Told by | Sanjay Guha |
Obtained by | Prof. Sanjoy Bandopadhyay |
Date | 27th Dec 2016 |
Place | 3/1/1D Padmapukur Road, Kolkata 700092 |
About the speaker | The well-known sitar player Sanjay Guha is now serving as a faculty member at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, London. He learnt music from a number of highly reputed musicians including Pt. Radhika Mohan Moitra, Pt. Deepak Chaudhury and Vidwan M. Balamurali Krishna. |
Tags | Satya brata Guha , Bharati Hall, Indira Hall, 1950, Tansen Sangit Sammelan, Bilaskhani Todi, Ravi Shankar, Balaram Pathak, Ali Akbar Khan, Allauddin Khan |
Language | Bengali |
Sanjay Guha speaks :
Metadata generated by Suranjita Paul
Verbatim:
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Verbatim by: Dr. Suranjita Paul
Translation:
I have heard this incident from my Uncle that happened in the 1950s, probably in the late 50s. A program, possibly Tansen Festival, had taken place at either Bharati or at Indira hall. PanditJi was on the stage playing BilaskhaniTodi. The hall wastotally crowded. After BilaskhaniTodiwas over BalaramPathakhold Panditji’s feet. Both were crying and then BalaramPathak uttered what a mesmerizing performance Panditji had given that hadtotally spellbound all the audiences. This was a very unique scene to be witnessed.
There was another funny incident, also narrated to me by my uncle. A film in which Ali Akbar Khan composed music, was about to release shortly. Hearing that, Panditji and Ali Akbar Khan Sahab had gone to attend the film releasing programme.For some reasons Allauddin Khan was in Kolkata and hehad also came to know about that programme.Panditji and Ali Akbar Khan Sahab were totally in dark that Allauddin Khan was also coming to that programming. When they heard about his coming there, both of them got up from their front seats and went out of the hallstraight away. While Baba Allauddin Khan had been there for the entire period and enjoyed the film and at the end he remarked that Ali Akbar Khan Sahabhad enormous knowledge in music.
Translated by: Ankana Das
Picture Courtesy: Google
https://aliakbarkhanlibrary.com/photographs/
https://www.discogs.com/artist/3156538-Balaram-Pathak
Edited &Designed: Dr.Suranjita Paul
Data processed at SAP-DRS Lab, Department of Instrumental Music, Rabindra Bharati University