Stand-up comedian Alexander Babu in conversation with Carnatic musician T.M. Krishna at The Hindu office in Chennai on March 11, 2025.
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Carnatic musician T.M. Krishna and comedian Alexander Babu came together at office of The Hindu for a freewheeling chat on Tuesday.
Held as part of ‘The Hindu Fridays’ series, the conversation ranged from how to deal with criticism, separating art from the artists, questioning hegemonic spaces, to sartorial choices, and ended with a joint rendition of ‘Nila Adhu Vaanathu Mele’ from the movie Nayagan.
Mr. Krishna, who was recently conferred with title of ‘Sangitha Kalanidhi’, spoke about how he ignores the trolls but tries to engage with criticisms on his work, while Mr. Babu said he tries to consider his audience as his family and tries to be charitable to them even when they criticise him, but does get upset when…