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| Bhoop, Shuddha Kalyan, Deshkar: Tale of three brothers |
| After four weeks of Yaman, we move to two brothers, Bhoop and Shuddha Kalyan. While Bhoop and Shuddha Kalyan are both serious and dignified the third one is odd one in family. Deshkar is Uttarang Pradhan, and more “light” raag. Because Bhoop is normally the first raag most aspiring students learn, there is a popular misconception that it is “easy”, and “not meant for prolonged performance”. This is totally incorrect. As proven by none other than Kishoritai herself. We will begin with two Shuddha Kalyan compositions, both sung by Lata, first one by SD-Majrooh, film Paying Guest and second by ShankarJaikishan- Shailendra, film Chori Chori.. They are very much similar sounding, but personally I like Burman-da’s composition a bit more. Chand Fir Nikala and Rasik Balama. We them move to even better song, Ye Shamki Tanahaiyan, Aah, Shankar Jaikishan, Lata and Shailendra. My personal favorite. We have been listening to straight film songs for a while. We will take a detour into violin, thanks to maestro, Pandit Milind Raikar. Panditji plays a delightful mix of songs on violin. Alas, this clip is only couple of minutes long, wish he had played more. Back to movie songs, we traverse through Shankar Jaikishan from film Love In Tokyo, Ramlal from film Sehra and Shiv-Hari from Silsila. I know Pt Shivkumar Sharma is no more, however I refuse to believe it, his music is eternal. We have three outstanding pieces at the end. I have always maintained that when music director sings own songs, it is a completely difference experience. You will see what I am saying, when Lataji sings a song tuned by Sudhir Phadke, followed by Sudhir Phadke (affectionately known as Babuji) sings the same song; Jyoti Kalash Chhalake. Anand Bhate, Bharat Kamat, Aditya Oak, Rajeev Paranjape. These names literally represent a class by itself. We will listen to an outstanding rendition of famous Natya Geet, Priye Paha in raag Deshkar. Listen to superb accompaniment by Bharat Kamat on tabla and Rajeev Paranjape on Organ, which is instrument of choice for Natya Sangeet. Extremely well narrated by Aditya Oak, himself an outstand harmonium/organ player. This live program was sponsored by Jai Kajal. In my opinion, talking about Bhoop and not listening to Kishoritai’s Sahela Re should be a punishable crime. So let us not commit a crime, here it is, Sahela Re. |
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