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   Rajendra Teredesai says:
   August 20th, 2007 at 12:12 pm

   Wah!
   A veritable pearl from the fathomless ocean of Ustad Amir Khan Saheb’s gayaki. This wonderful Raga Bageshri composition is so replete with pathos and yearning, it does complete lyrical justice to the words.
   The crisp opening taan sets the appropriate mood for what follows.

   The initial “uthaan” of this cheez offers a fleeting similarity to that of “Aaj saha na jaye birha..” a masterly rendition in the same raga from the Atrauli Jaipur gharana legend Smt. Kishori Amonkar.

   By the way, isn’t Protima Banerjee the sister of the great sitar maestro Pandit Nikhil Banerjee?
   It is common knowledge that the sitar maestro was profoundly influenced by Khansaheb’s gayaki, when the latter imparted music taalim to his sister.
   Nikhilji wonderfully and successfully imbibed and integrated quite a few finer technical and aesthetic facets of Khan Saheb’s gayaki in his own style of sitar playing.

   I thank you for this composition.
   Rajendra Teredesai

2. 14
   Ali says:
   July 30th, 2007 at 5:56 am

   Greetings,
   Let me say just one word and that is (Thank you) to those contributing these rare recordings of late Ustad Amir Khan Saheb to the Sarangi Site.
   Wah Wah
   What a voice and what a performance by him he was a real legend.
   May God bless his soul
   I would kindly request any one who has his recording so please share it with us and lets us hear him more and more.
   I have nothing to say further except THANKS
   Allah Hafaz,
   Ali from Holland

3. 13
   Kashyap says:
   July 24th, 2007 at 8:03 am

   Adaab Barni saab !

   Can you tell which films following items sung by ustad amanatali (with ustad fatehali & others)are from

   - Baje chhum chhum tere ghunghru
   - Data tore dwar
   - Mora jiya ja
   - Piiya dekhan ko
   - Piya nahi aye
   - Pyar nahi hai
   - Yaar ko maine
   - Ye arzoo thi

   Thanks in advance

   - Dr. Kashyap (medilizer@yahoo.co.in)

4. 12
   Riaz Ahmad Barni says:
   July 23rd, 2007 at 9:54 am

   Sharing Saqib Razaq’s swift response: Quote:
   Dear Riaz saheb, I have the original LP of the soundtrack of ‘Baji’. I’ll onvert it to wav or … format & will send you. Your post on Bageshri was informative; other famous ghazals in this raag are: Dil Ki Baat Labon par La Kar by Mehdi saheb & Ghulam Ali saheb’s Khatir Say yaa Lehaaz Se.
   Incidentally, I have just come back from a concert by Ghulam Ali saheb, also included performances by Rajan-Sajan Mishra and the legendary Birju Maharaj. It was the first time I saw Birju ji live, still dazzled to such breathtaking layakari. Regards, Saqib.” (info@sadarang.com> Unquote

5. 11
   Riaz Ahmad Barni says:
   July 22nd, 2007 at 11:21 am

   Thanks for yet another gem by the great Khan Sahib Ameer Khan. His disciple Promita Banerjee is impressive, too. Besides some typical film songs inspired by Bageshri (Chaah barbaad karegi Shah Jahan, Jaag dard-e-ishq jaag Anaarkali, Raadha naa bole naa bole Azaad, Aajaa re, paradesi Madhumati, Ghadi Ghadi mera dil dhadke Madhumati, Hamse aayaa na gayaa Dekh Kabeeraa Roya. Kanpur-based Indian website www.downmelodylane.com lists a Parveen Sultana Ji number (Shubh ghadi aaye) in film Raziya Sultaan (am eager to get it). I recall classical bandishes: (1) Ay ri ay mai(n) kaisay sajni, ghar jaaoon mitwaa tumre dhingwaa & (2) Kaun gat bhai. Late writer, vocalist & music teacher Shaahid Ahmad Dehlavi (editor “Saaqi”) taught bandish # 1 in Radio Music School programme “Sargam” (Radio Pakistan-Karachi, 1953-62). Bandish # 2 late Ustads Nazaakat Ali Khan–Salaamat Ali Khan Sahib sang live in Pakistani film “Baji”. [Can someone, perhaps Aftab Datta or Sadarang’s Saqib Razaq, kindly share this short Bageshri khayaal.] In the film, it was immediately followed by a lighter piece in Maalgunji (?), a raag resembling Bageshri: Sajan laagi tori agan man maa. Noor Jehan and Farida Khanum sang this composition of the late music director duo Saleem-Iqbal.

   Sitar virtuoso Ustad Rais Khan Sahib played a tuneful Bageshri for a PTV-Lahore concert c. 1980s (producer Farrukh Basheer, himself a disciple of late Ustad Shareef Khan Sahib Poonchhwaalay). Ustad Salaamat Ali Khan Sahib, who was among the audience, when requested by the compere for his views, generously praised Ustad Rais Khan Sahib’s performance saying he very skilfully played a raag that vocalists and instrumentalists usually avoid ( … due to its complexities(?).

   Rajan Parrikar Sahib’s essays, one of the most exhaustive & illustrated online ICM sources, include an exclusive on Bageshri ( www.sawf.org/newedit/edit12022002/musicarts.asp) that also discusses Maalgunji, Raageshri, Rajeshwari and Durga (Khamaj Thaat). Parrikar Sahib also mentions the composer (Ustad Ali Akbar Khan Sahib?) of Ustad Amir Khan-Promita Banerjee item from the Bengali film www.sawf.org/audio/bageshree/amirkhan_kaisekate.ram. Some more Bageshri-inspired Pakistani items coming to mind are:

   Sarod-nawaaz, vocalist & composer par excellence Ustad Nazar Husain’s beautiful composition sung in person by Nighat Seema-Taj Multani for PTV-Karachi (c. 1970s): Sajnaa kaisaa jaadoo daaraa.

   GHAZALS:
   Ghayr kee baato(n) pe aakhir a’itebaar aa hi gayaa (Agha Hashr Kaashmiri), Farida Khanum, PTV live concert “Sangeet Dhanak” (1971)
   Jal bhi chuke parwaanay, ho bhi chuki ruswaai (Shehzaad Ahmad Shehzaad), Farida Khanum, Radio Pakistan (Karachi Station version was the best)
   Chayn ab mujh-ko tah-e-daam to lainay daitay, Tairay fitnay kahee(n) aaraam (Saifuddin Saif), Ghulam Ali, Radio Pakistan
   Poochhtaa jaa maire marqad se guzarne waalay, Kyaa guzarti hai teri jaan pe marne waalay, Ghulam Ali, Radio Pakistan
   Daikhiye aaj ye kyaa rang hai maikhaanay kaa, Ghulam Ali, Live concert recording, EMI (Pakistan)
   Chaman mei(n) rang-e-bahaar utraa to mai(n) ne daikhaa (Muneer Niyaazi) Ghulam Ali
   Pehli si ab wo anjuman aaraaiyaa(n) kahaa(n), Rajab Ali, PTV
   Rangwaa de chunariyaa dhanak mei(n) piyaa, Humaira Channaa, composer: Mujahid Husain (s/o late Saarangi maestro Nathu Khan Sahib), PTV. // Thanks again & kind regards!

6. 10
   Manny says:
   July 20th, 2007 at 4:06 pm

   What a GEM. I had never heard this bandish before. Many Thanks

7. 9
   raagonkikwaish says:
   July 12th, 2007 at 3:33 am

   Best bageshri outside of Shahid Parvez’s sitar

8. 8
   Prafulchandra Dave says:
   July 11th, 2007 at 12:10 am

   Unfortunately Bageshri by Late Ustad Amir Khan and Pratima Banerjee
   can not be heard though we would love to.

9. 7
   Hassan Azad says:
   July 10th, 2007 at 12:37 pm

   The information now available on the Bageshri of UAK and PB is an example of the potential of internet in pooling resources .
   What is still lacking is information about the composer of this asthai and about the artist Protima Bannerji .

   I also take this opportunity to appeal to all visitors of the site to give any information they may have about the composers of the compositions on the site , the date and venue where the recordings originate from; in general, any information of archival value.

10. 6
    Taimur Khan says:
    July 8th, 2007 at 3:43 pm

    Vinay Pande and Kousik, thank you for the corrections.

    I agree with Arif Ahmed Khan about the beauty of this piece and Amir Khan’s taans.

    This is what it sounds like to me - I could not understand the last two words in the fourth line below:

    kaise kate rajani, ab sajani
    piya bin mose raho na jaaye
    gari pal chin more jub sai bitat hai
    un bin jiya * *

    naina more daras kai pyaasai
    asha jhootay daita dilaasai
    mann ka panchi rowat tarpat
    maanat nahin mann

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