts ...still with the same energy..Arunamma too. God bless all these artists to perform in the coming years too with energy and health.🎉🎉❤

A great idea...a Carnatic round table with musical powerhouses! What a delightful and insightful conversation... enjoyed this immensely! Thank you for doing this🙏🏽

Wow . just nothing to say beyond that... U bring all the legends in one stage... Thanks for this video ❤🙏🏼 Pranams to sudha ji, Arunaji, Raga ji, and abby 💐

I wish if you can plan a concert with all five!

Superb. Amazing way to share experiences & thoughts. God bless them for the continued contribution to carnatic music.

Arunaji carries herself so gracefully, easy to talk to and wholesome...her jokes are honest and she seems approachable, her music is coming place of this innate simplicity... I never really thought about this ... Ra Ga are perfection personified ... like their music... And Sudhaji is fearless...like her singing...

Very interesting conversation and meaningful in a relaxed way. Abby put forth excellent questions to the giants of Carnatic Music and they were so practical and honest. My humble Pranams and thanks for sharing these lovely moments.

Such a delightful conversation. So many life lessons.

Beautiful to see all my favorite musicians 🙏🙏

Amazing seeing bunch of legends and Abby is adorable

Amazing & different way of sharing the musical memories of the great musicians Excellent Abby. Every time you are doing something new to music This is very " tasty " talking The ambience also super 👌 Hope you remember me 😊 watching

Very fulfilling, to know another facet of these celebrities, how gracefully they conduct themselves was a concert by itself! Sudhaji was talking about how she was against the streaming of concerts and it must be a live audience to connect with an invisible bond, I felt something similar recently. When I heard the music written by MM Keeravani for the movie Chandramukhi 2, I felt how extra-ordinary it would be to hear the same songs by the same musicians live. It was superb rendition by the singers that if a recording is so good, how well it would be to watch it and listen it live? Thank you all for making my day!

I’m glad this conversation is in English. I’m better able to relate to it. If the conversation had been conducted in Tamil, the Telugu, Malayalee or Hindi-speaking people may not have been able to follow.

Such a great concept..... thanks Abby and Sundari silks👏🏻👏🏻.....the whole conversation was sooo refreshing.....big fan of Arunaji and Sudhaji❤ Looking forward to more such Round Tables🙌🏻🙌🏻

Well done Abby! Jagadanandakaraka- You made the audience world happy by bringing together all the music queens!

Galaxy of stars exchanging opinions. Absolutely fantastic.

Soooooooooo beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. Please do more of these @Abbby

All these superb lady Carnatic singers and Gurus are our family's favourites. Now Abby has become our favourite. Nice discussion. Enjoyed watching it. To get participants involved more, the raga may be announced beforehand. The expert audience will surely make out in first few seconds. So it's not a spoiler. Those like me with minimum knowledge, but enjoy music feel restless till we get the raga. Thanks Abby for uploading this.

@henavn9120

7 ай бұрын

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Beautiful and cultured people. I could hear them speak all day.

Such giant talents yet so so so humble. Very impressive.

Beautiful, such a joy, knowing a little more about your personal journey for your music and your connections, congratulations. Thanks Abby,you are a great inspiration not just for the young, but also the mature like me. 🙏Hope to have the experience of seeing you all, at the concert halls. Never can forget the joy having heard and seen Sudhaamma in a private home concert in Florida . Still fresh in my mind and heart

A feast indeed...accomplished veterans coming together

Such a fantastic conversation ! Awesome to see such great artists interacting so informally . Nuggets of wisdom from arunaji about humility and respecting the audiences time and effort . The synergy between the artist and audience is so true but for some unfortunate few who can’t make it - the elderly, the infirm ppl or care givers - online streaming is such a boon ! Humbled by the info that inadequacies ( self criticism ) can affect such great artist ; it’s is an astonishing revelation . 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Please do this Round Table with more artists

This is absolutely amazing! Thanks for all the musical stalwarts for your time and giving us a wonderful time to watch this! Thanks Abby for organising this. Looking forward to see many more like this

Thank you for this beautiful sharing of this round table talk of all you talented musicians.Enjoyed it .Should have more.Always follow all of you from South Africa.Amazing .

Happy to see all the star singers in one place & one frame👌👌🙏🙏

Enjoyed it. Very casual and refreshing. Abby is a great host/moderator.

Very nice Round table music conference with wonderful ladies

The best music i have enjoyed was from stalwarts MD Ramanathan and KV Narayanaswamy.The sanskrit slokas presented by MDR cannot be matched by any others.The breathtaking accompaniments by MSG or Lalgudi or TN Krishnan is missing in today's concert world.

This is so divine to hear from medha artists.. Keep up Abhi ji. Please bring them again. It is lovely feeling to see together. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤

Please keep this going as a tradition 🙏

Extremely happy to have viewed the amazing conversation. Many thanks Abby. Brought many smiles listening to stalwarts in carnatic music. May god bless all of you 🙏.

Beautiful to see u all together!May U make this a habit,make round table get-together and bless us all with ur Beautiful rendition.

@henavn9120

7 ай бұрын

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Pleasant and lovely conversation and interaction. All of you join and sing a bhajan on Lord Ram for the forthcoming Ram Mandir consecration.

It was amazing to watch this video Abby ! It was a pleasure to hear the most humble smt. Aruna sairam talk, and of course the most talented smt Sudha Raghunathan and the good performer sisters duo Smt Ranjani and smt Gayatri. All the Karnatic vocal artists coming together for a talk show is so memorable. Man you never kept your promise. A few years back I had a request for you to make a video of you singing the Kannada kriti of shri Purandaradasaru. All the four of your gurus have sung the kritis of the father of karnatuc music Purundaradasaru. Hope you will learn one kriti from them and make a video of it. A request to you Abby hope you will oblige.

Super super very diverse feelings and experiences of all, somehow I am able to connect to them even though I am a very ordinary person. Love how Ranjani Gayatri spoke about their weakness which makes the audience feel they are one among the normal people

Hi.. Anandhi 4rm Chennai... Blessed 2 watch 5 greats in one go..And d credit goes 2 Abbyji.Thank you so much..Jai Shri krishn 🙏

Amazing... Romba nanna irundhudhu with the musical carnatic maesteros. Congratulations Abby and anticipating for more such roundtable discussions at the month of Margazhi 😊

Awesome!!Abby.. great concept!!and superb to get these musicians together … best wishes!!👍👍👏👏🙏🙏Happy New yr.. going to be very interesting!!

Such a divine conversation!! The aura was like, that of a paradise. It looked as if the Divinity himself was present in the midst of this talk. So blessed to even watch this!

Very lively and beautiful conversation between great musicians .

Wonderful Abby,would love to watch more of these😊

This is something which i have been waiting for!! Very interesting and insightful! One gets to connect with the views of these legends whom we admire and look up to ...you have brought them to a round table like this one! Great initiative and work! Thanks a lot! 🙏 Look forward to more such exciting and insightful programs !😊😊

I wish I want to be there 😊 Happy new year my favorite ladies and Abby

🎉Aruna Sairam is so gracious and beautiful.

Such a beautiful Margazhi conversation ❤❤❤❤❤ Thank you abby for this round table with these carnatic queens - A carnatic music lover, Saija

Hi Abby, Wonderful to bring the top artistes together for a candid conversation. Blue, green, red, yellow. Nice combination of colours :) Look forward to watch similar conversation among male musicians , their struggles esoecially the accompanying aristes who are full time musicians. The insightful exchange would thriw light on the challenges they face and how they affect economically during calamities.

Smt. Sudha Raghunathan is my fav and all time energy.. Wish she sing more these days on TV channels

Wonderful conversation. Dmt Sudha Raghunathan snd Smt Aruna Sairam are my favourite musicians.. Loved video so much.

great opportunity for the people who love and respect classical music.. of India.. 👆 These respected musicians are really of Great Calinbre. The young interviewer is of mercurial personality .... best wishes and. thanks for all those who are responsible for the success of such a knowledgeable and valuable programme....👍✌️

Margazhi not just made artists, it made rasikas too. It was a revolution at both ends. 🙏🙏🙏

Much like listening to a Carnatic concert 🫶💙🥰

What an excellent opportunity for us to.listen to such greats!! Thoroughly enjoyed and look forward to many.more such round tables..

Bondle of my favourites legends ❤️💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞

Excellent idea of bringing the legends on a table, very nice experience 😍😍😍