THE IDEAL STUDENT SONG | Uttama Manavare | A Chitravina Ravikiran Production | Raga: Begada
Channel: Ravikiran Creations and Collaborations
Date: 2020-10-26

While a number of great Indian classical composers and poets have created pieces on Gurus, this composition of Ravikiran in the Indian Raga Begada (penned 3-4 years ago) is probably the first one that highlights the ideal student.  Every line of this is applicable to not only students of music but of any walk of life.  

Voices:

Aditya Anandan
Anahita Ravindran
Apoorva Ravindran 
Archana Upadhyaya
Bhargavi Balasubramanian
C A Bhushan Toshniwal
Dathre S Pathangi
Drhuv S Pathangi 
Magizhan Paridhi 
N N Sivaprasad
Petreeza Sabu
Samanvi
Shrihari Bhat
Sowmya Acharya
Vanitha Suresh 

Violin: 

Sanjay Suresh 
Srinath Hariharan

Chitravina:

Anahita Ravindran
Bhargavi Balasubramanian

Veena 
Akhilandeshwari

Video editing & Post production
Bhargavi Balasubramanian

Music, lyrics & direction
Chitravina N Ravikiran 

P: uttamamANavarE ena arivAr
uttaraminRi guru uttaravai meerA
 
AP: ettanai kOTiyE viddaihaL (a) kaTrAlum (b) kaTRu
mA vittakar ena pEreDuttinum vinayamullOr
 
C1: ettiran peTrum mei tattuva gnyanamE 
mukti perum vazhi ena tavam purindu
sattuva moortiyAm sattiya nAraNan
nittiya ravi shashi chittam kavarndOrE
 
C2: Ashiriyar manam guNamadai arindu
Ashaiyum bhaktiyum Arvamum mihundu
AshihaluDan ayarAdu uzhaittu
Ashrayam taru jagadeeshan uLLam kuLir
 
C3: ANavam asooyai AkrOSham anangan
bANamuDan lObham avanambikkaiyuDan 
veeN adhika prasangam mudal tavirtu
kAnalaridAna kannan arul ullOr
 
C4: aham puram iranDilum tooimai viDAdu
paNam puhazh padaviyil bhramai koLLAdu
tahudhihaLai aDukkiDa tavarAdu
iha para sukham tarubavanai maRavAdOr
 
C5: pADangaLil gavanam kalaiyAdu
ADambarangaLAl nilai kulaiyAdu
nADengilum paNbinai (i) vaLartiDavE (ii) vaLartiDa kalai 
kooDangaLai tirukkoyil ena madippOr

Hailed as "Mozart of India" (Wisconsin State Journal & Belgium TV) and known for his "Teasing precision & dazzling effects" (New York Times) and for "Taking Indian music to new audiences" (CNN), Ravikiran's maiden stage appearance was at age two, first vocal concert was at age 5 and first chitravina (21-string slide) concert was at age 12.  He has composed over 800 compositions including dance and orchestral works and has also set music to over 1400 compositions of other composers.  His compositions include a number of unique pieces in both Indian classical and world music as well as pieces eulogizing great personalities like Buddha, Vyasa, Adi Shankara, Ramanuja, Ramana Maharshi, Kanchi Paramacharya, M S Subbulakshmi, Pt Ravishankar and his guru, Chitravina Narasimhan.  Ravikiran has been decorated with a number of awards across the world for his contributions.

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