Sandeep Narayan demonstrated that the allure of frills and thrills need not necessarily come at the expense of aesthetics. The recital began with Papanasam Sivan’s ‘Sri vathapi ganapathiye’ in Sahana, and the kalpanaswaras at the pallavi opening were interspersed with delightful jantai and dhattu patterns. Emotion reigned in the rendition of Swati Tirunal’s eighth-day Navaratri kriti ‘Pahi janani santatam’ in …
