A life in music and drama.
The eminent vocalist and actor Prasad Sawkar is one of Goa‘s many sterling contributions to Art and Culture. I called on the doyen of the Marathi stage, now in his nineties, a week ago in Panjim. Check out the short video below.
Prasad Sawkar
© Rajan P. Parrikar
For the popular recording of the natyageeta by Ramdas Kamat, go here.
International living legend and Ghatkopar Lions Club award winner Banditji is in the news once again.
“A minor planet, till now bearing the alphanumeric name 2006VP32, has been christened ‘Panditjasraj’ after him. Jasraj already has a constellation and a piece of the moon named after him.” All the pornographic details here. (If the link doesn’t work, see this screenshot.)
Thanks to “SK” for bringing this to my attention.
Harmonium maestro Tulsidas Borkar passed away yesterday (Sept 29) at age 83 in Bombay.
I shall deposit here this post from 2009 from my Photo Blog.
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.
Radiant Sun of Music – Ustad Amir Khan by Tejpal Singh and Prerna Arora
Kanishka Publishers, 2005
Signed by the author
Shahmir Khan, Amir Khan’s father
Amir Khan and senior wife Munni Begum
Tejpal Singh’s ganda ceremony
Amir Khan and sitar nawaz Vilayat Khan
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
Amir Khan and the Singh Brothers (Bombay, 1971)
Recital at AIR Delhi in 1948
Concert in Jullunder with Samta Prasad on tabla (1963)
New entry in the Vijaya Parrikar Library: Nandabalam in Raga Bhujangini.
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.
