Javali - Mosa Jesene - Apoorva Jayaraman

Mosa Jesene is a Javali by Chinnaiah Pillai of the Tanjore quartet. In this piece , the nayika who is a mature woman, probably worldly wise, is jilted by her lover - someone she trusted and she loved. After waiting for him to return for long periods, she tells her friend - oh how he has cheated me! How many promises he made - all of them have turned out empty. She is not broken or depressed by his betrayal, but is certainly hurt and bitter, her tone assumes almost one of 'beware of that man'. In the charanam she says 'when we embraced on the bed strewn with flowers, even as he embraced me, reminded of the other woman he swiftly got up and rushed off... Such is that man, oh friend... Oh how he cheated me!" Sindubhairavi | Rupakam | Chinnaiah Pillai Choreography : Priyadarsini Govind Resource Person : V.A.K. Ranga Rao Voice Vasudha Ravi Video and Editing : Shweta Prachande This project was produced for the 243rd Birth Anniversary celebrations of Kind Serfoji II, a grand patron of the arts in his time.