Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Interpreting Bollywood


After watching the clip, I have related the song to some elements we have been studying in class.

When trying to explain to the girl, Gauri, that she is jealous, he sings, in free rhythm, something sort of improvised as if it is something like an alapana.  Here, he kind of introduces the melodic material.

When the song starts, after he tells her he likes her, we hear the acoustics start to establish a beat, kind of like a mridarigam does.  I think here is when we can call it the beginning of the kriti.  The pallavi, ‘O Lassie, its true.  It’s only you that I love.’  Then, Gauri starts the annupallavi. 

Whatever the form may be, we can hear the tala and raga recurring.

Also interesting to note, in the clip you can see how the British is taking control of the Indian village in order to ‘help’ it, as was noted in Music in South India.

 

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