Bismillah of Benaras - Maestro of the Shehnai | Documentary on Ustad Bismillah Khan by Nasreen Munni

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A very rare documentary on Ustad Bismillah Khan. Produced, Directed & Edited by Nasreen Munni Kabir
This video was presented by 'Hemanta Mukherjee & His Contemporaries' UA-cam Channel.
Video Courtesy - Dr. Anitban Jyoti Debnath
Bismillah Khan, original name Qamruddin Khan, (born March 21, 1916, Dumraon, Bihar and Orissa province, British India -died August 21, 2006, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India), Indian musician who played the shehnai, a ceremonial oboelike North Indian horn, with such expressive virtuosity that he became a leading Indian classical music artist. His name was indelibly linked with the woodwind instrument.
Khan was born into a family of court musicians in Bihar. He was apprenticed to his uncle, Ali Baksh, who played the shehnai in Vishvanatha, a Hindu temple in Varanasi. He accompanied his uncle in playing at ceremonies for Hindu deities as well as at weddings. Khan learned numerous musical forms and ragas, and he improvised patterns that had been considered impossible for the shehnai. His concert performance at the All-India Music Conference in Kolkata in 1937 gained him public respect, and the shehnai, traditionally used only in a ceremonial capacity, came to be seen as a classical music instrument. Years of concert and radio performances and recordings followed.
Khan was a devout Muslim but performed at both Hindu and Muslim ceremonies and was considered a symbol of religious harmony. His fame was such that he was selected to perform for the ceremony at Delhi’s historic Red Fort as the Indian flag unfurled at the hour of India's independence on August 15, 1947; his music was played on television every Independence Day. He turned down invitations to perform in other countries before 1966, when the Indian government insisted that he play at the Edinburgh International Festival. This gained him a following in the West, and he continued to appear in Europe and North America thereafter. In 2001 Khan was awarded the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian honour, and the country observed a national day of mourning following his death in 2006.
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[@mr.charansinghyadav4940]

Jannat si mahsus hoti h jab Khan saab ki shanai ki madhur dhun kanon ko sunai padti h 😍😍😀

[@suryaprakashvedurumudi357]

Happy birthday to Great Master, Bharat Ratna Ustad Bismillah Khan Saheb. Huge fan family from Hyderabad, India.
21 03 2021.

[@alokkumar-et4uh]

Such a Great Master of Music, so down to earth personality. Love to listen to his music and his talks. I am not a person who understands the nuances of music. But can feel the intesity with which he immerses himself in his music while playing Shehnai.
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[@antrasingh9998]

Ustad Bismillah Khan u are such a good musician you have came to my nani's home she lives in varanasi

[@ra12896]

His opening piece is enough to get positive wibes

[@3halfshadows]

I enjoy listening to him talk. I don't speak his language but you can tell he loves music.

[@vkbhatt1495]

The grate Bismilla Khan Sahab , The magician of Shehnaai * * *

[@subrooofficial4923]

love from Bangladesh

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मैं देख सकता हूँ इस वीडियो में 2006 का बनारस और 2022 का बनारस कितना बड़ा परिवर्तन हो गया है जिन घाटो पर गंदगी और अव्यवस्था थी आज उसका स्वरूप हो चेंज हो गया है जिन सड़को पर अतिक्रमण और ठेले रहते थे आज उनका कायाकल्प ही हो गया है और इसमें भी 80% परिवर्तन 2014 से लेकर अब तक में हुआ जब मोदी जी वहाँ के सांसद बने मैंने इसको अनुभव किया है

[@narayanpradhan6811]

Apnar sehanai to nesha hoye jay

[@sayaklaha]

Mayabi surer nesha.

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