Shobha Gurtu: Queen Of 'Thumri' And Indian Classical Music! शोभा गुर्टूः 'ठुमरियों की रानी'

Shobha Gurtu was an Indian singer in the light Hindustani classical style. Though she had equal command over pure classical style, it was with light classical music that she received her fame, and in time came to be known as the Thumri Queen and for the 'Abhinaya' sung in her full-throated voice. Bhanumati Shirodkar was born in Belgaum, (present Karnataka) in 1925. Her mother, Menekabai Shirodkar, was a professional dancer. Menakabai was a 'gayaki' disciple of Ustad Alladiya Khan of the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana. It was from her that Shobha received her training in music from a very young age. Shobha married Vishwanath Gurtu, a Kashmiri Brahmin gentleman from a good family, and became known as Shobha Gurtu. Her father-in-law, Pandit Narayan Nath Gurtu, was a highly placed officer in the Police, a scholar and also, as a hobby, he played the sitar. Though Shobha's formal music training began with 'Ustad Bhurji Khan', the youngest son of Ustad Alladiya Khan, the founder of the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana in Kolhapur.
Shobha Gurtu specialised in semi-classical forms such as thumri, dadra, Kajri, Hori etc., effortlessly adding pure classical passages into her singing, thus creating a new form, and reviving the magic of forms like Thumri, of which she became the greatest exponent in time. She was particularly influenced by singer Begum Akhtar and Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan. She also performed music in Marathi and Hindi cinema. As a playback singer, she first worked in Kamaal Amrohi's film, Pakeezah (1972), followed by Phagun (1973), where she sang, 'Bedardi ban gaye koi jaao manaao more Saiyan. She earned a Filmfare nomination as Best Female Playback Singer for the song "Saiyyan Rooth Gaye" from the hit film Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki (1978).[11] In Marathi cinema, she sang for films like Saamna and Lal Mati. In 1979, The Gramophone Company of India (EMI) released her first album At Her Best... Shobha Gurtu is considered a high-ranking classic recording displaying her dazzling vocal work in the eastern Uttar Pradesh (Purbi Gayaki) musical tradition rooted in the 19th Century. In 1987, she received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and was later awarded the Lata Mangeshkar Puraskar, Shahu Maharaj Puraskar and the Maharashtra Gaurav Puraskar. In 2002, she was awarded the Padma Bhushan. After reigning over the Hindustani classical music genre, for five decades, as the Queen of Thumri, Shobha Gurtu died on 27 September 2004.
I do not own the copyright to any of the records used in this video. These music records will be copyrighted by those who have actual rights over them. I express my thanks and gratitude to all the collectors of records and those who made them available to music lovers!
Links to some songs of Shobha Gurtu
1. • The Best Of Shobha Gur...
2. • Main Tulsi Tere Aangan...
3. • Humri Atariyape Aajare...
4. • Sooraj Mukh Na Jaibe (...

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Lovely voice❤❤God bless her.

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खूप सुंदर ❤❤❤

[@Resamwadenglishacademy]

Wonderful
Great work sir

[@os4879]

Mai kabse Shobha Ji ke Vedio ka Intazar kar raha Tha.

[@kanwaljitsingh8391]

Great initiative

[@narayanshastri7418]

Nostalgic

[@aarvindcool]

आप संगीत के साथ इतिहास की भी प्रस्तुति कमाल की करते हैं।

[@MUKESHKUMAR-wg2br]

❤❤❤

[@nabisyed]

हमेशा की तरह यह प्रोग्राम भी शानदार है. 🎶🎶❤️❤️🎶🎶❤️❤️

[@MUKESHKUMAR-wg2br]

आज का वक्त कोई आवाज़ में ढाल दे ❤

[@os4879]

Ek Vedio Mahan Thumri Gayak Naina Devi Ji par bhi banana ga🙏🏻

[@SureeleDinonKiDastan]

Sure. Bahut jaldi.

[@usmankhuram1762]

Sir Ap Ki Harr video Lajawab Hai Ap Kia Nirmala Devi Jee Kay Jeevan Per Bhi Roshni Daliye Jo Govinda Ki Maa Hein.Ashha Kerta Hoon Ap Unn Kay Barey Mein Bhi Jaankari Dein Gaye

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Note kar liya hai.

[@usmankhuram1762]

@@SureeleDinonKiDastan SHUKRIYA SIR.💖💖😘😍