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The villu (bow), the age-old weapon of warriors - paradoxically lends itself to be used as a primary musical instrument (a musical bow) for the Villu Paatu artists. Ezhava/Channar musicians from the 19th century: Performing traditional Villadichaampattu
Performing. Poongani (Tamil: பூங்கனி, also known as Poongani Ammal, Poongani Amma) (1934, Saravanan Theri – 2 November 2018, Kottaram, Tamil Nadu) was an Indian performer of Villu Paatu, a musical story-telling tradition in southern Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
Villu Pattukaran (pronounced [ʋillu paːʈʈukaːɾan] transl. The Villu Paatu singer ) is a 1992 Indian Tamil -language drama film written and directed by Gangai Amaran . The film stars Ramarajan , Rani and Chandrasekhar .
Arumugam performed Villu Paatu professionally for about 40 years from the 1930s up to the 1950s in various temples, schools, colleges, factories, corporate offices and media broadcasts. [2] Arumugam was awarded the Kalaimamani title in 1975 by the Tamil Nadu Eyal Isai Nataka Manram for excellence in the field of art and literature.
Villu may refer to: Villu (given name), an Estonian masculine given name; Villu, a 2009 Indian Tamil film starring Vijay; Hari Villu, a 2003 Indian Telugu film; Onavillu, a simple, short bow-shaped musical instrument; Villu Paatu (or 'Bow Song'), an ancient form of musical story-telling art of South Kerala and Tamil Nadu
In this tradition, travellers narrate stories while beating the drum. In Tamil Nadu, folk narratives are known as Villu Paatu (bow songs); the stories are told accompanied by a stringed instrument resembling a bow. The stories are heroic ballads, and the medium is used to propagate social-welfare programmes such as AIDS awareness, family ...
Villu Paatu has been especially popular in Thovalai and neighbouring areas of the district. Bow, the age-old weapon of warriors, paradoxically lends itself to be used as a primary musical instrument for the Villu Pattu artists. [6] There are udukku, kudam, thala, kattai, etc. as supplementary instruments in their performances.
The Villu Paatu ("Uttaman Introduction") was written and performed by Subbu Arumugam, a prominent Villu Paattu exponent, along with Kamal Haasan. [10] The base of "Iraniyan Naadagam", featured in the film's climax, was koothu "with a dash of atonality" and is built as an exchange between the characters of Hiranyakashipu and Prahlada.