| Told by | Somjit Dasgupta |
| Obtained by | Sanjoy Bandopadhyay and Troilee Dutta |
| Date | 14 July, 2015 |
| Place | Residence of Somjit Dasgupta Prof. Sanjoy Bandopadhyay, 3/1/1D, Padmapukur Road, Kolkata 700092 |
| About Somjit Dasgupta | Disciple of Pt. Radhika Mohan Maitra. Preserving rare musical instruments including the instruments belonged to Pt. Radhika Mohan Maitra. He plays different instruments like Sarod, Surshringar, Mohan Veena, etc. |
| Tags | Radhika Mohan Maitra, award, 1934, Ameer Khan, Raja Naba Krishna, Bhagawan Chandra Sen, Pakhawaj, Kaunsi Kanhada, Nayaki Kanhada, Adana-Bahar, jaba. |
| Language | Bengali |
Somjit Dasgupta speaks :
Verbatim:
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Verbatim: Rajeswary Ganguly Banerjee
Translation:
The next incident is about Radhika Mogan Moitra’s upbringing, or in his lamguage, the time he received awards.
In the beginning of 1934, the residents of Rajah Nabakrishna’s house requested Amir Khan Sahib to play at their home. They said, “You have played along with your disciple ar Rajshahi and some other places, please perform at our house as well.” The performance began at 10pm. No one was playing the table, the pakhwaj was played by Bhagaban Chandra Sen. He was Radhu babu’s guru. The first piece was Kaushi Kanara, which was the ustad’s pick; the second piece was Nayeki Kanara, which was requested by the students.
It was quite late in the night. He had played two gats. It was almost 3 in the morning. Then the master and the disciple began to play Arana Bahar, which was the ustad’s favourite. In the alaap, Amir Khan handed his jabaa to his student, who had tears in his eyes. Amir Khan said, “Now I don’t have to worry about how the sarod will be played in India. He will finish the performance today.” Then there was the jhala, the jor, Radhu babu finished the performance with a fast ‘madhya-lay’ on the arana pakhwaj. When he was bending down to touch his master’s feet, he was still holding onto that – that was his award. After a few days, Amir Khan sahib passed away, and that same year, Enayet Khan sahib passed away as well.
Translation by: Sarbajaya Bhattachary
Picture Courtesy: Google
Edited & Designed: Ms. Rajeswary Ganguly Banerjee
Data processed at SAP-DRS Lab, Department of Instrumental Music, Rabindra Bharati University