Hello to all my Musical friends..Hope everyone is doing fine....Just peeing in here for some time..Will come back later (hope you all dont forget me by that time 😉)
Yest. got shocked after hearning Pd. Bhimsen Joshi demise..at night when i went back home was browinsg thru news channels and came across Times Now Tribute to this great mastero..though i dont understand all the classic raagas he can sing from within him but i always always liked his bahajans and despite being incognizent and unaware abt most of his great works and his kind of music i love listening to his bajans wheneevr i can do so............
A small tribute to him from my side....Panditji with manna Dey in Basant Bahar (i guess Shreldi shared this one long back...my mem. failing me here)
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcqmOaQSPDA&feature=related[/YOUTUBE]
His Bahjans...Jo Bahje Hari ko sada
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsD3hBs6Ap0[/YOUTUBE]
Both Barat Ratan....Latag and Pd. Bhimsenji
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TBmyHhmwDk&feature=related[/YOUTUBE]
One of my Favs...
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbxd_zndHhU[/YOUTUBE]
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R2yZ6y3hh4&feature=related[/YOUTUBE]
Some Info...courtesy- wikipediaPandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi (February 4, 1922 - January 24, 2011) was an Indian vocalist in the Hindustani classical tradition. A member of the Kirana Gharana (school), he is renowned for the khayal form of singing, as well as for his popular renditions of devotional music (bhajans and abhangs). He was the most recent recipient of the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour, awarded in 2008.[1]
Early lifeJoshi was born into a Kannadiga family in the town of Ron which was then in Gadag District in northern Karnataka state of India.[2][3] His father, Gururaj Joshi, was a school teacher. Bhimsen was the eldest in a family of 16 siblings. Some of the siblings still live in their ancestral home in Gadag.[4] Bhimsen lost his mother when he was young, and his step mother then raised him. His parents lived initially with his grandfather as tenants of a Kulkarni household, but then moved to Gadag District.
As a child, Pandit Bhimsen Joshi's craving for music was evident to his family as he managed to lay his hands on a 'tanpura' used by his 'Kirtankar' grandfather, which had been kept away from his gaze at home. Music had such a magnetic pull over him that a 'bhajan singing' procession or just 'azaan' from a nearby mosque was said to draw him out of house.[5]
Musical trainingUntil the first half of the 20th century, khyal was principally taught in the Guru Shishya (master-disciple) tradition. Bhimsen's guru Sawai Gandharva was the chief disciple of Abdul Karim Khan, who along with his cousin Abdul Wahid Khan was the founder of the Kirana Gharana school of Hindustani music.
Search for a guruJoshi heard a recording of Abdul Karim Khan's Thumri "Piya Bin Nahi Aavat Chain" in Raga Jhinjhoti when he was a child, which inspired him to become a musician. In 1933, the 11-year-old Joshi left Dharwad for Bijapur to find a master and learn music.[3] With the help of money lent by his co-passengers in the train Bhimsen reached Dharwar first and later went to Pune. Later he moved to Gwalior and got into Madhava Music School, a school run by Maharajas of Gwalior, with the help of famous sarod player Hafiz Ali Khan. He traveled for three years around North India, including in Delhi, Kolkata, Gwalior, Lucknow and Rampur, trying to find a good guru.[6] Eventually, his father succeeded in tracking him down in Jalandar and brought young Bhimsen back home.
Sawai GandharvaIn 1936, Rambhau Kundgolkar (alias Sawai Gandharva), a native of Dharwad, agreed to be his guru. Bhimsen Joshi stayed at his house in the traditional guru-shishya (teacher-student) tradition, gleaning knowledge of music from his master as and when he could, while performing odd-jobs in his house. Another renowned vocalist from the Kirana Gharana, Gangubai Hangal, was a co-student of Bhimsen during this time. Joshi continued his training with Sawai Gandharva till 1940.
CareerJoshi first performed live in 1941 at the age 19. His debut album, containing a few devotional songs in Kannada and Hindi, was released by HMV the next year in 1942. Later Joshi moved to Mumbai in 1943 and worked as a radio artist. His performance at a concert in 1946 to celebrate his guru Sawai Gandharva's 60th birthday won him accolades both from the audience and his guru. [7]
Hindustani classical musicBhimsen Joshi's music has been hailed by both the critics and the masses. His performances had been said to have been marked by spontaneity, accurate notes, dizzyingly-paced taans which make use of his exceptional voice training, and a mastery over rhythm. The Hindu, in an article written after he was awarded the Bharat Ratna, said: Bhimsen Joshi was ever the wanderer, engendering brilliant phrases and tans more intuitively than through deliberation [8]. Joshi occasionally employed the use of sargam and tihaais, and often sang traditional compositions of the Kirana gharana. His music often injected surprising and sudden turns of phrase, for example through the unexpected use of boltaans. Over the years, his repertoire tended to favor a relatively small number of complex and serious ragas; however, he remaindd one of the most prolific exponents of Hindustani classical music. Some of Joshi's more popular ragas include Shuddha Kalyan, Miyan Ki Todi, Puriya Dhanashri, Multani, Bhimpalas, Darbari, and Ramkali. He was considered a purist and has not dabbled in experimental forms of music, except for a well-known series of Jugalbandi recordings with the Carnatic signer M. Balamuralikrishna.
Apart from stalwarts of the Kirana Gharana, Bhimsen Joshi's singing was thought to have been influenced by many musicians, including Smt. Kesarbai Kerkar, Begum Akhtar and Ustad Amir Khan. Joshi assimilated into his own singing various elements that he liked in different musical styles and Gharanas.
Devotional musicIn devotional music, Joshi was most acclaimed for his Kannada, Hindi and Marathi Bhajan singing. His commercially successful CDs Daaswani and Enna Paliso included Kannada Bhajans, and Santawani included Marathi Abhangs.
Patriotic musicBhimsen Joshi is widely recognized in India due to his performance in the Mile Sur Mera Tumhara music video (1985), which begins with him. The video was created for the purpose of national integration in India, and highlights the diversity of Indian culture. Bhimsen Joshi was also invited to sing for the Bharat Bala production of the Indian National Anthem music video (2000).
Playback singingJoshi sang for several films, including Basant Bahar (1956) with Manna Dey, Birbal My Brother (1973) with Pandit Jasraj and Nodi Swami Naavu Irodhu Heege. He also sang for the films Tansen(1958) and Ankahee(1985). [9]
Sawai Gandharva Music FestivalJoshi organized the Sawai Gandharva Music Festival as an homage to his guru, Sawai Gandharva, along with the Arya Sangeet Prasarak Mandal in 1953, marking Gandharva's first death anniversary. The festival has been held ever since, typically on the second weekend of December in Pune, Maharashtra and has become not only a cultural event for the city, but an annual pilgrimage for Hindustani Classical Music lovers all over the world. Joshi conducted the festival annually since 1953, until his retirement in 2002.
StudentsJoshi taught many students, several of whom have gone onto commercial success.
' Madhav Gudi
' Shrikant Deshpande
' Vinayak Torvi
' Upendra Bhat
' Shrinivas Joshi, Joshi's son.
' Rajendra Kandalgaonkar
' Anand Bhate
' Vinayak P. Prabhu
LegacyBhimsen Joshi was known for his powerful voice, amazing breath control, fine musical sensibility and unwavering grasp of the fundamentals, representing a subtle fusion of intelligence and passion that imparted life and excitement to his music.[5] A classicist by training, and temperament, Pandit Bhimsen Joshi was renowned for having evolved an approach that sought to achieve a balance between what may be termed as "traditional values and mass-culture tastes" and as such he went on to have supposedly the largest commercially recorded repertoire in Hindustani vocal music.[5]
Personal lifeBhimsen Joshi was well known to have a passion for cars. He was known to be an expert swimmer, a keen enthusiast of yoga and a football player in his younger days. He had acknowledged his weakness for alcohol but left it in 1979 after it started affecting his career.[5]
Illness and DeathJoshi was admitted to Sahyadri Super Speciality Hospital on December 31 last 2010 with gastrointestinal bleeding and bilateral pneumonia. Due to difficulty in breathing, he was put on ventilator support. He suffered convulsions and was put on dialysis too during his stay in hospital. Though he recovered briefly for three days when he was taken off the ventilator, his condition deteriorated thereafter. He passed away on 24th January 2011 (0800 Hrs IST), 11 days before his 89th birthday. [10] He was cremated at Vaikunth Crematorium in Pune with full state honors.[11]
Awards and Recognitions' 1972 - Padma Shree [12]
' 1976 - Sangeet Natak Akademi Award[12]
' 1985 - Padma Bhushan[12]
' 1985 - National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer
' 1986 - "First platinum disc" [13]
' 1999 - Padma Vibhushan[12]
' 2000 - "Aditya Vikram Birla Kalashikhar Puraskar" [14]
' 2001 - "Nadoja Award" from Kannada University [15]
' 2002 - Maharashtra Bhushan [16]
' 2003 - "Swathi Sangeetha Puraskaram" by Government of Kerala[17]
' 2005 - Karnataka Ratna[12]
' 2008 - Bharat Ratna[12]
' 2008 - "Swami Haridas Award" [18]
' 2009 - "Lifetime achievement award" by Delhi government[19]
' 2010 - "S V Narayanaswamy Rao National Award" by Rama Seva Mandali, Bangalore
Coming back to all the melodies in here...just marvelous by Shreldi, Putija, Bhaivi, Ansa, Raman (wow list is tooo much to cover..) Bhaviji ne to saare Ladka- Ladki theme cover ker daali, Raman with ever lasting list of songs (lost count of them :)...loved all your msg waale pics..u havnt told how u manage all of them..hmmmm, Ansa posting all great mixutre of new old songs (love kaise mujhe from gajini) with Producer dear putija supporting and providing all latest buzzes to fourm and then posting some timeless classic (moi fav. DK- Yeh mera Deewanapan..)...Shreldi... enlightening whole forum with her special tidbits and all of the classic unheard of songs(Loved song from Akela and Kavi kalidas..)...i feel great after coming here on musicals and wish this journey to continue for long...
I am really sorry as i did not listen all the songs posted recently...ouch ouch ouch..but slowly doing that while working...
And some new thoughts as shreldi mentioned...maybe we can do one thing once CB2 starts (dont know if we will have same forum or different one..but if another forum then guess this will also be there...) we can daily ppost some songs which we all think best suits our Radev situation (like it use to be when this thread started..)..By this i mean we can propose a theme daily- a word which closely associates with that days episode....
Some songs now...Saaary saaary for digressing from theme (try to post some later on it)..
This song is one of my all time fav. list...posted here many times..i know i know
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vmo2LTC3iC0&feature=fvst[/YOUTUBE]
And this one toooo my most fav..Each word just awesome and rafig voice without any doubt simply super...added to that Guru dutt and this Movie both moi fav..
Song-Dekhi Zamane Ki Yaari
Singer - Mohammad Rafi
Lyrics-Kaifi Azmi ,Music- S.D. Burman
Movie-Kaagaz Ke Phool,
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bel9oKzrR2I[/YOUTUBE]
This one from one of the best movie i think made in indian cinema..saw it when i was verry small and then one more time when i was able to understand real importance of the subject...love it thousand times..
Song : ajab tori duniya he more rama..
Movie: Do Bigha Zameen (1953)
Singer : Mohammad Rafi and Chorus
Music Director: Salil Choudhary
Lyricist: Shailendra Singh
Cast : Balraj Sahni, Nirupa Roy, Meena Kumari, Ratan Kumar
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jo2X5GhPrk&feature=related[/YOUTUBE]
Just one more song wanted to share...heard it some days back while walking talking and it catched to my ears..didnt knew its from Anjaana Anjaani..its quite good and beautifully sung and good music too by new generation of talent coming in...
Song Name: Tujhe Bhula Diya
Film/Album: Anjaana Anjaani
Singer(s): Mohit Chauhan, Shekhar Ravjiani, Shruti Pathak
Music Director: Vishal - Shekhar
Lyricist: Kumaar, Vishal Dadlani
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXMJ7O3bHyU[/YOUTUBE]
This next one is i feeel perfect for Radev...after their engagement....howzz the song😃
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsZ9v-UfjrM[/YOUTUBE]
Njoyyy😃😃....will come later (now browsing thru forum....)
P.S: Shreldi- Never said this but always in my mind while reading your Musical posts..me just loved the way U comment/summarize everyones post and that is why you are the Ultimate, the Numero Uno Summary writer ....hehee saying this coz getting all the title u bestowed upon me as Co-summary saathi with songs collection,i feel overwhelmed with all the love n admiration under you..but but me nobody..seriously nobody... and its your love that makes me come back again n again on this forum.. (he he am i being lil overboard with emotions here...naaa but these are my feelings so...bear with me )..bas else u all will throw me out...cya and God Bless all
Edit: one thing one thing..shreldi you said Chote chote gaiyaan bajan reminded u of Amma..😆..thats the bahan i daily here when Maa is here..she play these bahajans and its one of her fav..btw were u taking abt this song from dilli door nahi..yeahh abs. love it
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjynHg9S6Pc[/YOUTUBE]
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