UAA and Y. Gee. Mahendra

In 1952, Y.G. Parthasarathy (YGP) and N. Padmanabhan founded United Amateur Artistes (UAA), branching off from Suguna Vilasa Sabha. Y. Gee. Mahendra, son of YGP, says, “It was chaste, literary Tamil in theatres then. To reach the common man, they wanted to create plays in normal spoken Tamil, with an…

N Vijay Siva

Torchbearer of the DKJ/DKP bani, Vijay Siva is not one to compromise on classicism. Total conviction, clarity of thought, unstinted devotion to patantharam, wholehearted commitment to the cause of music and the courage to follow through — these make Vijay Siva stand out in the realm of Carnatic music .…