Pt. Ravi Shankar cherishes Pt. Uday Shankar
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- Опубліковано 21 жов 2024
- Pt. Ravi Shankar recalls his starting days in 1930 (when he was 10 yrs old) of playing in the troupe of his elder brother Pt. Uday Shankar.
Pt. Uday Shankar was the pioneer of the modern Indian dance and he was the first person to take Indian music and dance to Europe and U.S.A.
This is a small clip of Pt. Ravi Shankar and his family watching the video of a rare footage of Pt. Uday Shankar and Simkie (Simone Barbier) performing along with other musicians featuring Timirbaran as the music director.
Mademoiselle Alice Boner use to produce and arrange these shows in Paris.
There were also musicians like Vishnudas Shirali and the great Ud. Alauddin Khan (who joined later for one year in 1935).
From Uday Shankar's first show in Calcutta, then establishing the headquarters in Paris this troupe reached Hollywood through Solomon Hurok as Uday Shankar troupe of Hindu dancers and Musicians in 1932 which they (Westerners) used to call Tagore's dance (at that time only Rabindranath Tagore was known from India ..... in the West).
Pt Uday Shankar started his career with Anna Pavlova and later he established an Art and Cultural centre in Almora involving other dance and music legends like Shankaran Namboodiri, Kandappan Pillai, Amoni Singh and Alauddin Khan.
Uday Shankar later made (directed) the first experimental film of India, Kalpana in 1943 which delayed due to 2nd World War and released in 1948.
Few famous dance/performing art creations by Pt Uday Shankar -- Indra, Gandharva, Snake Charmer, Gajasur Badha, Raslila, Prakriti o Ananda etc.
Bibliography: Smriti -- Ravi Shankar memories
A short clip of Panditji narrating the past memories(of 1932) while his daughters Anoushka Shankar and Norah Jones (Geethali Norah Jones Shankar) are listening among others.
A short research by me on those "bizarres instruments" from Uday Shankar troupe: Sarod by Timirbaran, Pakhwaj by Kedarshankar, Sitar, tabla & Jaltaranga by Bishnudas Shirali, Esraj by Rajen and Sursagar by Brajbihari also not to forget Kid Ravi Shankar on Sitar :-)
We Admire Pt. Uday Shankar, Anand Shankar, Mamta Uday Shankar a lot.
The World doesn't know their Valuable Contributions in Performing Arts and Fusion Music.
Nice to hear the story and to see young Shankar playing...
(Wed 30 Nov 2022 21h37)
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@ Gaby Poulain - Yes, the woman wearing glasses is Nora Jones, and the woman sitting with her is half-sister Anoushka Shankar.
উদয় শঙ্কর একজন ক্ষনজন্মা আর্টিস্ট।
তিনি ও তার ভাই রবী শঙ্কর আমাদের বাংলাদেশ নড়াইল জেলার সন্তান।
Who is on Tabla ?
Mr Shukladas2 Pt.Uday Shankar established his first centre at Pine Lodge,Almora Uttarakhand,which was leased to him by my gradfather Late RaiBahadur Pt Badridutt Joshi.Since, you seem to be researching on Pt Uday Shankar you may contact me,I shall contribute whatever I can,regards
The clip of Uday Shankar and Simkie dancing here can be seen at BritishPathe's website (search for "Sinuous Sidelight 1931"). I have done research on Uday Shankar as well on my blog Minai's Cinema Nritya Gharana. :) It's fantastic to see such rare footage, and it is fascinating to read the connection of the uploader to Uday Shankar--thank you for posting this clip!
Is that Norah Jones sitting beside Anoushka Shankar?
yes
Projection du film KALPANA le 09 Avril 2013 à Lille (France)
au Cinéma Le Majestic à 20h00 !
Must Welcome !
the girl in eyeglasses is Norah Jones, right?
yes
Dear Sir, Will it be possible for you to kindly upload the film Kalpana on youtube. I have been searching like crazy for the movie everywhere on the internet - I would even like to purchase it if I can afford it for my collection. Woudl you be so kind as to upload it for viewers here on youtube. Thank you
Fantastic, Wonderful! Who was the sarod player? Ali Akbar Khan?
+Chris Doddridge No no this was long ago in 1931/32 in Europe. The sarod player is Timirbaran, a student of Ud Allauddin Khan and Md Ameer Khan (sarodia).... Timirbaran was the first musician in Uday Shankar's troupe (even before Allauddin Khan) and he is the father of Indranil Bhattacharya who was also a student of Baba Allauddin Khan.