Very brief history of Trio Mandili

This video gives a brief introduction to Trio Mandili in 40 seconds. Therefore, do not expect details, the video is more suitable to be used in presentations. If there is a mistake, for example in a year, please comment. The video has no commercial intentions, even if YouTube should place ads, none of this benefits me.

[yoseflaurent]

I will write some here because I know somewhat two of the girls who created Trio Mandili and a third who played and singed in the 2016 version of the Trio. The original trio formed comprised Shorena Tsiskarauli, Ana (Ani / Anuki) Chincharauli and Lela Eremashvili Kavkazka. The name Mandili was an idea of Shorena's mother Diana who had dreamed that this name would bring them luck and fame. Tatia (Tatuli) Mgeladze who already sang by herself was later taken on as replacement for Lela, about the time when they registered their famous road video Apareka. That was the beginning of their real fame when, within a few days, they got more than a million views on Youtube from several countries around the world, on 5 continents. What triggered the most curiosity is the fact that they looked Europeans, yet nobody had no clue as to which language they were speaking, which sounded strange and incomprehensible to most anybody, including Georgians themselves, since they were actually singing, as the story goes, in Khevsuri, a Georgian Kavkaz dialect spoken only in a very little mysterious and little known country hidden within the high peaks and deep valleys of Georgian Kavkaz, highest mountain range in Europe. So this rare language is understood only by those few thousands people living in or originating from this small country, name Khevsureto. Therefrom, the girls signed a contract with Slavian producer Rotislav Maslovitch, possibly Russian or Ukrainian, and his company / associates. They started to appear on television shows and travelled for concert tours in several European countries. By 2016, Anuki had to leave for personal reasons and was replaced by Elene Nareshemashvili, a Shorena good friend who could sing and was good panduri player. The group apparently broke up by the end of 2016. Several tentative explanations were put forward to make up for this separation, although it is difficult to tell the real truth from the pure hypothesis. I tell you what makes more sense to me. Some of the girls wanted more free time for their personal lives and to pursue their studies at higher level, which would give them other options in life, but at the same time the producer wanted to increase the pace of shows and concert tours, so it probably became difficult to negotiate a working compromise. For more than two years, the three girls had spent a lot of time together, like 6 to 12 hours a day, most every day of the week. That was probably not always easy and we may understand that some small disagreements may have happened now and then and made it more difficult to keep on with good harmony like a united group. Some time after the split up, Tatuli, who probably agreed more with the ambitions of the producer to make it big time, decided to resume the trio activities. Some say that she wanted a leading role in the group, which then came natural since she was now alone. That is when they then hired Tako Tsiklauri and Irina Midelauri. Irina left somewhere in 2017, shen she was pregnant and gave birth to her first baby. She was replaced by Mariam / Mari / Maria Qurasbediani, but came back at least once to substitute Tatuli who was then unable to perform for some reason. Without their leader, the three girls made it to give very good shows. I must say I like all girls very much. They all sing well. Tatia speaks more and acts as animator and presentator in their shows and videos. Tako sings well, is cute and very comic. Mariam is a good panduri player and extraordinarily beautiful. However, nobody can understand Mandili story without first aknowledging the predominant role played by Shorena and Anuki. Shorena is the soul and real founder of the trio with Anuki. You can get to know them since they resumed singing as a trio with a different name: Trio Lavdila. Shorena is expressive, very emotional and comic, extremely sympathic person in real life. Anuki is a splendid artist, a dreamer, very talented and inspiring person, but clearly more introvert than Shorena. Their new trio is completed by Elene Nareshemashvili who was in Mandili, in 2016. I could say that Elene is the ''head'' of the trio, keeping them together and taking care of down to earth chores like the Youtube chain, concerts organisation, etc... So to have a complete vision and understanding of their history, you must look for old videos from 2013 to 2016, when they were Shorena, Anuki and Lela, then with Tatuli, later with Elene. For instance, you may look for ''Old Mandili'' videos. The old Mandili girls are really wonderful persons and I am so happy that I got to meet them and know them better. They have changed my life for the best and probably did still more on a few occasions.

[rubengopro]

A note for Trio Mandili fans who want to see the group live: Apparently, Trio Mandili will be performing in Toulouse on October 12, 2022 and Castres on October 14, 2022, both cities in the south of France. Tickets are probably already available.

[harishwala]

Hello from India 🇮🇳.
If I had a Daughter, we would happily 😊name her TAKO 😊.

[luisfranca]

ASSIM QUE VI O TRIO MANDILE PELA PRIMEIRA VEZ FOI AMOR A PRIMEIRA VISTA E COM FATOR AGRAVANTE ME APAIXONEI INSTANTANEAMENTE POR TATULI JÁ SÃO DECORRIDOS QUASE 5 ANOS ADORO ESSAS MENINAS E SOU LOUCO PELA MINHA FLOR DO CÁUCASO É ASSIM QUE A CHAMO

[blaaskaak]

Off to a great start @ruben! I'd love to watch that Tako clip in full. Could you share a link please?

[alanokelly]

They don't seem to have posted much in the last month. Is all okay?

[Harsimran_Singh_]

Nice information.. But the end was rather abrupt and felt like it was cut short. Has some part of the video been cut?? If yes, where can I view it??

[DonLopeDeAguirre]

How is the name of the hroup with Tako (the clip from 2014) or how so I find her non Trio Mandili stuff.
I found Mariams early music but not hers....

[merlemorrison]

Is it my imagination or does the girls use different stage names?

[vigneshkumar]

Nice video Ruben! What news on the concert planned in Germany? Tatuli mentioned it during the live concert in Dec. It is planned for July 2022?

[aik]

where did the whole video with the story of Trio Mandili?