13/09/2025
The performance moved seamlessly into the much-loved Mohanam varnam “Ninnukori,” a staple of the music classroom but rarely heard on the concert platform. Rama Varma not only sang it in three speeds, including a playful tisra variation, but also offered the backstory of its composer Poochi Srinivasa Iyengar, whose nickname, meaning “insect” in Tamil, came from his swara flights reminiscent of a buzzing insect
Prince Rama Varma’s recent concert at Tripunithura combined popular and rare kritis with humour and lively audience interaction.