Saturday, August 11, 2012

Bye, Akil!

The SIFAS Alumni say bye to Akil as he embarks on his MA Rhythmology.

Filmed by Viknash :)

7 comments:

  1. Brilliant effort by Viknash and Vignesh. Thank you for putting this together.It really was amazing to watch. Definitely will miss that boy. He has made a mark on each of us.

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  2. Hey guys, thank you so much for the sweet video. Thanks to Rajendran annae, Ganesh, thulsi, lalgudi, priya, nandhitha, aruna, lavanya, Sri Sri, my bro, thamarai akka, Vikram, Sangeetha,Sanjith, Shyam, Dharini akka and my dearest guru sundaresan sir. I will miss everyone one of u guys. Not to forget our madhippukkuriyae capt Gomathi akka and poorna. I'll really miss the Sunday rehearsal sessions and the meeting. Will miss irritating the heck out of Dharini akka. Thulsi, me , Sri Sri and my bro always were one of the main reasons why we ended up talking nonsense in alumni comm meetings. Gomathi akka has to be given a special award for being sooo patient. Haha. Let me say a few things ant thulsi and Sri Sri. I've known these guys for quite a long time. It was their passion for this art which made me really respect them. Not forgetting namma Palla . No shows were dull with these guys around. All the way from navarathri to any major shows at esplanade, this mridangam section has always remained as one unit without any ego probs. and I'm really happy to have been part of that. I will definitely miss disturbing lalgudi, thulsi, priya, dhar akka, Sri Sri, Deneshwari, Ganesh , sangee and others. I have alot of plans for the alumni orch. Hopefully most of them will materialize soon. I just have one issue. It wouldve been nice if lalgudi/ priya/ sangee/ thulsi/ Sri Sri or anybody shed a few tears in the video. With the nayagan theme song as the bgm, it would've been a super sentimental effect. Haha . As I said, I have alot of hopes. Some of the hopes are as follows: hope lalgudi becomes the leader of a bigger violin section. Hope Dharini akka becomes a master in using her iPhone/iPad. Hope priya becomes the kudumba kuthu vilakku she always proclaims to be. Hope thulsi speaks Tamil in a more understandable manner. Hope Sri Sri deletes that damn Tamil lunar calendar app in his phone. Hope sangee pronounces "white" without emphasizing on the H at the start. Hope Ganesh stops giving wierd ass reasons and theories regarding my mridangam prac methods. I think I'm not making any sense. All jokes aside, I'll miss all u guys a whole damn lot. Sunday's will never be the same. There are lot more things I wish to say but it'll be too damn emo. Thanks to my bro and Sri Sri for recording and editing this video. It is a really special gift for me. Anyway, I hope to hear gd news abt our future productions. Hope I can also be a part of it. Thanks once again guys. Take care.


    Akilesh

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  3. I have never seen you write this much... And that too calling me Akka! We already miss you, this is now heading toward the nayakan level emo moments.

    We hope to hear updates on your adventures soon.

    Thank you for writing such a lovely response to us all. Am genuinely touched. The others are trying to compensate for your absence in winding me up. :)

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    1. Hey, I also didn't expect to write so much. Adhuvae thaana flow lae vanduchu haha...and yes I'll be updating as much as I can. Let's just see how everything goes.

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  4. We will miss you too bro. Hope to see your concert videos in You Tube soon. I know we cannot replace a student for a Guru, but we will try our best to also assist Sunderesan Sir in all ways we can.

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  5. Seeing my concerts on YouTube?!...still have a looooong way to go bro...don't want to think that far ahead...I'll be really thankful if u guys can assist sundaresan sir...thank you so much bro..

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  6. Just saw this today. Great job Viknash and Vignesh in compiling and rallying everybody into this. So akil, make your fan club proud of you as always k? :)

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