In this episode of The Lead get to know what is Sugama Sangeetha, how it developed over the years giving itself an iconic status in Karnataka and what its status is now.
Ahmed Shariff: You have heard the rendering of famous compositions like Nityotsava, Bhavasangama and Mysura Mallige. They all come under the genre called Sugama Sangeetha. What exactly is this and what does it encompass. Today we are joined by Our City editor S R Ramakrishna to know more. listen in.
Hi sir, welcome to DH Radio.
Ramakrishna S R: Hi, Ahmed. Thanks for having me over.
Ahmed: Thank you, sir. It's wonderful to have you on our show. Getting straight to the questions, what is Sugama Sangeeta? Can you explain that to us?
Ramakrishna S R: Sugama Sangeeta is a form of music, which seems to be a middle path say between film music and classical music. Whereas in film music typically, the tunes are made first and the songs are written later. And there is a song being created for a particular situation. Film music is very brash and colourful and as you know its almost populist in the way a lot of film music is composed. And then classical music has a lot of rules on the other hand. There is the purity of the raga that has to be maintained and restrained is valued in classical music and you cannot break the rule in classical music.
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