| Told by | Maharaj Banerjee |
| Obtained by | Sanjoy Bandopadhyay and Dilip Mukherjee |
| Date | 05 July, 2015 |
| Place | Sati Sadan, 41, Harish Mukherjee Road, Bhowanipur, Kolkata 700025 |
| About Maharaj Banerjee | Son and disciple of Pt. Montu Banerjee [Tabla, Sarod, Harmonium]. Disciple of Pt. Muneshwar Dayal [Harmonium], Ustd. Ahmedjan Thirakawa. [Tabla]. |
| Tags | Mamatha Ghosh, Pathuria Ghata, 1960-62, Darbari, drut ektal, Samta Prasad |
| Language | Bengali |
Maharaj Banerjee speaks :
Verbatim:
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Verbatim: Rajeswary Ganguly Banerjee
Translation:
- It was a remarkable performance. In 1952-53, Nazakat and Salamat came to Kolkata. Onkarnath Thakur brought him. When Nazakat and Salamat were young, they had trained under Ghulam Ali Khan sahib. They learnt from when he was around ten years old till the age of thirteen.
- Under Bade Ghulam Ali?
- Ghulam Ali Khan sahib came in 1952-53. Lala babu said to my father, Montu Banerjee, you don’t know these people
- how old were they at the time? Twenty-one or twenty-two
come with Maharaj in the evening. Come and hear Nazakat Salamat.” I thought, who is Nazakat Salamat? Although I was young, I knew many names – Ghulam Ali Khan sahib, Faiyaz Khan saib, Amir Khan sahib, but Nazakat Salamat? Father said, “Since Lala babu himself has invited us, we must go.” They made me sit on the stage because I was small.
The two brothers arrived with the surmandal. On the tabla was Anokhe Lal ji, and the famous Gopal Mishra of Benares was playing the sarengi.
- Oh, wow!
- They began the malkosh at eight in the evening. It was a familiar raaga, there was no trouble. Suddenly we realised it was past ten thirty, and they were still singing.
- Oh my god! I was sitting in the front, and who wasn’t there? Ghulam Ali Khan sahib was there, Onkarnath Thakur was there. Everyone! And they were all spell-bound! Then I thought to myself, so this is Nazakat Salamat. Since then, I have met them many times, they has sung and played.
Translated by: Sarbajaya Bhattacharya
Picture Courtesy: Google
Edited & Designed: Ms. Rajeswary Ganguly Banerjee
Data processed at SAP-DRS Lab, Department of Instrumental Music, Rabindra Bharati University