One of the legendary Tabla artists of India Zakir Hussain also shared condolence over his death. He has worked with Pt Ravi Shankar, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan to Pt Hariprasad Chaurasia, Pt Shiv Kumar Sharma who was already admitted to the hospital on June 20 and they are shifted to serious oxygen support for months. 🙏🙏 /MvDRhtes1Aīanerjee was done Jugalbandi with almost every legendary music artist.
I will miss his presence, his music and his smile immensely. His journey has been a captivating guide to the making of a genius. Pandit Subhankar Banerjee’s passing away has been a great loss to the field of Music especially Tabla. These personalities are Pt Tejendra Narayan Majumder, Pt Purbayan Chatterjee, Ustad Rashid Khan, Pt Bickram Ghosh. Rajeev tells us that after watching the film, his father remarked, "I feel like you've made an Amitabh Bachchan out of me.There are several other popular personalities who shared condolence over his death and confirms to attend the last journey of Pt Subhankar. Shivkumar Sharma, Ustad Zakir Hussain and Odishi dancer Kumkum Mohanty. Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia is an internationally renowned flutist. He spends a lot of time in Holland, as he is the artistic director of a big conservatory there." The film was released by PVR Director's Rare all across the country and features testaments by other iconic classical legends such as Pt. Born in Allahabad on July 1, 1938, Chaurasia had a difficult childhood as his mother passed away when he was just four. There is one part which has also been shot abroad. That was the essence of the film." The film has been shot in Allahabad, Orissa, Bhubaneshwar and Cuttack, where Chaurasia spent most of his formative years as a musician, after which he came to Mumbai. Ask him about the message the film conveys, Rajeev says, "You need to have the junoon to chase your dreams and achieve it despite all obstacles in life.
#PT HARIPRASAD CHAURASIA BIOGRAPHY FULL#
It was a journey full of anxiety, exhilaration, pain, everything put together, because you are dealing with someone who is a one-take artist. For me, it was trying to get a peek into his world. Even though I am his son, I am an outsider to his world of music. After that it was my take on his story as an outsider. So I think that's really where the benefit came. "I could push him to give some time, which would have been a little awkward for outsiders. Of Pakistan invited him to perform for the 50th anniversary of Pakistan in 1997 in Islamabad & Lahore. Hariprasad Chaurasia where Indian classical music was presented for the first time of this occasion in 1999.The Govt. What does he do when he is not performing on stage? How does he constantly get the strength to overcome challenges and hurdles in his life? Where does his creative genius come from? These are the aspects that I have tried to get into." As Chaursasia's son, Rajeev found it easier to push his father in a way an outsider would have found difficult. He performed in the prestigious NOBEL PEACE PRIZE CONCERT in Oslo along with a duet of Pt. Says Rajeev, "What I have tried to do is communicate the energy of the person. However, Bansuri Guru is more than just a biography, it has some personal insights to the singer. This is followed by his life as a young musician at All India Radio from 1958 to 1961, which culminated in the Hindi film industry in his thirties. Bombaywallas are renowned for living private lives: the long commutes most find they must necessarily undertake, and the mixed bag of communities the city throws together, make. It then goes on to his teens in the same city when he worked as a young apprentice until 1958. He makes friends easily anyway, and shares with them his dreams, his fierce love of music. So I was clear about wanting to tell a story." And that's how Bansuri Guru, a documentary on the musician came about.īansuri Guru begins in the year 1938, documenting Chaurasia's childhood in Allahabad till 1948. Especially if it's an artiste as great as Pt Hariprasad Chaurasia, who also happens to be my father. Rajeev, a director by profession, says, "If I am documenting somebody's life, I didn't want it to be boring or be just a paen to somebody's achievements. So when the Films Division, Government of India, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting decided to document the life and expertise of the maestro, it was his son Rajeev Chaurasia who took the onus upon himself. His name has come to exemplify Indian classical music as with the bansuri (flute) and taken it beyond the realms of Indian classical music to the international arena. Innumerable adjectives and plaudits have been showered on Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, but none manage to do justice to his genius.
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