The Making of the Mridangam - A Documentary Film 

I just completed reading Sebastian and sons by Mr. T. M. Krishna. I listened to Sri . Palghat Mani Iyer's thani avarthanam. Just then I came across this video. Excellent and very informative. Let the tradition be preserved and may we honour those who make the MRDANGAMS.

south indians are saving and glorifying our culture. salute to you. jai hind

This is how a documentary should be, great man.

Great documentary.....and i would prefer the traditional Mrithangam over the Synthetic Mrithangam.

Very nice and with great effort Vishruthi has done this documentary. I congratulate her. Congratulations to Gayathri Girish her mother to encourage her daughter to do this kind of research oriented documentary.

From 11.57 to 12.57 was the portion I enjoyed the most. What a reverberating tone for kappi and kutchi and how beautifully he demonstrates it!

The synthetic mrithangam sound totally different. The traditional mrithangam is the best.

Very informative documentary. Though in my opinion the traditional instrument cannot be replaced, the topic is still debatable. Excellent video thanks.

आपके द्वारा बनाई गए दोनों डाक्यूमेंट्री बेहद ज्ञानवर्धक एवं सुरूचि पूर्ण हैं। आपकी मेहनत और लगन को हम नमन करते हैं...

Loved your articulations on Indian Culture. Hope, you do it More.

Good video, but comedy thing is he says it sounds similar...🤦🏻‍♂️🙏 There is huge difference Swami 🙏 You can clearly see the difference at last while he was playing synthetic mridangam for one beat the sound is vibrating there is no stabilization in it... and the real traditional mridangam music bit played at last minute sounds real... there is no vibration sound continuous for 1 beat...You can clearly listen it...🙏😊👍

Thanks for the video... The feel of traditional can't be obtained with the synthetic.. traditional may be heavy but that gives us d feel.. Keep using traditional as long as we can.. Video shows how traditional mirudangam is made, shows the hard labor in it and in the end it seems like a promo for the synthetic...

Sorry to say, but the synthetic one's sound does have a lot to improve

Music is nature, I was amazed to know that it's jackfruit bark that the main body is made out of in conventional mridangam. Trees, animal and rice...all these resources goes into to get a perfect Shruthi. However, people who are currently concerned about the usage of natural resources, I do not think that it's bad to use natural resources. Due to the humans indescrimant use of resources we are seeing the synthetic mrigandam. Back in those days natural resources was never in conservation mode..it used to get utilised judiciously. So people never found an alternative. Now we are in full mode of conservation, it's quite obvious to feel the heat of artificialness in our life and music too. Rather than conservation mode, we need to reach a point where in the resources are abundant, sustainable and in a utilisation mode. I hope that day will come very soon.

All Hand work only. How complex would have the process of making when no machines were there. Such a beauty really..!!

Great Work Vishruthi Girish. Deserves admiration and appreciation from Heart.

Very great video thank you very much with God's blessings ❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Very informative and nicely produced documentary! Great that you are documenting the unique arts and crafts of South India.

Plz do not replace anything with the traditional process of making. It's our culture which have evolved over centuries. That's how our culture and tradition will remain to handover in future. Beautiful document.

Beautiful and Informative! Setting standards for juniors Vish🔥🙈❤️

The only Instruments which are traditionally made are used for God's seva. Synthetic mrudangam may have its pros but tradition is tradition in my view. Very happy to watch traditional making of mrudangam. Thanks for uploading 🙏

Amazing documentary, sincere respect to EVERYONE involved in the making of this timeless instrument🙏🏽and to the artists using this🙏🏽

For your kind information this channel made only two videos both of them are awesome.

Mridangam making, indred indigenous producyion of virtually any Indian musical "vasdyams" (rstger than instruments) continues to be a great art snd science involving meticulous care for precision of detail at all stsges. This tradition is indispenssble for preserving the superior quality of Indian music, all the more so of Carnstic music, thus ensuring that the final result of good music (assuming equally good grade of the musicians), is great. In most cases it will be televant to note that close interaction between the artistes snd the traditional artisans/craftsmen exists as necessary. Science snd technology based commercial, mass-oriented production of instrumrntal aids will be acceoted as adequste for most of today's 'cine quality music'.

Please continue this channel, Don’t stop. I liked both of your videos very much.

A great piece of cinema. Look forward to future projects.

Fantastic documentary. Hope you can do many more like these to bring the unsung heroes out.

மிக அருமையான பதிவு.... இத்துறையை பற்றி உலகிற்கு பரப்பியமைக்கு மிக்க நன்றிகள்

Great video , mridangam is one of my favourite musical instrument... 👍👍

Great documentary. I never knew synthetic mridangam is there. Thank you for introducing this.

Very interesting documentary, waiting for more videos from you.

Absolutely fantastic documentary, really awesome the way it is covered, very informative and very crisp, loved it. Please do such informative documentary in future. Looking forward for more from you mam.

Very interesting , informative documentary well produced as well. Thank you. U.V.Bhanu

Excellent ! Hope it will improve further and Take the Stage!. An Annual Performance of these new instruments by Various Artists will give Awareness to General People. And I think never an Animal was killed to make these instruments Only skins of Dead Animals were used.But Anyway People(Some) can't criticise After usage of this material. 🙏 Thank you.

We are expecting many more videos like this from you, thank you

Thanks Awesome Proud to be a Indian

thanks. I was looking to buy mridhangam shell . this has helped me a lot. Thanks

Informative and fabulous

More difficult than making a cricket bat. I saw 'Pioneer" bat manufacturing at Lethpora near Srinagar and the process of bat making is more simplified because of less nusances in making but both are more or less similar.

Very nice documentary. I felt the synthetic mirudangam sounded very different. But could have had better audio in the end when he played. All the best.

Very professional and passionate work! Thanks to your efforts!

This is nothing but great!

The synthetic mrudangam sounds nowhere close to the real one. It sounds very plastic-ey or more like a dholki.

super documentary.... Thanks

Great documentary!! Ban synthetic🙀go natural!!❤

Commendable efforts Vishruthi & Adith. Very good one 👍

I still prefer the ORIGINAL. GREETINGS FROM A MEXICAN.

Two super videos. Please upload more videos

Great video. I was curious about the fine tuning of the synthetic mridangam. I guess you don't use a rock? Soon we will have Yamaha synthetic mridangams on Amazon.

Very nice documentry 😀😀

Pls advise where to buy mridangam for common man (non-professional) who wish to play only by choice at Home. Many Thanks in advance 🙏

Wow amazing video. So beautiful

So Good. Man please do more documentaries. Thank you

Make more videos please...........🙏

This was a great documentary. It shows incredible skill and craftsmanship every step of the way to make the instruments. I would have liked to have seen and heard a sound comparison between the traditional and synthetic mridangam. I must say I didn't like the sound of the synthetic from what I heard.

This is a very informative video of genuine value on the art and science of mridangam making. The video is all the more warmly welcome even as alien forces are seriously trying to inject the poison of pseudo social justice with the use of certain shortsighted and selfish artistes of classical music,. The pseidos are blinded by selfish political ambitions due to their feeling of insecurity and discontent practising our supetior spiritual music. WARMRST CONGRATS TO THE PRODUCERS AND UPLOADERS OF THIS. Sure, you will ignore the pseudos, remain faithful to ensuring perfection of your srt. Gor conservatism is after all "it is necessary not to change it is necessary to change".

very nice use full video

Nothing to equal the bass and resonance of the jack fruit based traditional kutchi mridangam. Old is gold just as the saying goes. Its like comparing a vintage cast iron bullet's thump with a modern that of an interceptor.

இத்தனை வேலைபாடா பா , மிக அருமை👏👏

Traditional mrindhangam only creat the mind relaxing music.

Good work done 👍

Great documentary Vishruthi.

The backdrop of kharaharapriya is beautiful

Thank you for this video 😊

Good video. 👍🏽 The acoustics in the synthetic mridangam demo were awful, though. So, I did not get a true idea of what it sounds like. A suggestion: Better acoustics and the same sollus played alternately on the traditional and synthetic mridangam will provide a better basis for comparison.

Very nice demonstration.

Thank you, Guruji.

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Amazing technology Thank you for making the video

Mam,upload more and more videos like this....please....

Very nice video but the English subtitles were not visible as th hey were right at the bottom

What are the synthetic alternatives in place of the animals' skin in this one?

Synthetic Mridangam is amazing... do not harm animals ... in the age of kali .. no one sits and waits for an animal to die naturally to get its hide... so... it is better we use the synthetic ones

Nicely and methodically done.. thanks for doing this. And that synthetic mridangam is not at all close.. each note is flattened out or sharpened.. that resonance and lower frequencies are missing .. obviously those synthetic materials and bolts dont resonate like skin and the stick / iron wedges that create a channel for that kind of resonance to come out unmodified... wood to skin to air channel.. there is a reason that was made in that combination 🙏

Congratulations on conceptualizing and producing this educative documentary! It is a great source of knowledge to both percussionists and classical music followers alike.Thanks to you and the team.

u have really done a great job

Please make more Videos! Thanks!

Traditional mirdangam is the best.

Great upload...✌️✌️😍😍😍 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 Thanks...

I am waiting for your videos, why don't you make more videos pls. Bring more content to us 🙏🏻🙏🏻

What kind of mridangam should I go for if im purchasing it for learning purpose

Valuable documentation sir🙏

A concise documentary😃😃

traditional innovation...

nice and needed video madam 👍 Thanks a lot 😊

How to order... Please confirm..

Please see video from 18.00 to 18.02 minutes. it appears, from the tool marks, that the inside of the barrel has been manually carved out (with a curved-chisel type tool). However the video from 3:25 to 4:10 shows the inside of the barrel being shaped by the turning on a lathe. Does it mean that the drum shown at 18:00 minutes is an antique, which was made prior to use of lathe machine? I am asking so that I may learn -- not to find faults in this great video. Best Wishes, and many thanks for posting.

very informative video....

what abt kuchi and kappi in synthetic one ? …. subjective ?

Hello Vishruthi, nice documentary !! Can I share it on my blog page?

Any one aware how much cost will be of a good jack wood mridangam price in bangalore

Wonderful effort!

What lows kg mridangam

Nicely crafted. Had it been voice over in English it could reach much more audience than reading subtitles for most part of video.

Hi brother, can I know the address of selling the மிருதங்கம்

Dedicated to "Mrithangam","Thabela" Artists."Kanjira" is same like "MouthAargan".

Superb. 👌🙏

Thanks for this!!

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அருமையான பதிவு🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥