Not sure 'Thani' or 'Mini'

In one of the (2 hour) concert of a senior vidwan with fairly decent crowd he started off with varnam and a krithis with neravals and swarams.

He then gladly sang three short alapanas in Kalyani, Reethigowlai and Saveri. I would put it as showing the sketch of the ragam in a slightly lengthy way (3-5 mins).

Saveri was supposed to be the main piece i guess, for it was followed by Thani (by definitely above avg percussionists).

One korvai by the Mridangist for which he got a similar reply from the Khanjira vidwan. This was followed by two avarthanam kuraippu and then peria Mohrra. In 4 minutes, instant Th... sorry, Mini Avarthanam ready which got a loud "Sabhash" by the Singer as a reward. And then concluded the concert with 18 mins of tukkadas.

I know in all these capsule concerts it quite difficult to find time. But why restrict Thanis and give more importance to tukkadas?

"4 mins of thani over?!?!?! Time for tukkadas Mr. Mridangist"

Why people who feel bad when alaps are made just for 4 mins doesnt feel the same for Thanis :'(.

Truely, gone are the days where the Station Master held a train just because Thani was not over and the artists had to wrap up fastly, which ofcourse resulted in a beautiful Thani and a Memo for the Station Master.

Unfortunately it has become S'O'ga suga (சோகசுகா) mridanga thalamu with all these restrictions for solos.