Sanjay's concert at academy left me with mixed feelings. So many concerts this season has taken toll on his voice. But thats not a bad sign. There were sruthi lapses, especially in Lathangi and his timing of "aparAdhamulanniyu manninci" was perfect.
If his voice had been good, he might have tried 'brigas' that he invariably fails to get. (when he did occasionally try, it didn't fail to let him down). The other sore point was his attempt to mimick MMI.
Having said this, his vidwat cannot be denied. His 'Thodi' was extremely good with brilliant neraval and swarams (except for those MMI-like sangathis he tried). Arabhi was decent, but while singing in the upper octave his mimickry of 'MMI style' resulted in a Morsing like sound. The 'Thirukkural' line as the pallavi line was cute:-)
I really hope to see the Sanjay of old who used his strengths and was himself becoming a Legend, rather than trying to mimic the Legends. He would do well to sing such imitations in a concert dedicated to mimicry.
Overall it was a decent concert (thanks to his strained voice, that resulted in briga-less sangathis that he can sing pretty well).
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