I find Kapi ragam to be very intoxicating and melodious. It brings a very nice feeling everytime I listen to this ragam. Although there are various songs in Kapi, recently, I loved listening to Ilayaraja’s version when he played one of the songs in Kapi during a concert in Italy. Ilayaraja’s Kapi flavor is just totally awesome. I really liked it a lot. He has scored this song in one of his films as well.
A R Rahman has composed “Kadhal Rojave” song in Kapi (although the humming portion in the beginning of the song is in desh) in his first film Roja – a great hit ofcourse. Ofcourse SPB’s rendition was classy.
On a different genre – there are innumerable pieces of Kapi in Carnatic music. One of my favorites is definitely “Jagadhodharana” – and who can forget “Enna thavam Seidhane yashoda” which describes Yashoda’s love for Krishna.
I am sure there are lots of bhajans and other devotional songs in Kapi. But the one that I get reminded about the most is – “Madhusudhana Hey Muralidhara”.
Is Pilu, the hindustani version of Kapi? It would be good to identify the difference between Pilu and Kapi through a song
Regardless, Kapi covers a variety of emotions. Nice to listen, explore and more importantly enjoy different flavors of kapi in various genres.
Kapi is scintillating
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