Senior mridangam vidwan V. Kamalakar Rao (78) was accompanying the Malladi Brothers at Tattvaloka Auditorium on Dec. 6
After the thani Rao played along with Udupi Sridhar on ghatam, vocalist Malladi Sriram Prasad told rasikas present that Kamalakar Rao is performing as an accompanist for 4 generations of sishya paramapara.
Starting from his days with Voleti Venkateswarulu Rao has accompanied Sripada Pinakapani, then Nedanoori Krishnamurthy and now Malladi Brothers.
Rao hails from Rajahmundry and his guru was the great Palghat Mani Iyer. He learnt in the gurukulam style from him.
V. Kamalakar Rao will be honored with the title 'Vani Kala Sudhakara' given by Sri Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha at Vani Mahal in T. Nagar, Chennai tomorrow, the 9th December.
- Report and photo by V. Vasantha.
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