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In Carnatic music pallavi' is the thematic line of a song. It is usually one cycle long and repeated twice in order to give the percussionist the idea of the chosen taalam. Sometimes it is repeated a few more times using different phrases of the Rāgam to which the song is set.
The life of the song, the word pallavi consists of a wide range of items that are considered as a single item:
- pa is derived from padam which means phrase;
- lla comes from layam which means tempo;
- vi is from vinyasam which means variation.
In Carnatic music, pallavi also forms a part of a special type of rendition called Rāgam Thānam Pallavi. Rāgam in this context is the initial ālāpana of chosen rāgam (elaboration and exploration of its scale). Thānam is elaboration of the rāgam using percussion syllables. Pallavi, a single line of one tālam cycle duration, is chosen for further elaboration of the rāgam in different speeds, octaves, rāgam phrases, etc.
The Pallavi is mainly presented as the piece-de-resistance of the concert. In the Mysore-Bani style of concert presentation usually the Raga-Tana-Pallavi is presented in the same raaga as of the Varnam with which the concert is started.
Pallavi in Sanskrit is used as an adjective or a verb with appropriate suffix to denote a small and tender red colored leaf of a plant or a tendril. In Hindi the word "pallavi" and "pallav" are often used in poetry as a metaphor of the advent of spring or new beginnings. Should not be confused with the Iranian dynasty "Pahlavi".
Pallavi (born '''Priti ''' on 8 June 1965 in Mumbai, India) is an Indian actress and producer. She has acted in 165 motion pictures and 50 television series. Pallavi speaks seven languages and has made films in six of them. Starting her career as a model, she shifted towards movies and then television.
Known in her first Telugu film with Shoban Babu as "Priti", Pallavi was renamed by Kannada film director T. Nagabharana for her second film, Netra Pallavi (literally "Eyes of Pallavi") (Kannada, 1985). Pallavi began her own production company, and produced Tamil feature Films and television serials aired in Jaya tv.She also produced television commercials,and short films. The Tamil magazine Kumudam, devoted an entire issue to her career, saying:
Making her Tamil cinema debut through the film Dharma Devathai opposite Vijayakanth, and Shivaji productions "Aruvadai Naal" with Prabhu simultaneously .She has appeared with actors such as Rajinikanth.
Pallavi also acted in television serials in Tamil and Telugu films. She joined and campaigned for the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2004 parliamentary elections.
She produced and starred in a number of documentaries and short films for her own production company. One of which, "Captain Evolution", won an industry award at the International Tourism Film Festival in Germany.
Pallavi may refer to:
- Pallavi is the thematic line of a song in Carnatic music
- Anupallavi comes after the pallavi in Carnatic music
- Ragam Thanam Pallavi is a form of singing in Carnatic music
- Pallavi Anu Pallavi a Kannada film
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People
- Pallavi Seshayyar was a composer of Carnatic music
- Pallavi Subhash Chandran is an Indian television actress from Mumbai
- Pallavi Joshi is an Indian film/television/model actress
- Pallavi Subhash is an Indian soap opera actress
- Pallavi Kulkarni is an Indian television actress
- Pallavi Aiyar is an Indian journalist and author
- Pallavi Sharda is an Indian-Australian film/theatre actress and Bharata Natyam dancer
- Pallavi, born as Pritu Rani, is a multilingual Indian actress and producer
Pallavi is a 1977 Indian Malayalam film, directed by BK Pottekkad and produced by TP Haridas. The film stars Jayabharathi, T. R. Omana, Bahadoor and MG Soman in lead roles. The film had musical score by Kannur Rajan.