Subhalakshmi Kumar's video: 18 WORLDFEST 2012 Bharatanatyam Subhalakshmi Kumar Chalamela Nattakurinji Varnam

Danced with knee bursitis at its peak. Apologise for the subpar lower body strength and the slightlty widened samapadam. By knee braces kept me from keeping my feet together :D Nattakurinji ragam, Aadi talam, composed by Moolaiveedu Rangaswamy nattuvanar, http://sahityam.net/wiki/Chalamela_jesevayya Choreography: Rukmini Devi Arundale, Adayar Lakshman Nattuvangam Guru Sudha Srinivasan, nrithyalaya.org Bharatanatyam by Subhalakshmi kumar, subhalakshmikumar.com Vocal by Vinod Natarajan Flute by Barath Ezhilan Mridangam by Nanjundamurthy Venkatasubbu Worldfest, Spurlock Musuem, 2012 http://cwm.illinois.edu/node/394 http://www.spurlock.illinois.edu/index.html P: calamEla jEsEvayya cakkani mA rangayya Gist: O beautiful Rangayya, why are you spiteful? A: kAla kalamu nI pAdamulE gatiyani nammmiyuNDaga kala kAlamu nI pAdamulE gatiyani nammmiyuNDaga Gist: Always, I believed your feet to be my destination. (muktAyisvara sAhitya) kari moraliDa vini uramuna (rayamuna?) veDali makarini dunimi karivaraduDa nI birudu dharanu velasi surulu pogaDa kaligina patita pAvanuDa nA manavikonu Gist: Hearing the elephant cry out, You went fast, killed the crocodile, got the title 'protector of the elephant', extolled by celestial beings as protector of the fallen, please hear my prayer. C: nannu brOva nIku bhAramA gist: Is it heavy (difficult) for you to protect me? 1: idE bAgani yUrakAnu nIvunna, nanu (ninu) nE vIDacEdAna (viDacEdAninA) Gist: If you stay put thinking that this is ok, I am not one to leave you. 2: nIdu smaraNa gAka vErE eruganu nIraja nayana danuja mada haraNa Gist: O lotuseyed, killer of demons, I know nothing else except your thoughts. 3: anDaANDa mulaku nadipati vani niNDa moraliDaga vinivinaka yuNDa sariya guNa madanajana kuNDa varamosagu nanu dinamu anDaANDa mulanu nadipedi vadavani moraliDaga, vinIvinaka yuNDuTa sariyA, guNa madanajana kuNDa, varamosaga nanu dinamu (calamEla...) Gist: I prayed to you thinking you are the Maintainer of the universe. Is it proper for you to stay without properly hearing me? O father of Cupid! Why are you (refusing) to give me the boon? 4: A draupadiki valuva sabhalO dora karuNa (n)osagina mahA daya gala ninu pogaDanu nA taramaguna, siri velayu rangapurini ElinapaDi nA kala nandacina palu naDatulu numadi telupa valadu valadu valadu caraNu murahari Gist: Is it possible for me to praise you, who, with great compasion, gave clothes to Draupadi in the congregation ( of Kauravas) ? Oh! Lord of Sri Rangapura, ignore the transgressions of this young uninitiated soul. I surrender to thee Oh! Murahari.