Rajan Parrikar Music Archive

Amir Khan – Some Photos

A few years ago I received a precious gift from Tejpal Singh-ji, of the Singh Brothers duo and a pupil of Amir Khan, in the form of his books. These are some of the photos from his work Sangeet ke Dedipyaman Soorya, Ustad Amir Khan (translation: The Radiant Sun of Music, Ustad Amir Khan), co-authored with Prerna Arora.

I have retained the original captions as they contain some more detail.

Amir Khan book by Tejpal Singh & Prerna Arora

Radiant Sun of Music – Ustad Amir Khan by Tejpal Singh and Prerna Arora
Kanishka Publishers, 2005

 

Signed by the author

 
Shahmir Khan

Shahmir Khan, Amir Khan’s father

 
Amir Khan and senior wife Munni Begum

Amir Khan and senior wife Munni Begum

 
Tejpal Singh's ganda ceremony

Tejpal Singh’s ganda ceremony

 
Amir Khan and sitar nawaz Vilayat Khan

Amir Khan and sitar nawaz Vilayat Khan

 
Amir Khan, Alla Rakha, Ravi Shankar, Kankana Banerjee

Amir Khan, Alla Rakha, Ravi Shankar, Kankana Banerjee
(missing: Alubhai, probably taking a bidi/pee break)

 
(l-r) Amir Khan, Naval Mehta, Mushtaq Ali Khan, Latafat Hussain Khan

(l-r) Amir Khan, Naval Mehta, Mushtaq Ali Khan, Latafat Hussain Khan

 
Amir Khan and the Singh Brothers

Amir Khan and the Singh Brothers (Bombay, 1971)

 
Recital at AIR Delhi in 1948

Recital at AIR Delhi in 1948

 
Concert in Jullunder with Samta Prasad on tabla

Concert in Jullunder with Samta Prasad on tabla (1963)

 
 

Ramrang @ 90

A concert has been arranged on August 11 at the Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi to mark Ramashreya Jha‘s 90th birth anniversary. Shubha Mudgal, Dr. Aneesh Pradhan, and Sudhir Nayak are slated to perform. Details in the announcement below.

Contact Dr. Ram Shankar at ramshankarsingh7@gmail.com for additional information.

An Old Photo

I came across this photo in the book Maa…Siddheshwari by Savita Devi and Vibha S. Chauhan (Roli Books, 2000). Except for the names below, no other metadata (such as the name of the photographer, context, location, year) is recorded.

I thought the image was already somewhere on the web but a brief Google Image search drew a blank. Perhaps it is there and shows up with the right set of keywords. At any rate, I thought I would place it here.

PS: In the background are portraits of Abdul Karim Khan and (what looks like) Alladiya Khan.

Archival Photo

Front row (l-r): B.R. Deodhar, Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Amir Khan, Thirakhwa, Siddheshwari Devi, Bal Gandharva
Source: Maa…Siddheshwari by Savita Devi and Vibha S. Chauhan