Carnatic musician T.M. Krishna and comedian Alexander Babu came together at the Chennai office of The Hindu for a freewheeling chat on March 11.

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.

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Editing: Shiva Raj S.

Videography: Shiva Raj S, Shikha Kumari, Thamodharan B., Ramanan AU, Sharmada V, Johan Sathyadas

Reporting: Chitra Swaminathan